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Hmmm… Interesting idea from Greenwich and Netopia.
While walking along a commercial center in San Juan, I saw a poster displayed at a Greenwich store that was promoting this this new “delivery channel”:
ORDER GREENWICH PIZZA AT NETOPIA
Too bad I was in a hurry and I didn’t have a camera with me.
Not a bad idea though.
The people in Greenwich found a creative way of tapping this market segment for online ordering and food deliveries —-> people who spend a considerable amount of their time at internet cafes to go online (obviously, these are the same people who don’t have any PC and/or internet connectivity at home). Netopia, considered the largest chain of internet cafes in the Philippines, with 150 branches nationwide (and targeting a total of 500 branches by 2008), is the best choice among existing internet cafe operators in the country. (more…)
Categories: Delivery · Fastfood · Internet Cafe · Merchant Tools · Netopia · Payment · Retailers · Small Business · Strategy · eCommerce · mCommerce · myDSL
I am a newbie to social networking sites. Heck, I’ve spurned countless invites to set up a Friendster and MySpace accounts!
But now I am intrigued by a similar service which has been getting a lot of buzz and attention lately, especially with its newly launched platform. Top Bloggers (tech experts, VC’s alike, and practically all those in Silicon Valley) have been talking about it. It’s called Facebook. It’s the hottest thing right now as evidenced by its relentless pace of signing up a million new users every week! (more…)
Categories: Entrepreneurship · Facebook · Online Retailing · Retailers · Social Networking · mCommerce
Or if you don’t have one yet, and are planning to put up one, then consider this thought… Encouraging thought, ain’t it?
If you have the time, try buying and reading Chris Anderson’s bestselling book entitled “The Long Tail – Why The Future of Business is Selling Less of More“. The book’s not necessarily an earth-shaking revelation. It’s more of an eye-opener. It’ll explain in full the principles behind the theory of the Long Tail. Briefly, this book tells us that advances in technology, primarily, the Internet, has allowed us, the average individual, to take advantage of the new opportunities of creating businesses in non-traditional medium, that is, primarily (again), the Internet. (more…)
Categories: Business Book · Entrepreneurship · Online Retailing · Retailers
