The dotcom bubble - 10 years on
The dotcom bubble officially burst a decade ago on March 10. That was the day the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index peaked in New York at 5,048.62 (today it is 2,238.26). Excellent article in Sunday Times summarising some of the highs and lows...(read on for excerpts) Posted by 'Screen Pages' on March 03, 2010 in Companies
Real Flowers scoops Walpole luxury award
We're thrilled to see that our client Real Flowers has won another Walpole award - this time for best emerging luxury brand. Posted by 'Screen Pages' on November 19, 2009 in Companies
PPC and Adwords podcast with Carolina Rustica
I came across this podcast featuring an interview with Richard Sexton of CarolinaRustica.com as he discusses his company's growth from a startup bricks & mortar "upmarket" furniture retailer to a $4M /year online retailer, primarily through successful search engine marketing. His annual PPC budget is $350k (8-10% of his online sales).
It's quite informative.
The podcast is as at http://www.scottfox.com/2008/09/ppc-keyword-ads.htmlPosted by 'Screen Pages' on November 12, 2009 in Companies
New Artisan du Chocolat catalogue plugged
Nice to see L'Artisan du Chocolat's great new catalogue getting a critical plaudit from the experts!
Highlights include: "Metallic-embossed covers, thick paper stock, mouth-watering photography" and "Artisan du Chocolat clearly invested significant time, talent, and money in creating this marketing piece. And the catalogue certainly does the job of making you want to buy its products." That said, the reviewer encourages more work on the "sales close".
Posted by 'Screen Pages' on September 11, 2009 in Companies
Wallace Sacks featured in Sunday Times
From the Sunday Times:
Stephen Sacks, chief executive of Wallace Sacks, a clothing and textiles importer, agrees. His family-owned business has been trading since 1981 and enjoyed consistent growth until it was hit hard by the devaluation of sterling. By the end of last year it was obvious that if he did not take action the whole business could go under; the result was a restructuring plan that gave e-commerce a more central role and cut costs, allowing him to stabilise the company’s position.
New site coming soon....
Read the whole article. Posted by 'Screen Pages' on June 19, 2009 in Companies
Website of the week
We are very excited about Bouncy Happy People being rated "Site of the Week" by New Media Age...
Posted by 'Screen Pages' on April 17, 2009 in Companies
Zappos CEO gives 10 min interview in private
Great & opportunistic interview with the Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh, taking about the approach & culture that took Zappos to $1bn in record time.
Posted by 'Screen Pages' on February 16, 2009 in Companies
Thorntons tipped as "winter winner"
We're delighted for Thorntons that it has been singled out as one of the "Top 5 winter winners" by Conchango, commended "for a beautifully balanced price and quality proposition supported by a trusted brand." Posted by 'Screen Pages' on November 26, 2008 in Companies
Bond vest
I just received an email from Bella di Notte promoting its "Bond Vest" - an ultra fine organza silk vest, knitted in Como, Italy, with an intricately sewn double satin edge. I was delighted at the... Posted by 'Screen Pages' on November 14, 2008 in Companies
Amazon's basket Fascinating review of the evolution of Amazon's "add to shopping cart" button by Bryan Eisenberg. Bottom line?
Posted by 'Screen Pages' on April 11, 2008 in Companies
