Did you ever buy a Polaroid instant camera?
Probably.
If you did, and many did, you probably marvelled at the film and the organic process involved in taking pictures.
You weren’t the only one. Polaroid film also gained a massive following amongst professional and amateur photographers who valued its unique characteristics. Specifically they loved the freedom the film [...]
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Polaroid and the risk of downsizing!
February 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Employment and Culture · Innovation theory · Organic Growth · Retail · consumer electronics
Competition from left field
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Apple is using its iphone to take on Nintendo, Sony Playstation and the Xbox
Tags: Innovation theory · Organic Growth · Retail · Telecommunications · consumer electronics
Crisis, what a crisis!
October 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Like Wow, Wipeout!
The classic Australian rock group Hoodoo Guru’s song from the mid 80’s pretty much captures the nature of the current financial crisis. As a result of this mayhem there is now little doubt that we are about to enter a major down turn. How far down, no one really knows. But what [...]
Tags: Employment and Culture · Financial services · Innovation theory · Organic Growth · Retail · Sustainability · mature markets
The Long tail brought to life. Disruption in the publishing industry
September 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
If you haven’t had a chance to read ‘The Long Tail‘ it could well be time to do so.
Why? Well at its core lies the concept that the web has killed the 80:20 rule. (Hope that’s accurate please let me know if it isn’t!).
What does that mean? Well it means that with the case of [...]
Tags: Innovation theory · Retail
The rise of the gift card economy
July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It has been well documented that people in western societies are apparently becoming increasingly ‘time poor’. As a result, a myriad of innovation and invention has occurred to assist you and me in our quest to get things done quicker.
One of the more interesting developments that was brought to our attention by one of the [...]
Tags: Retail
