Department store John Lewis have announced that whilst their rivals may be suffering, they are growing market share. The Nationwide building society has seen a surge of deposits recently, partly the effect of the Northern Rock collapse.
Both businesses are growing market share during a slowdown. What is it that links them? In [...]
Archive for December, 2007
What is it about John Lewis and Nationwide?
December 18th, 2007 — MarkSim4Travel
December 7th, 2007 — MarkI booked a hotel overseas via Expedia the other day and they sent me a free mobile SIM card provided by Sim4Travel. It is a really good idea. A prepay SIM which gives you reasonably priced local calls in the country where you are travelling (about GBP0.25 per minute) but – even [...]
Surviving the recession
December 4th, 2007 — MarkSince the credit crunch of the summer a recession seems likely. The online retail sector may indeed be booming, but it only represents part of the economy and the other bits of the economy are suffering from a twin dose of cost inflation and asset price deflation.
It seems clear from our work that the [...]