by Minter Dial | Jan 11, 2022 | Retail
Over the Christmas period, I went to visit the mall in Towson, Maryland (USA). Outside of having difficulty in actually finding bona fide tennis shoes at several dedicated sports shoes stores (you can find all manner of fancy “running” and basketball...
by Minter Dial | Jul 28, 2019 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast, Retail
Minter Dialogue with Ashley Dudarenok Ashley Galina Dudarenok is a China marketing expert, founder of two companies, Alarice a social media agency and ChoZan, for training, keynotes and masterclasses on marketing in China. Based in HK, Ashley is also an influencer and...
by Minter Dial | Dec 19, 2018 | Retail
In the wake of the recent share price drubbing of ASOS, the UK-based online fashion retailer with revenues of £2.42B in F2018, it’s apparent that the turbulence for retailers — and brands in general — is far from over. In March 2018, ASOS was valued at a peak of...
by Minter Dial | Nov 18, 2018 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast, Retail
Minter Dialogue with Doug Stephens Talk about a timely podcast! Jeff Bezos apparently told his employees: “‘One day, Amazon will fail’ but our job is to delay it as long as possible” [from CNBC on Nov 15 2018]. That’s exactly the...
by Nicholas Robson | Oct 23, 2018 | Branding, Guest Post, Marketing, Retail
Marketing to Gen Z: How to engage with a generation whose first gift was an iPad Forget millennials, there are new kids on the block. Generation Z, roughly speaking people who were born after 1995, are beginning to leave school and college, and enter the workforce. As...
by Minter Dial | Oct 16, 2018 | Retail
In New York, there are now two full-fledged Amazon Books stores, both of which were opened in 2017. I visited both sites, one at the Time Warner Center (Columbus Circle) and the other downtown (34th Street). I wanted to record my thoughts about the experience....