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What Now? Surviving and Thriving in a Rapidly Changing Industry

'What Now? (Surviving and thriving in a rapidly changing industry)' A unique evening with a panel talk followed by an open mic discussion and networking. Speakers include: Ben McOwen Wilson (Director of Online, ITV), Claire McArdle (4ip Digital Commissioner, Channel 4) ,Paul Banham (Digital Creative Director, J.W.T.)

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Date: 24 November 2009
Location: The Tabernacle, UK

Mortar Crumbs to E-commerce Clicks

VodafoneThis series of posts about Ecommerce is brought to you in conjunction with Vodafone, who are currently recruiting a Head of Ecommerce, see Chinwag Jobs for more information. 

It's an interesting time for e-commerce, certainly challenging, but there are potentially even bigger things afoot. Away from the on-line world, the last few months have seen numerous collapses in the high street.

RAOK Suggestion #15 Buy something on the internet by garethjmsaundersPick-n-mix legend Woolworths closed its doors. Music and games retailer Zavvi pulled down their shutters, and the fashion retailer Principles closed its doors too. That isn't the end of the tale though.

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13 March 2009 by Chinwag Team

Wading through the Doom & Gloom

You’d have to have been on a desert island to not be aware of the state of our economy and the predictions that 2009 are going to be worse than this year.  With redundancies on the rise and the economy shrinking it is easy to feel incredibly pessimistic about the future.  I would be very surprised to hear of any company that isn’t looking closely at their budgets, tightening their belts and having to make some difficult decisions.  I am not going to ta

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20 November 2008 by Nicky Swain