What is E-tailing chat apps may be buzz, future / Times of? reprinted from The Times of India Technology Section, Aparna Desikan & Ranjani Ayyar, TNN | Jan 30, 2016 CHENNAI: Connect with a homemaker 500 miles away to buy a customised brocade potli bag through a chat app or order your favourite grande latte [...]
#CES2016 – the 6 trends that will dominate the year ahead ( #2016trends ) / Austereo, ABC Local, ABC Far North
What is #CES2016 the 6 trends that will dominate the year? CES (Consumer Electronic Show) 2016, Nerdvana, has ended for another year and Las Vegas has said goodbye to 170,000 visitors and 3,631 exhibitors all itching to get a glimpse of the year ahead in tech gadgets and retail offerings and also looking for the [...]
The beer economy / ABC NSW Local
What is The beer economy / ABC NSW Local? What's an old Mercedes-Benz worth? 50 cases of wild turkey bourbon (or about $16,500 @ 6 bottles per carton x $55 each), if you're selling it on one of the many beer economy Facebook secret groups that are springing up. A Facebook secret group is an [...]
Talking Smart Fridges @ #CES 2016 / It’s Just Not Cricket – ABC
What is Talking Smart Fridges @ #CES 2016 / It's Just Not? Who can resist a talking smart fridge, not Glynn Greensmith of ABC's It's Just Not Cricket, who in one of our increasingly regular chats wanted to explore Samsung's smart fridge on display at this years CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas. For [...]
Tomorrow’s supermarkets today / ABC Overnights
Aldi is Australia’s largest ski wear retailer. Australia’s grocery market is worth $102 billion. Australian now grocery shop twice a week buying fewer and fresher items against the large single shop of only a decade ago, are all fascinating snapshots of Australia’s supermarket scene today and predictors of where next for this sector and a […]
Living High / Chapel Street Precinct
reprinted from a feature article written by Sarah Wilcox for Chapel Street Precinct Urban sprawl is so five minutes ago. The Australian dream of a house on a quarter acre block is dead. Skyscrapers are moving to the suburbs. This progress is a double-edged sword that leaves us wondering: how might our future selves […]