We are thrilled to welcome Eva Pascoe, Digital Lead at The Retail Practice, to Middlesex University for an exclusive guest workshop with our 2nd-year BA Digital Media and Communications students. Eva, a trailblazer in the digital retail space and Chair of Cybersalon, will be sharing her insights into the future of e-commerce, omnichannel retail strategies, …[ read more ]
Fashion and lifestyle brands have been working hard over the last few years to improve retail sustainability. Earth Day is a good opportunity to check progress, pin down what needs fixing and celebrate a few of the achievements. One of the ways to help the planet turns out to be to drink more local beer …[ read more ]
Crises causes change, and this is particularly strong pattern you notice in start-ups. The funding market today has tightened up to the levels not seen since DotCom crush, with young founders finding their runway space cut short. As venture capital providers found themselves unable to realise their shares in previous bunch of investments, they are …[ read more ]
As new year kicks in, we usually offer our top 10 predictions for the online store managers, to help in planning and modernising your shops. However, anyone who has been awake through turbulent 2023, will realise that so called “Forward Insights” are really a fool’s game at the moment. Even our favourite insights guru Keith …[ read more ]
Imagine a world without women. It would be a world without Adele, Billie Eilish or Lady Gaga. There would be no Grandma to make your favourite cake, no sister to advise you on your sartorial style and no girlfriend to snuggle up on a cold night. Music industry would collapse and Hollywood moguls would be finished without Margot Robbie or Angelina Jolie.…[ read more ]
Sillicon Valley investors are queuing up to chuck very large amounts of money at companies that have a “Metaverse” related product in their decks, but the real business is struggling with solving an entirely different bunch of problems. Work commute is dead, or at least severely cut down to 2 or, at a push, 3 …[ read more ]
By Wael Elazab It’s the season to be jolly-well consuming, but can we do so sustainably, ethically and economically? From two-person startups to corporate conglomerates, environmental sustainability is almost a staple of operations, and more shoppers are tangling with the reality of it. The Ecom Power Hour is presented by The Retail Practice Ecommerce Director …[ read more ]
Ecom Power Hour 1st Dec 2021 How we choose to come back after Covid is still under debate. For fashion sector it is an existential challenge as no office no fashion. How CEOs and founders are leading their teams through the change and how can we all “come back better”? What sustainable fashion and cosmetics …[ read more ]
by Wael Elazab Fashioning the work-week, a balancing act is next on the runway. Warming the corridors with the friction of their palms rubbing together, howls echo across oceans and the cackling reverberates through your living room. Readying seats for the embrace of your hind quarters, senior management await your return. But, … The environment! …[ read more ]
Much dis-info has been spouted by travel industry on how to make itself climate-friendly, nearly all of it challenged by the eco experts. Promotions of eco lodges in Ecuador that are powered by hydropower but you can only reach by contributing 2 tonnes of carbon emissions during your long haul flight is a typical marketing …[ read more ]
