Spending my Sunday lunch reading through various newspapers and magazines, five trends caught my attention.
- The impending UK Postal Strike will have a major impact on e-commerce delivery and small business cash-flow. Thus 75% of all polled businesses  (sorry for lack of reference, think I read it in Sunday’s FT) are looking to move away from using Royal Mail due to its reliability issues
- Conspicuous consumption is back. Not for everyone, but UK city boys are apparently again snapping up luxury flats
- Expect a surge in Start-ups and demand for relevant support services as people take advantage of redundancy payouts to try their own wings
- The next big Luxury Market is China, with Versace leading the way by closing shops in Japan in favour of the mainland
- Traditional News Papers moving into Affiliate marketing to make up for plummeting advertising revenue
Albeit not all directly related to online marketing, it still begs the question – how will these trends translate into actionable opportunities for you?
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