Crystal Rock
not rolling yet

Flat water and coffee sales
make for anaemic results

THE NEW BIG ISSUE!

Amazon effects Sunday delivery

Stealth attacker set to provide business supplies service in UK

25 Jan’14
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’‘everything in-store, same-day delivery @ lowest prices’ vision took another big step forward with this latest announcement. Here is the first in a new BIG ISSUE series called The Amazon Effect! 

Olloclip amps up

iPhone camera

Start-up Inventor O’Neil wins

2013 Entrepreneur Award

23 Jan’14

Yesterday at the inspirational 2014 Entrepreneur Magazine’s Growth Conference inventor Patrick O’Neillwas presented with the prestigious award for arguably the most innovative business supplies product in 2013

5 BIG Marketing
Trends to Track

Rise of me-tail, native search
sequential messaging, privacy,
and immersive experiences

16 Jan’14

Many observers billed last year as ‘empty 13’, but consistent innovation and digital development coupled with a better economic outlook created a wealth of opportunity for marketers. According to Marketing Week 2014 promises to be just as exciting!

B e s t  B u y

bubble bursts

Heavy Holiday sales promos

expected to hammer margins

16 Jan’14 (Complete)

US#1 consumer electronics retailer, Best Buy’s much hyped recovery and counter attack on Amazonhas failed miserably. We highlight why CEO Hubert Joly is deluding himself...

B e s t  B u y

bubble bursts

Heavy Holiday sales promos

expected to hammer margins

16 Jan’14 (Complete)

US#1 consumer electronics retailer, Best Buy’s much hyped recovery and counter attack on Amazonhas failed miserably. We highlight why CEO Hubert Joly is deluding himself...

Brand standing

champions 2013

Top brands stand for memorable
experiences. Amazon stands for:
everything, everyday, low prices

13 Jan’14
Branding’s big guns like Coca Cola stand for happiness; Nike for can-do attitude. Here are 14 PPS brands that stand for productivity…

Paperless path

to productivity

m o b i l i s e d !

Month-by-month analysis of a

transformational year of progress

13 Jan'14

Time to review a positive year for the Personal Productivity Services (PPS) marketplace with progressive service providers setting an example to bigbox players and independent dealers stuck in a traditional stationary mindset…available on 16 Jan'14, sorry

14 Playful Market
Predictions for ‘14

Watch for these possibilities
happening in the marketplace

What will happen with Amazon, Apple, Staples, Office Depot, WBMason, HP, Officeteam, Keurig, Grainger, dealers, groups, wholesalers, manufacturers in 2014. Here are our pointed predictions…

The PPS market preview

14  P o s i t i v e

Proposals for ‘14

Reasons to be cheerful against

OP market gloom and negativity

6 Jan’14 (Complete)

Most economic forecasters now believe 2014 will be a strong year with business and consumer spending on the up in US/UK. We believe the continuing need to drive personal productivity will be the positive force for growth in the PPS market…

1983-93 v 2013 compared

Top Resellers Leaderboard

Power shifts to

Progressives

Leaders, rising stars, drop-outs,

newcomers, 2020 tips for top

5 Jan'14 (Complete)

The bigbox share of the US-UK markets tumbled again in 2013. The new messily merged Office Depot (aka ODMax)and static Staples have now lost an estimated $10Bn in sales over the past 5 years. Progressive independent resellers and massemarketers viz. Amazoncontinued to gain market share...

*Proficiency Index * Best Awards*

Review of 2013

The Best Perfomers


Leaders - Marketers - Products -

Webstores - Brands
 - Productivity

Ads - Services - Sustainability

1 Jan'14 (Complete)

2013 built on 2012 as strong year of recovery and discovery; a year for progressive marketers dominated by mobile ecommerce: personalised emarketing; open webstores optimised for mobile users. The industry got leaner, cleaner and greener. The Proficiency Indexreview of the best performers is published here with winners in each category...