Colin McFadyen

[Mountain Cabins @cabinsmountain]

not gonna lie… this looks better than answering emails tomorrow

[Forth 1 News @Forth1News]

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations are underway! 🔥

[Arvind Vijay Mohan @ArvindVJMohan]

Think of books as boats that ferry the thoughts of the world’s most powerful minds across time directly to your harbor.

[Arvind Vijay Mohan @ArvindVJMohan]

You can’t read the world through a screen;
it must stain your shoes.

[Colin McFadyen @fadgen]

😔😔 https://t.co/KCAvbTAG0r

[Edinburgh Evening News @edinburghpaper]

https://t.co/A7f8xE6r7j

[Sky News @SkyNews]

The King was filmed making a martini with actor Stanley Tucci at a black tie event celebrating Italian cuisine and 'slow food'.

The King and Queen were also joined by Victoria and David Beckham, Donatella Versace and Dame Helen Mirren.

https://t.co/xPajM9Jf3M

[Colin McFadyen @fadgen]

https://t.co/lzgOLPKnoz

[Colin McFadyen @fadgen]

Brick and mortar stores need to take advantage of this if it’s true .. Shein and Temu growth rates set to plunge in 2025 - Retail Gazette https://t.co/Is6WFbE4LX

[Colin McFadyen @fadgen]

M&S adds self checkouts to changing rooms - Retail Gazette https://t.co/8CWFsSg3jN

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Trust those who return the shopping cart

[Ewen Cameron @EwenDCameron]

Men in the UK over 40 getting up at 7:55am tomorrow morning.

#Oasis

[📸 @THINGEO]

Theses were the best times in Ibiza by far

[Neil Saunders @NeilRetail]

When I lament poor store environments it’s not just because they’re unpleasant on the eye. It’s also because they are commercially damaging. We’ve run many numbers on this and there is a strong correlation between the satisfaction ratings for in-store experience and the growth rate a retailer achieves over the medium term.

One of the most important things for legacy retailers to understand is that the consumer has plenty of alternatives, including up and coming players. Not only do these provide a place to defect to, but they also set a benchmark for what ‘good’ looks like.

Take, for example, the new Vuori store that just opened in our local mall. The 4,850-square-foot space is modern, fresh and very well merchandised. It invites the consumer to dive in and engage. And given Vuori’s spectacular growth rates over the past few years, their strategy is working.

It’s not just Vuori. Our mall is crammed full of new brands with great looking stores, accompanied by older brands, like Levi’s, which have opened their own well appointed shops.

This changes the dynamics of the mall. It used to be the anchor stores – usually the big department stores – that were the magnet pulling consumers in. Now, the main attraction is the healthy ecosystem of beloved brands with smaller stores.

It’s really not complicated to understand. If you want people to make the effort and take the time to come to your store, you have to make it worth their while. If you don’t, you lose out.

[Tam ¹ @F1Tami]

Drive to Survive producers seeing all this go down while they are in off season and not filming

[Rugby World Cup @rugbyworldcup]

Javier Bardem is an icon 😍

The Oscar winner discusses his long-standing love of rugby on the Big Jim Show!

#RWC2023 | #ARGvNZL

[Lewis Capaldi @LewisCapaldi]

ffs whoever is in charge of the billboards at netflix needs firing

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘mumpsimuses’ (16th century): those who insist they are right and apportion blame to others without looking at themselves.

[Sherlock Holmes @Baskerville448]

This is what MOTD used to look like. Consummate professionals who talked about football, not immigration, EU, human rights, or LGBTQ. And another thing, they dressed up smart with suits and ties, not T shirts and pumps looking like they're in the pub, sunday dinnertime.