A trip to Omeath: September 2020
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The Mournes Mountain Brewery: ‘ale by mail.’
During the Covid crisis a local, the Mourne Mountains Brewery, pivoted and enabled online shopping and delivery. Just taken receipt of a case of bottles at home. Already chilled. It arrives in a refrigerated van! So it’s rude not to….
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mrktplcs 05 Oct 2020
(Original post lives here on mrktplcs.com) Cazoo, the UK used car #marketplace app has raised £240m investment and the company is now valued at over £2 billion (or over $2.5 billion), double its previous valuation. (TechCrunch) Inspiring #ecommerce case study: “In its fifth month since launch, carmats.co.uk achieved 3,157 orders, at an average order value of £36.64, meaning £115,667
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Sussex Churches: Alciston
Close to Firle, on the road toward Polegate is the charming village of Alciston and its pretty, but simple church in a beautiful setting. And very close to the fascinating tithe barn. The church was founded by Battle Abbey and served a monastic farm and it is has some 11 century features remaining alongside newer
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mrktplcs round-up: 12th July 2020
mrktplcs round-up: 12th July 2020 The UK government has announced £700m of spending to ready the borders for #brexit That doesn’t sound like what you’d spend for a smooth end to partition. Border delays in any form are bad news for #marketplaces and #ecommerce merchants selling online. This is in the Guardian. In Russia, #aliexpress
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Mrktplcs: 10th July 2020
The Covid crisis has changed #ecommerce and #marketplaces in more ways than just ‘people bought more online.’ Increased activity had caused a problematic lack of worldwide warehouse space. (pymnts) (Will this become a bigger problem as we approach peak?) We’ve seen a possibly important conversion of occasional shoppers into loyal customers. #onlineretail DigitalCommerce360 And also
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mrktplcs round-up: 9th July 2020
Walmart launches an Amazon Prime imitation.
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mrktplcs.com round-up 8th July 2020
Good news for #marketplaces and #ecommerce.
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Visiting St Patrick in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland: 17th March 2019
On Sunday 17th March 2019, there was only once place to go. Downpatrick in County Down where history says he is buried by where the cathedral now stands. They had a parade and festivities.
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Visiting Annalong harbour, County Down, Northern Ireland
The rather beautiful harbour at Annalong boasts a beautiful stone quay and also an old cornmill. And the town has several well-regarded restaurants.
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Looking across the border to the Republic of Ireland
To many, if not most, British politicians, indeed to most people who live in the United Kingdom, the border that crosses the of Ireland is just an idea. To some it’s irrelevant and just doesn’t matter. It’s basically just a complex political problem. But is also real. And I’m spending some time in Northern Ireland
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An example of why Amazon is winning against eBay
We were looking at small desks online and identical items are available for sale on both eBay and Amazon. These identical desks, for reference, are the first of this specific products offered under the search ‘small desk’. Here are the two offerings to compare and contrast: And on Amazon: A few things leap out. Firstly,
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