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Vinny O'Brien
Oct 5, 20239 min read
What got us here, won't get us there. The UK retail Top500 break down.
#eCommerce The UKTop500 from RetailX is always stacked. Thank you Ian Jindal and all your contributors for another bountiful piece of...
Vinny O'Brien
Oct 5, 20237 min read
It was the best of times. It was the blurst of times. Why did we hire those monkeys.
When life imitates art. Or the Simpsons at least. But then the Simpsons predicts everything. From Groening, to groaning. Life in...
Vinny O'Brien
Oct 5, 20238 min read
Blame it on the weather, man.
We rely on the weather for so many things, but at it's simplest, and for most people, we wake up hoping for sunshine. It just makes life...
vinny655
Oct 5, 20236 min read
Insomnia. Inception. Larceny. Following. eCommerce and the Christopher Nolan effect.
2023 has been a blur. In this week alone, in my world, "How quickly it's gone" has replaced the Irish small talk go to of the weather by...
Vinny O'Brien
Sep 21, 20222 min read
Amazon has the key to unlocking ecommerce in Ireland - at scale
#ecommerce Why is Amazon in the news in Ireland? Attached is the why, courtesy of our partner Aidan Duffy - a report put together for...
vinny655
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Are you Data Driven?
#eCommerce Free download # 3 Metrics that matter -for #DTC #marketplaces and #retailmedia Another guide built by Colin Lewis and I with...
Vinny O'Brien
Aug 22, 20224 min read
eCommerce analytics are not only skin deep - Just ask MikMak
I have struggled to find things of use or interest to write recently. Also, I was on vacation and have COVID through my family ! Heck of...
Vinny O'Brien
Jun 6, 20226 min read
Making sense of it all | I get by with a little help from my | LinkedIn | Friends. Kinda
Amidst the struggle for survival, we have to be asking ourselves challenging questions. It is not prudent to inwardly focus on survival...
Vinny O'Brien
May 31, 20226 min read
Abandoning Tactics for Strategies - to fuel, Strategy - Confused? We have to get real.
We can’t continue to be seduced by the short term What is your strategy? Right now there are forces beyond our control. Accept that...
Vinny O'Brien
May 17, 20222 min read
eCommerce Everywhere - From trends to shifts
eCommerce will become passive. People free check outs. In home devices. Retail media networks pretty much everywhere - in TV AR...
Vinny O'Brien
May 9, 20226 min read
eCommerce, The Retail Apocalypse and The third industrial Revolution.
Context: I wrote this in Feb 2019. Have things changed that much? I will be sharing the DTC landscape next week for those who dont pick...
Vinny O'Brien
Apr 28, 20223 min read
This is not a Johnny Cash song - Time to Trade: The Challenges and Opportunities of eCommerce
in a New World - What I learned at #eCommLive Even without the vacuum of the company that was the last 2 years, the first steps into the...
Vinny O'Brien
Apr 26, 20224 min read
Engage us a bit below warp speed Mr Sulu​ - an ecommerce state of mind
#ecommerce As I look forward to the #ecomlive event in Belfast over the next 2 days, I thought I would pen a few, loose words. In Ireland...
Vinny O'Brien
Apr 4, 20202 min read
Is Sky the next Nokia?
Over the last few weeks, we have seen many services go to free. One of the most used, indeed one that put pressure on the bandwidth of...
Vinny O'Brien
Feb 28, 20196 min read
eCommerce, The Retail Apocalypse and The third industrial Revolution
We urgently need to reframe how we think about #ecommerce. There is enough fear now to suggest that the stationary will react. It has...
Vinny O'Brien
Jul 11, 20171 min read
UK courier-express-delivery-market-hits-10-1-billion
The UK market for courier and express delivery hit £10.1 billion last year with Brits sending 2.8 billion packages. Representing a 10%...
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