With the god-like Dan Carter (above) currently crocked with a hamstring injury and still no sign of a high-quality back-up, are the odds of an overdue All Blacks triumph in this year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand lengthening? With my final tickets long booked, I’m hoping against hope that all will be right on
Miscellaneous
Stranded – the theme of 2010
It’s cold, mighty cold, down in the original Worldwide Headquarters of The Moodie Report (forever known as ‘The Shed’ in the immortal words of former Abu Dhabi Duty Free Managing Director Mohamed Mounib…). London currently resembles Siberia and the bookmakers have stopped taking bets on there being a White Christmas. If this Blog is relatively
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Events
Back on the dreadful dreadmill
I’m back on the dreaded treadmill (affectionately known as the ‘dreadmill’) in preparation for a couple of forthcoming challenges in my life. One is The Moodie Multi-National Marathon next March. As reported, the event, sponsored by M&M’s – is a unique initiative designed to bring together the international travel retail community behind a good cause,
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Events
Welcome to the ‘Trinity Walk’
You’ve heard of The Trinity Forum, now welcome to The Trinity Walk. In this case the industry ‘Trinity’ compromises three suppliers representing three categories – confectionery (Martyn Westbury, Mars), fragrances (Jan Kristiansen-Binder, Coty) and liquor (Peter Ayling, Taittinger). This real-life Trinity partnership will be undertaking a 3.5km mile walk in Cardiff on Sunday 12 December
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Events
M&M’s stay cool in marathon preparation
Meet the M&M’s marathon team, pictured in intensive training for the Moodie Multi-National Marathon to be run between 4-7 March 2011. Confectionery house M&M’s has kindly agreed to sponsor this unique event, which will see travel retail teams from all over the globe putting together six-person teams to run a combined marathon and help raise
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Miscellaneous
The Moodie Report pictures come a cropper
The photos that people send you to accompany stories featuring them often reveal much about the subject. There is one well-known, lovable Asian figure in this industry for example who insists we use a photo that we believe was probably taken sometime in the 1970s – not that he has changed that much… When we
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Quirky
Oh really O’Leary?
Of the many jokes we receive during the course of the year, we thought this one was particularly good, especially in the light of the recent airline onboard ‘one-bag’ furore. Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair, arrived at a hotel in Dublin, went up to the bar and asked for a pint of Guinness. The
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People
Raising the everage spend
News reaches The Moodie Blog that MAC aims to inject some Possum power into the make-up market, with the imminent introduction of a line of colour cosmetics from ‘Aussie megastar housewife’ Dame Edna Everage, write Rebecca Mann and Martin Moodie. What an inspired move. What better way to banish the economic blues than by buying
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Quirky
If you’re feeling iffy try the Liffey water – a miracle cure
The Moodie Blog is in Dublin on a short tour to investigate the travel retail opportunities here in the Irish capital and, from later today, in Limerick. Our tour just happens to coincide with the visit of the New Zealand All Blacks, who played Ireland on Saturday at the famous Croke Park and who take on
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Airports
Aussie rules – ok?
What a great looking shop the new Nuance-operated Arrivals store at Melbourne Airport appears to be. And it’s nice to see the efforts the retailer, fully supported by a progressive and commercially minded airport company, was making on opening day to really engage the travelling consumer. Returning nationals are generally in a hurry to clear immigration, get their baggage and get home.
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Airlines
Landing on your Derrie-Air as the Philadelphia story adds weight to carbon emissions debate
“Pack less, weigh less, pay less”. Welcome to Derrie-Air – “the world’s only carbon-neutral luxury airline where you don’t have to choose between living the high life and saving the planet”. That’s right, an innovative new Philadelphia airline company has come up with a unique way of cutting down on carbon emissions by introducing a
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Quirky
A taste of green and black
The Aussies and Welsh stole our best coaches; the French stole our dreams; now the Irish and the English are coming to our fine shores to steal our glory. Oh it’s hard to be a rugby-loving Kiwi publisher living on the wrong side of the world, especially during the current sporting gloom that hangs blacker than Dan
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Quirky
Bienvenue a The Moodie diffusion pour baladeur
As the dark northern winter slowly gives way to the rebirth that is Spring, the New Zealand flag still flutters sadly at half mast in The Moodie Report Worldwide Headquarters (also known as ‘The Shed’). A poignant computer-generated note from my (then) six year-old son still holds pride of place there – ‘Dear Daddy, I’m really