Month: October 2015

  • The return of Radio Rentals in the smartphone era

    I haven’t thought about Radio Rentals and its ilk in years. But I started to think of them again with this post. The idea came out of a couple of conversations that I had over the past few months. What is Radio Rentals? Radio Rentals is one of a number of brands (Martin Dawes, Granada,…

  • Louis Vuitton Series 3 exhibition, 180 Strand, London

    Having been involved in a number of events over the past couple of years where creative digital work intersected with experiential marketing I was keen to look at Louis Vuitton Series 3 exhibition before it closed. Burberry tends to get the plaudits for digital experiences in the luxury sector and they do a lot of…

  • Asian FMCG + more things

    Asian FMCG gain ground on global brands in their home market | Kantar World Panel – MNCs losing out to own local Asian FMCG brands. Local Asian FMCG brands are more nimble and are closer to the customer. There is also a changing attitude to (western) MNCs – as consumer’s nationalistic sentiments in markets like China…

  • AT and T & more things

    Contact AT and T’s CEO, hear back from his lawyer – LA Times – this sounds like a PR train wreck for AT and T. AT and T aren’t having their needs served by the lawyer’s conduct China—not online porn—is why Playboy is dumping nude photographs | Quartz – its all about licensed clothing and other products…

  • Shop OS versus mobile OS

    I decided to write this post to reflect on the very different visions of digital retailing that consumers are currently experiencing. I’ve labelled these two visions mobile OS and Shop OS respectively. The Mobile OS I went to Wagamama with some colleagues from Racepoint where we were encouraged to all download Qkr!. Qkr! is an application…

  • Microsoft Windows event

    I’ve been in-and-out of meetings that prevented me from reflecting fully on the Microsoft Windows 10 event of October 7, 2015. Microsoft put a lot of content out there which is worthwhile picking through. I have put these items in the order that they occur to me rather than an order of importance. Microsoft Windows…

  • Half of Google searches + more

    Worldwide, More Than Half Of Google Searches Happen On Mobile | SearchEngineLand – this is really big. A few thoughts on this: Half of Google searches will be about very different things, for instance searching for things like coffee shops in the vicinity of the searcher Advertising is likely to see a higher amount of real…

  • Gundam themed advert + more things

    Toyota have made a Gundam themed advert for the Japanese market. It is interesting that this Gundam themed advert is a Japan only creative. It might be intellectual property rights. I think something like this would be popular abroad as a Gundam themed advert would tap into Cool Japan. In many European countries Toyota’s safe…

  • Outlook for Mac + more

    Use Outlook for Mac? Don’t upgrade to El Capitan | The Inquirer – yet. It looks like the Microsoft dev team for Outlook for Mac have more work and testing ahead of themselves. Read our lips, no more EU roaming charges* | The Register – surely this would be pre-dictated on their network footprint? Would this mean…