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Technology is the Saviour of Offline Retail

Martin Talks — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:46:28 +0000

Bricks and motor retail business is under huge pressure and technology sometimes seems to be its enemy. But in fact technology could be offline retail’s saviour.

A challenge is to know what technology to invest in when it everything changes so fast. In such circumstances, it is a great help to root oneself in the way consumers make decisions and consider how technology can best be used to persuade them. There are three key principles of persuasive decision interfaces and in each case digital technology can give the offline retailer an edge:

How mobile is changing our travel experience

Christopher Miller — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:16:46 +0000

Travel has changed a lot from the days of the family trip and the only entertainment being “I spy” to post 9/11 and long(er) security lines. Frequent traveler or once a year family vacation – to borrow an over-used term – there’s an app for that.

Advertising Week Europe – from web 3.0 and six seconds of story telling

Dan West — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:00:05 +0000

Education, inspiration, connection, innovation and celebration. That is what I was told to expect when Advertising Week Europe (AWE) started on Monday and I must admit they pretty much kept to their word. There were a few things that stood out to me throughout the week most notably how we are on a slow move to Web 3.0 and the death of the TVC and rise of the six seconds of story telling.

Education
They say every day is a school day and with lectures and seminars abound at AWE it was definitely the case. A few things I learnt were:

SXSW: Good vs evil

Daniele Fiandaca — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:27:24 +0000

You can’t help but come away from SXSW without a feeling of positivity, of excitement about the future and where technology is going to lead us.

As I’ve mentioned before, just being there gives you an idea of what the future is going to be like – checking into Foursquare becomes useful again, people pay at tills with the Level Up device 3D-printed by the Makerbot, while treats can be downloaded from Samsung just by tapping your NFC-enabled phone.

SXSW: innovation, inspiration and the beauty of contradiction

Daniele Fiandaca — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:41:49 +0000

With nearly 30,000 people descending on a few blocks in Austin, Texas, SXSW may have some major problems – mainly the challenge to get into oversubscribed talks and the variable quality of the talks themselves – but with a fair few launches and innovations, being here is like stepping into the future and you can’t help but be inspired.

Newsjacking – Bieber in Horsemeat Banking Scandal

Dan West — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:37 +0000

Hello and welcome to this week’s Espresso of Innovation; a roundup of the hottest news and strongest stories from the world of creativity and technology filtered into a quick shot of inspiration. This week we’re talking about newsjacking, but by the time you’ve read this, its timeliness might have expired.

Innovation in Fashion – I’m too sexy for my tech

Dan West — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:43:09 +0000

Hello and welcome to this week’s Espresso of Innovation; the hottest news and strongest stories from the world of creativity and technology filtered into a quick shot of inspiration. This week we’re taking a little turn on the catwalk.

How you can make it happen: Britain’s Start-up Saviours

Martin Talks — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:32:28 +0000

Hello and welcome to this week’s Espresso of Innovation; a roundup of the hottest news and strongest stories from the world of creativity and technology filtered into a quick shot of inspiration.

The Love Bug – a guide to online dating

Martin Talks — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:08:21 +0000

Hello and welcome to the Espresso of Innovation; a roundup of the hottest news and strongest stories from the world of creativity and technology filtered into a quick shot of inspiration. This week, it’s all about love.

Can Netflix’s House of Cards survive its $100 million bet?

Gavin Sugden — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:36:23 +0000

This week House of Cards was made exclusively available on Netflix, the online subscription based video streaming service. This bold move from a television aggregator that delivers content through a relatively low cost subscription model, to being a content producer (and one with deep pockets – House of Cards alone cost over $100 million to make), does have the potential to compete with both producers and distributors of broadcast content.