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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
Mar 30, 20204 min read
CX in business will be THE critical success factor beyond 2020
Hope you are healthy and safe right now and can remain so for the long term. We are in some interesting times and being asked to learn as...
Vinny O'Brien
Mar 17, 20202 min read
Vision for Ireland
We have been avoiding a true move into ecommerce for the last number of years and we are now being given a reason to put down a marker...
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
May 2, 20181 min read
The importance of video and imagery in eCommerce
I am often asked for simple tips to improve your ecommerce business so today I will start sharing some. Photography and videography are...
Vinny O'Brien
Mar 28, 20183 min read
Taking that leap of faith to becoming self employed is the most terrifying move I have made.
However it has afforded me opportunities in life that May never come again. These opportunities have nothing to do with work. Last week I...
Vinny O'Brien
Mar 16, 20184 min read
ICYMI: eCommerce strategy does not exist. 16 things I learned at 2 conferences (3 years ago!!)
I have just seen that the Retail Without Borders will be held again in March, this year. I look forward to it. I was looking through my...
Vinny O'Brien
Feb 20, 20183 min read
Attitudes to eCommerce need to change
Irish consumers spent €3bn out of €5bn with online retailers overseas in 2017. www.siliconrepublic.com Amazon Echo is a Trojan horse that...
Vinny O'Brien
Jan 24, 20182 min read
eCommerce Mobile sales growth in 2017 drops 50% in H2 - H frickin' 2!!!
UK eCommerce growth predictions drop to single digits for first time ever from IMRG. Mobile sales growth drops. External and political...
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%...
Vinny O'Brien
Apr 25, 20172 min read
Choose your eCommerce Platform wisely - your new marketplace may not yet exist
Platform selection - there is no all encompassing "best" - there is the best for you. What needs to be solved by you is what means best...
Vinny O'Brien
Mar 24, 20171 min read
Alibaba - blazing a trail, but you already knew that
In case you didn't already know it, Alibaba are killing it from an ecommerce perspective in China. At the #RetailWithoutBorders event...
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