Earlier this year we were taking an epic tour around the USA for the husband's 40th, something we had been planning for nearly 11 months. It consisted of a visit to New York, New Orleans, Houston (he likes spaceships), Vegas and LA. 5 locations and 10 flights in 22 days, Yeh, we were pretty excited, however as we were departing New York for phase 2 of 5 the US declared the Coronavirus (COVID-19) a Pandemic. We landed in New Orleans to a pretty relaxed scene, people still mill

Recently I attended the Digiday Hot Topics event from Digital + Technology Collective. I have to say there was some excellent speakers with interesting points of view on Digital and Retail, with Amazon launching this could not have been timelier and I found every segment valuable in understanding what is next for Australian retail? Many topics were talked about but topics that kept swimming to the surface were: the customer wanting more meaningful conversations with brands, e