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Month May 2008

Speaking at the Buy.at “Speakeasy”

Last Wednesday I was pleased to give the keynote at the Buy.at 5th annual “Speakeasy” event, held at 195 Piccadilly, home of the BAFTAs.
It was an eclectic gathering of a couple of hundred people: merchants, affiliates, programme managers and entrepreneurs in a very open, engaged forum.
I spend a lot of time talking to and writing [...]

Quilter Street Olives: part the final – the eating

Since deciding to try and “make olives” from my meagre harvest last year I’ve had some fun with the daily-then-weekly brine changing. The olives have survives forgetfulness, over-zealous cleaners who though something was “going off” and curious children ‘helping’ with washing up…
Now that the buds are showing for this year’s crop it was time to [...]

A day in Amsterdam with Mr Worley

Just over a week ago I managed to spend a day in Amsterdam, having extended my stay at the inaugural European eCommerce Forum (of which, more anon).
After what seemed like weeks of rain and hail the Saturday was a glorious, warm Spring day.
Ian Worley had spoken at the conference – a really good session [...]

“€Tail – the ins and outs of Europe” [Editorial comment from the May issue of Internet Retailing Magazine]

A combination of carbon awareness, recessionary trends and a non-existent expenses budget have kept our Editor in Chief’s focus firmly on Europe this month – just a well, since the rest of the world’s focusing upon Europe too…
The European bloc is the third most attractive global market – after the US and China – and, [...]

The Cans Festival – street “stencil art” festival in SE1

SE1 channels Nelly Duff.