Archive for the 'Retail Brands' Category

Some months ago I got excited about this japanese Retailer UNIQLO who do things pretty differently including a Robot shop assistant called Wakamuru and some of the whackiest, zanniest ideas in Retailing.
Well, those guys are back in the news again. UNIQLO now have a tie up with China’s largest online shopping portal taobao.com who reportedly [...]

I read this morning that  94 Thomas Bata, died in Toronto on Monday evening. For many years of my life I believed Bata was an Indian company. Something to do with the fact that Bata rhymed with Tata but more than that since Bata has been my generation’s childhood companion. I grew up with the [...]