We spent a lot of the summer visiting the senior executives at major agencies, talking about the world, figuring out what we could offer them and what they could offer us. It was an interesting experience because the overwhelming sense we got was that the communications world was on the cusp of a big [...]
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What is it about John Lewis and Nationwide?
December 18th, 2007 — MarkDepartment 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 [...]
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 [...]