davidiangray's blog
February 2nd, 2010
Happy Groundhog Day 2010!
As we ramp up for our first annual DIG360 Retail (& Friends) Groundhog Day Celebration in Vancouver, Canada, I'd like to wish one and all a very Happy Ground Hog Day! (click for greeting).
December 28th, 2009
David Ian Gray comments on Holiday retail sales
Here is a link to a CTV news item on Canadian Boxing Day Sales:
November 3rd, 2009
Mark Smiciklas joins DIG360 in senior role, offers social media strategies
July 26th, 2009
Loblaws purchase of T&T Supermarket a landmark in Canadian retailing
The $225 million (Cdn) acquisition on Friday of 17-store T&T Supermarket by Canada’s largest grocer and retail giant Loblaw (Loblaw Companies Limited, TSX: L) was big
May 30th, 2009
DIG360 Presentation: Creating the Culture for Retail Sustainability (Passion4Retail09)
Click here to download or view my presentation that was first developed for the Retail Executives Sustainability Summit in February and subsequently refined for the panel I moderated at Retail BC’s Passion for Retail Conference on May 5 in Vancouver, Canada...
May 26th, 2009
Presentation on Forces of Change in Canadian Retail available for viewing
Click here to see my presentation at the CMA National Conference last month: http://www.dig360.ca/CMA09presentation
Many other presentations covered social media of course, perhaps a few too many. A highlight for me was Loyalty One (Air Miles) CEO Bryan Pearson's presentation on the next generation of loyalty research and loyalty marketing with great global examples of community building.
May 1st, 2009
DIG360 side project: the intersection of immigrants, labour, and sustainability - and the retail sector.
Sharing this brought some interesting discussion at a recent conference presentation. I have been working primarily on two side themes the past several years: sustainability is an obvious one from a review of this site.
However, I have for some time been studying the experience of non-western immigrants, their rate and path of acclimatization to Canada, and the experience of their offspring. Particularly as it relates to our brands and retailers. We have much opportunity and have only scratched the surface.
