Three P's in a Pod
Last week, Boohoo appointed a former high court judge to examine its business practices on the back of their recent supply chain fiasco...
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theSPC
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Spoilt for Choice
Sporting nicknames are, in my opinion, a thing of beauty. Sardonic, ingenious, ironic and just damn funny, they are to be celebrated. My...
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theSPC
- Oct 8, 2020
- 4 min
When did it become OK to cheat?
I must have missed the memo, telling me it was OK to cheat in business (for those of you who first entered the workplace less than 20...
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theSPC
- Sep 29, 2020
- 1 min
Navigating procurement
We were delighted to be asked by the BPMA to contribute to their recent Virtual Conference based around the themes of Recovery,...
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sbaynes1
- Jul 10, 2019
- 2 min
Earn trust - then worry about the rest.
Last week saw the inaugural EPIC (Everything is Possible; Integrated Communications) conference held in London. The stellar line up of...
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sbaynes1
- May 21, 2019
- 5 min
Customer service is dead … long live customer service!
Over breakfast with an old industry colleague we were discussing how the print management and marketing services market had changed over...
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theSPC
- May 10, 2019
- 6 min
Death to the triple bid – 5 ways to buy marketing print smarter
Death to the triple bid Please do not get me wrong, I am not against using a competitive tender process to buy marketing print. However,...
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sbaynes1
- May 2, 2019
- 5 min
‘Retail is a young man’s game’ - putting a value on experience
Don’t tell HR but… I was sitting with a senior retail client (in rank rather than age) just after the Monday morning trading meeting,...
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theSPC
- Apr 25, 2019
- 5 min
5 unethical practices common in the Print Management industry and how to stop them
Can I buy you lunch? A colleague of mine, based in the UK, was once asked out for lunch by a printer. The invitation was sent in a brown...
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theSPC
- Apr 18, 2019
- 5 min
The measurement minefield
Why promised savings on Marketing Print Management contracts are rarely delivered and what procurement can do about it. A view from the...
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theSPC
- Apr 12, 2019
- 4 min
Why most marketing print tenders are not worth the paper they are printed on
and 7 things you can do about it! The cost I have completed and managed a lot of print and print management tenders over the last 25 plus...
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theSPC
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
Take a side: the value of something
‘If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything’ Stand for something ‘If you don’t stand for something you will fall for...
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