A straight forward way to deal with inflation
COVID was the pandemic of fear. Now there is the fear of inflation. Because locking down parts of whole economies for over a year brought upon us the biggest recession …
COVID – is this the end of meetings as we know them?
Presence or video meetings. Which is better? The topic is definitely on everyone’s lips at the moment. And self-proclaimed “remote experts” already smell consulting potential. They say things like: Handouts …
Is eCommerce profitable?
You often read stories like this. In short, they claim: eCommerce pureplay is not profitable, multichannel is better. When you talk about the profitability of retailers and manufacturers – no …
Coronovirus: don’t fall for fraudsters and charlatans
In these difficult times people crave for good news. Whether it is on the stock exchange, when small rallies in a bear market are interpreted as the turn of the …
Don’t believe in generalizations
Have you ever heard quotes like “learn – unlearn – relearn”? Or “brands will have to close all their stores and digitalize their B2C-strategy”? While the first one may have …
Is payment overrated? eCommerce merchant payment demystified
Go to any eCommerce or retail conference and look at the premium sponsors: chances are they have something to do with payment. Those guys have a lot of cash and …
Why do you want to do eCommerce?
If you look at large retailers or pure players, eCommerce usually is a business unit or a sales department. This makes sense, since it is about buying and selling again …
4 Reasons why Amazon Fresh will FAIL in Germany
I believe there is a lot of hype is created around Amazon fresh. Here is 4 common sense reasons (note, I do not quote any source or statistics, it …
Show me your culture and I tell you if you will be disrupted
Culture is something that cannot be overstated. All the time you read about how retailers or branded manufacturer get disrupted or overtaken by pureplayers. You better do Cross Channel or …
Don’t talk about Digitalization if you can’t even hook me up to your printer
Did you ever trust a painter to paint your house if the plaster crumbles from his own walls? Or a tattoo-artist who is not inked himself? Probably no. And rightfully …