If the days of bulk selling to consumers who are buying for others (and I’m not talking gifting) are over (or at least limited), then what fills the gap?
Miscellaneous
Minns det som igår min vän – Remember it like yesterday my friend
And at that precise moment as one year passes into another, of course one thinks about all those ‘auld acquaintances’ no longer with us, parents, siblings, friends, colleagues.
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People
All aboard the Gucci Pink Express bound for an Amar (and AI) reimagined Heathrow
From the moment you step aboard, you’ll be transported into a world of opulence and adventure, all bathed in the beautiful hue of pink.
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Travel
Listening out for the Song of Cathay
Because of the prevailing conditions, I can hear but not see the planes soaring above the distant hills, a sight that, on clear days, serves as a constant and oddly comforting reminder of the world of travel that I have inhabited for the past 37 years.
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Miscellaneous
How Sun-Robot provides foodie fusion in Phuket
Isn’t this precisely what Avolta CEO Xavier Rossinyol had in mind when he talked about the fusion between retail and F&B in an interview with me last year?
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Miscellaneous
Inspired by Tumi to create a Moodie Tracer
This is known as the Tumi Tracer, a product identification and recovery programme that helps reunite customers with their lost bags. Perhaps given my travel schedule and worryingly advancing age I should contemplate fixing one to myself.
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Miscellaneous
What price a smile?
There’s nothing luxury here but the young patients inside are about to receive, or have already received, a gift more priceless than any shopping emporium can offer. A smile.
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Quirky
Assessing the great Olivetti vs ChatGPT showdown
Ah, even saying the word ‘Olivetti’ out loud fills me with affection and nostalgia. I learned my craft on it. I didn’t need ChatGPT then just as I have never felt the need for an automatic garage door.
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Miscellaneous
A welcome return to beautiful kitsch in Macau
Artificial canals replete with gondolas and a false Venetian sky might not be to everyone’s taste but there is no doubting the allure for countless Chinese consumers, many of whom have never experienced the real thing in Italy.
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Quirky
Celebrating 20 years as The Muffy Report is born for a day
Matilda’s name (and I’m not making this up) was taken from Australia’s beloved folk song ‘Waltzing Matilda’, a result of her penchant for stepping waltz-like from side to side.
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Food
Local flavour, world-class experience – a snapshot of South Africa at Durbanville Hills
What we’ve discovered in the past few days is the sheer diversity, wealth and quality of South African cuisine, alongside magnificent hospitality.
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Lifestyle
A world turned upside down
With my recent luck, if I avoid COVID, I’ll get sunstroke instead.
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Miscellaneous
Mounting a challenge at Mount Juliet
“It’s not how, it’s how many.” With that well-worn golf phrase and a wry smile did Paraguayan pro Fabrizio Zanotti try to temper my disaffection with another ropey golf shot at the Horizon Irish Open Pro Am at Mount Juliet, County Kilkenny on Wednesday. There I was a guest of Executive Vice Chairman and CEO
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