Bryan’s Blog

After last week’s dismal showing in terms of providing a blog, and in light of the fact that the vengeful volcano gods mean that I’m not attending two conferences in Berlin this week but instead merely sitting at my desk playing online chess and watching Matt Le Tissier goals on Youtube, here’s a real blog.
 
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No proper blog this week, as I’m extremely busy trying to work out how to get to Berlin for the World Retail Congress in spite of a volcano. No doubt Ryanair will levy a €15 surcharge on a window with a view of a cloud of ash.
 
I’ll try and post a proper blog next [...]

The internet has clearly exerted a revolutionary impact on humanity, although it is noticeable that the activities that it has impacted the most have been looking at depraved filth, wasting time on social notworking sites, losing money on the horses, stealing music and buying stuff. Now, I obviously know very little about pornography, defrauding my [...]

Apologies for the radio silence last week, but sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day/days in the week etc. After a nice relaxing weekend (which included watching the mighty Southampton trounce Carlisle United 4-1 at Wembley), I’m delighted to return with this drivel that passes for a blog, and this week the theme [...]

This week, we move onto topics that are pricklier than a porcupine mating with a cactus: race and gender. I’m more than aware that addressing the issue of race and gender in the US is tricky at the best of times, and as a middle-aged white Englishman I’m probably not best placed to do so, [...]

I first noticed my amazing powers of prediction whilst at university when, in a fit of poverty-induced desperation, I put my last £50 on a horse called Katabatic in the 1991 Queen Mother Champion chase. When it romped home at 9-1, I was therefore able to maintain my high flying lifestyle of Findus Crispy Pancakes, [...]

There has been some very interesting coverage from one of my favourite grocery blogs – Fresh & Easy Buzz (a link to which is on the right of this page) – on the extension of Walmart’s Marketside private label range. The blog has some great commentary and pics of the range extensions, so is well [...]

Walmart gets a big thumbs down this week for immediately closing down the porn section of the VUDU digital film download service it acquired, but what can one expect from a retailer that once insisted that Willie Nelson remove a picture of a marijuana leaf from his CD cover and replace it with a picture [...]

The best thing about owning an internet radio is that I get to go to sleep with Taylor Swift, wake up with Carrie Underwood and spend a thoroughly satisfying Sunday afternoon on the sofa with Miranda Lambert. The second best thing about owning an internet radio is that it means I get to listen to [...]

Walmart Canada was instrumental in establishing this week’s Green Business Summit, an event that brought together Walmart suppliers, competitors and high-level executives from the technology, telecommunications, retail, finance, education, architectural and environmental sectors to share business initiatives that are “good for the planet and good for the bottom line.” Speaking alongside the event, David Cheesewright, [...]