Business Think

Some Business theory, and some ideas – all for free here! Think about it – there is nothing for free in this world.

I have encountered many interesting cases of ‘businesses’, here’s how some companies have amazed me with their tangential approach to common tried-n-beaten-up business ideas, in super competitive markets and yet made their fortunes. On the other hand, some examples where new markets are created/captured and kept!

Here are some snippets…

 

Recently I visited the French super-mart Carrefour in Singapore (Suntec City), and was amused to see the electronic display tags on the shelves showing the price of the items. The tags looked trivial and cheap, but still were very interesting as this is the first time I have seen something of that sort in Singapore. These were little tags with a little monochrome green color LCD screen displaying the prices, replacing the paper based printed tags.

Super-marts are interesting businesses, here are some of the key Innovations underway read full feature here

These are me personal opinions, please let me know if you have another perspective.

Here is what is coming soon…

- New Apple iPod Touch and iPhone – training to upscale the consumers?

- Starbucks vs Illy Coffee – same business, different approaches, more money?