Category Archives: retail systems

Grocery Panic Buying and the Coronavirus

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

The grocery industry is going to be sorely tested over the coming weeks and months as people have begun panic buying of groceries, in response to the first person in New Zealand to get Coronavirus or Corvid 19. Our local … 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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Kiwi and Australian Retailers Need to do Change to Beat Amazon

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

Yesterday I saw a story on CNN about Toys R Us filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. It is big news for retailers and their CEO says they will survive by competing with Amazon and meeting customers needs with new store … 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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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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The best restaurant booking apps – Telegraph

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

How many times have you walked up a street looking through windows, being harangued by wait staff, only to walk back down again, still not having made up your mind? Continue reading →

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