Category Archives: New retail ideas

Small Business Survival After the COVID19 Lockdown

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

So many small to medium businesses are going broke right now because of the COVID19 lockdown. All companies are paying rent, power, wages and paying back interest on loans used to purchase inventory, fittings and more, and the end is … Continue reading →

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Social Location-Based Chatter is a Goldmine

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I was listening to the latest Convince and Convert podcast with Carlos Garcia  from HYP3R this morning, which resonated with my passion for loyalty and location based services. This is one of my current favorite podcasts and always has some gems. … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Countdown on their new Proximity Based Marketing App

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

For a number of years I’ve been prodding retailers to take advantage of location services on people’s smartphones with several blogs including some looking at the grocery industry. I was disappointed when they dropped their old app, but delighted to … Continue reading →

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Amazon is Coming to Australia and Retailers are Worried

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

They should be worried. As I discussed in my blog last week called The Blockbuster Effect, and countless previous blogs, you can’t expect, even at the bottom of the planet, to have the luxury of continuing doing business the same … Continue reading →

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The Blockbuster Effect

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

I was listening to the Zig Ziglar Show on the way home tonight Episode 481 with Mark Sanborn and had to pause when I heard the following statement which resonated so much with previous blogs I have written on the … Continue reading →

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Retail Isn’t Dead, It Just Needs to Keep Reinventing Itself

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

I read an interesting story this morning from the Business Insider, saying that Amazon is opening up over 100 Pop Up Stores around the US. The irony is inescapable that Jeff Bezos’ business that supposedly was the demise of many … Continue reading →

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Sell More Beer With Pokemon Go

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Or anything else at your destination retail or hospitality business. I’ve spent years trying to get businesses to invest in location based services, apps, maps and the like. Now if you are in the business and are a little bit … Continue reading →

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Why “near me” is critically important for multi-location businesses

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

As searchers become increasingly mobile, hyper-local searches are on the rise — and multi-location businesses stand to benefit the most. Sourced through Scoop.it from: searchengineland.com Are you missing out on business? I’m going to keep this one really simple. Go … Continue reading →

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China’s tech entrepreneurs have stopped copying and started innovating (Wired UK)

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

China’s startups used to follow the lead of Apple and Facebook but Meituan, XinCheJian and YY are forging their own paths Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.wired.co.uk Apparently Seoul is the most ‘drunk’ city in the world. So Chinese entrepreneurs has … Continue reading →

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Location services: How GPS delivery is changing shopping – BBC News

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Luigi Cappel

How do you guarantee fast, accurate and reliable deliveries – whether it’s pizza or a Christmas gift? Use your smartphone and GPS technology. Source: http://www.bbc.com This is so true and will represent some interesting new business models. I came up … Continue reading →

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