mobile

February 13, 2013 by Simon Mainwaring

I had the pleasure of speaking to Gary Schwartz about his book Fast Shopper, Slow Store about perhaps the most transformative trend on the horizon – the impact of smartphone technology on business and retail. Here’s what he said. In your book, FAST SHOPPER, SLOW STORE, you discuss how the store has lost its relationship […]

November 29, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

As we prepare to downshift our minds for the holidays I thought it might be fun to create a snapshot of what brands that succeed in 2013 will look like. It may help to orientate our minds as they do a lot of important unconscious work over the holiday break. Its so rare these days …

August 3, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

As the days when social media was pegged as a fad drift from memory, mobile advertising has risen to take its place. Will mobile ads be effective, what ad format works best, who will win the mobile payments battle and why? Yet a quick glance at the infographic by Luma (above) should be enough to assure anyone …

March 15, 2012 by Simon Mainwaring

In this age of real-time social and customer engagement I wanted to share two charts that dramatically demonstrate how important timing is to the success of your brand from both a macro and micro perspective. The first is a chart for Linked In Analytics that breaks out the growing and shrinking industries as defined by …

March 18, 2011 by Simon Mainwaring

I just returned from the SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas, and it was quite an experience. As you can see from the photo above that I took at 3.45am on the final morning, the event was packed with people and energy. Last year was my first time there and I have to say that …