October 2013

Over recent months I have been promoting the fact that “Pop Up” retailing is one of the major trends of the future. In the last month things seem to be popping up everywhere. I was in Ireland and went to a “Pop Up” park in Dublin. The community had build a park for three months

One of the themes for this month’s blog is Sense. Prof Jason Castro from Bates College and Chuka Chemnubhotla from the University of Pittsburgh released their research on Human Senses last month. They found that the human can only sense 10 types of smell. Fragrance Woody Fruity (non-citrus) Chemical Minty Sweet Popcorn Lemon Pungent Decay

There are a number of books that I am reading at present. Michael Shuman’s is one of them. I am passionate about promoting and developing local business and therefore this a book caught my eye. It takes a different approach to most and provides advice on how local business can get capital to develop their