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Vinny O'Brien
Jan 27, 20179 min read
Where next for eBay? Through the glass ceiling and a look back at the future
I will preface this by saying I love eBay. I’m an ex employee, I buy and I sell. Lots, on behalf of retailers or brands mainly. I have...
Vinny O'Brien
Jan 20, 20174 min read
Buzzword Bingo - What's your favourite buzzword? can't decide, let me decode that for you
Friday coffee break sorted. 2016 was the year of excessive buzzwords. Yep, I’m calling it. We officially lost the run of ourselves when...
Vinny O'Brien
Jan 8, 20172 min read
Amazon.com Holiday Season Numbers Breakdown
Some light Sunday reading for you. Amazon US holiday Stats are staggering – next year this will be even bigger – growth of Alexa and...
Vinny O'Brien
Oct 11, 20164 min read
Retail Power List Top 50 2016 - or is it?
The power list - the top 50 in retail in the UK. It’s worth looking beyond the headline for starters. I read this trying to understand...
Vinny O'Brien
Apr 14, 20165 min read
Noticed the consumer confidence downturn? Strategy&History combine to help shape your secure future
The slowdown of consumer confidence 104 years ago last night, the mighty Titanic went down – the speed and ferocity of its demise must...
Vinny O'Brien
Nov 16, 20151 min read
As you sip your coffee, throw your eyes on this -Singles Day by Numbers
My "singles days" were certainly not this exciting. These numbers are staggering. From my calculation the number is approximately 2.5...
Vinny O'Brien
Nov 15, 20155 min read
US Omni-Channel Retail Index - Best Practice insights
The concept of omni-channel has been around for some time now and it consistently overplays its hand in my opinion. Omni-channel will...
Vinny O'Brien
Oct 30, 20156 min read
eCommerce without Borders - EU & US
It’s the Friday of Halloween weekend and the scariest story I can think of is watching the old ecomm stats take a hammering for the...
Vinny O'Brien
Oct 5, 20154 min read
A quick look at UK ecommerce numbers - September 2015
My attendance at last week’s ecommerce expo was an experiment of sorts. A 2-day blitz around Blighty was a milieu of meetings,...
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