This is not about a computer game, but a transforming shop in the heart of Vienna, Austria. Super Mari’ (http://supermari.at/) combines a little supermarket, a café and a bar. What else could you ask for? This is a real ‘convenience’ store. This smartly designed new shop morphs for different uses, based on the needs of … Continue reading
…Then the answer you are looking for might just be “multishopping”. Lately, we have seen the blossoming of services aimed at improving our online grocery shopping experience, bringing to our homes not only the best of local shops, but also the (usually unaffordable) luxury of a personal shopper dedicated to us. In the UK, Hubbub … Continue reading
Londoners’ lifestyles are hectic; long working hours, demanding social lives and constant tube disruptions can mean that if you don’t know where you are going to be in a few hours time, planning your supermarket delivery three days in advance is nigh on impossible. So if your dinner suddenly gets cancelled because of an over-run … Continue reading
A new concept we were introduced to this week combines crowdsourcing with the local shop. Started last year as part of a start-up weekend in Trento, Italy, Milkplease aims to become a community of people who will help out others by doing their shopping for them. The concept is simple yet effective. Need something but … Continue reading
This week The Grocer held its annual Own Label Food and Drink Awards. There were a total of 67 Gold Award winners amongst them were many of the names you would expect… Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Tesco to name but a few. Oddly though, the awards seemed to be dominated by a name you … Continue reading
Saatchi & Saatchi X London 