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A strategic blueprint for consumer technology retailers in 2025 In today’s retail landscape, consumer technology retailers face a pivotal challenge: how to deliver seamless, personalized experiences across a growing number of digital and physical touchpoints. At the IFA Retail Leader Summit 2025, NielsenIQ’s Michael McLaughlin, SVP Technology & Durables Retail, addressed this challenge head-on.   His session, “Mastering Omnichannel: How to Become a Best-in-Class Retailer,” offered a data-driven roadmap for brands looking to evolve from multichannel operations to unified commerce ecosystems.   With global eCommerce share rising and consumer expectations shifting, the message was clear – omnichannel is no longer optional; it’s…

By Susan Carter Doctoral peer review of each other’s writing is something that we discuss from time to time on this blog. We have covered  practical issues and Dr Pia Lappalainen, as she described a course for doctoral candidates hosted at the Aalto University in Finland, included an extensive list of steps to support peer review. I have been prompted to review this list against two other writing group guides because, as I commenced 2023 with a doctoral writing group that mostly peer review, we reconsidered  reviewing guidelines in our first meeting. In my experience it can be hard to…

Co Authors: Muskan Sehgal, Vinit Gosalia What is a century old and has a roaring British legacy of performance in luxury cars? Jaguar! Is it too soon to reopen the two-month-old wound of rebranding? Hope not. The beloved luxury car brand baffled the internet with its new, vibrant, techno-inspired visuals. Jaguar retired its marque, the leaping cat, for a more ‘modern,’ ‘minimalist’ and ‘inclusive’ identity. This also marked a milestone in the decision to switch to EVs. But something got lost in translation with its fanbase. The brand’s unveiling triggered plenty of mixed opinions, with very few in favour of…

New research suggests ditching the corporate hamster wheel and striking out on your own as a founder offers surprising health benefits. If you’ve ever wondered how striking out on your own (being self-employed) affects your heart health, science has been digging in. Two recent studies suggest there may be surprising health advantages for many self-employed women. Can Being Your Own Boss Be Good for Your Heart?I’ve been on my own as a self-employed marketing expert and publicist for almost 30 years. Since the moment I made the decision to leave my job working for someone else, I’ve never looked back.…

On October 16, 2017, soccer pundit Grant Wahl Tweeted: “Columbus Crew owner Anthony Precourt is set to move team to Austin, Texas, in 2019 if downtown stadium can’t happen in Columbus. Story soon.” That Tweet set off a firestorm on Twitter of angry Columbus soccer fans and excited Austin soccer fans. And I was there for every second of it sharing my enthusiasm about the prospect of having MLS in Austin. It was perfect timing for me. I was in a bad place as I worked through the steps leading to divorce after 21 years of marriage. The soccer controversy…

“Posting sucks! How can I be consistent all the time?” We know the biggest problem of an Instagram influencer. Following the algorithm can sound boring if you don’t know how to do it right. However, neglecting the importance of posting consistently can also become the biggest barrier to your growth journey. Posting manually wastes a lot of time and requires discipline. It also consumes brainpower and keeps you under the stress of questions like,  “What should I post?”  “Is now the right time?”  “Will it work?” The moment you compromise on the frequency is the moment you put your growth…

Creating content for every funnel stage is about more than just cranking out blog posts. It’s easy to fall into a routine — publishing the same kinds of pieces without stopping to ask if they’re what your audience actually needs at that moment. At one SaaS company I worked with, we were proud of our output — dozens of “how-to” blog posts that pulled in steady traffic. But when I looked closer at the analytics, those posts weren’t converting at all. We were filling the calendar, not moving people closer to a decision. It finally dawned on me that there’s…

There’s a good chance your camera roll is a time capsule—holidays, product shots, sketches, half-baked ideas, the dog being dramatic.What if all that static goodness could talk? Not in a creepy way, more like a personal documentary that knows your story beats.That’s where modern photo-to-video tools strut in: they animate your stills, add narration in a voice that fits, and spit out clean, platform-ready clips. If you’ve been thinking “that sounds hard,” you’re closer than you think.How the magic works (without the pixie dust)Let’s untangle the pipeline. It’s mostly four steps, and each one is friendlier than it sounds:Image sequencing.…

Pin I love budgeting because it makes so many things possible that otherwise wouldn’t be. When I first saw that our law school debt added up to six figures, I felt physically ill. I couldn’t envision the crushing weight of that debt ever going away, especially when our take-home pay was under $40K a year. But, thanks to faithful budgeting (and a few other great habits), we were able to pay off that debt of $144K in three years. That’s why I can’t stop talking about budgeting. Budgeting has made the impossible possible for us and I know it can…

Key Takeaways Aster, a decentralized exchange for perpetual futures, surpassed $700M in 24-hour trading volume on Hyperliquid. Hyperliquid currently leads the perpetual DEX market. Share this article Aster, a decentralized exchange protocol focused on perpetual futures trading, recorded over $700 million in 24-hour trading volume on Hyperliquid, a high-performance decentralized exchange specializing in perpetual contracts.Aster has grown its total value locked to over $390 million, according to DefiLlama.Perpetual DEX volumes have surged in 2025, with platforms like Hyperliquid achieving daily volumes exceeding multi-billion-dollar figures in recent months, driven by increased retail and institutional interest in crypto derivatives. Share this article