What’s on the menu for value-added distribution?
Every so often I’ll pass a lorry on the highway that, instead of showing a big brand name along its side, simply carries the words: ‘Eat More Chips!” And who could disagree? Whether you call them...
View ArticleAre you outgrowing your value-adding culture?
People rightly talk a lot about the wisdom of crowds, but I’m sticking with my theme about the wisdom of lorry-side slogans (see earlier blog about ‘Eat More Chips!’). How about this one: “Big Enough...
View ArticleWhy disruptive technology always needs perseverance
There is always something fighting against disruptive technologies. That’s what makes them disruptive: the fact that an incumbent provider or technology vendor wants to keep things exactly as they...
View ArticleVive La Difference
If a golfer scores a hole-in-one then it’s customary in the US, UK and many other western countries to buy a round of drinks for everyone in the clubhouse. But, did you know, in Japan you’re expected...
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