There are more than 100 Irish Companies selling next generation solutions into the Retail sector – in addition to the many others who sell through retailers as a ‘route to market’. These retail solutions companies provide services such as payment solutions, store interiors, technology providers, consumer products, packaging, marketing, instore systems etc. and are targetting supermarkets, pharmacies, DIY stores and other retail outlets as their clients.
Given the work that EI and its clients are undertaking in the retail solution area, I am delighted to announce that we are holding a second Retailer Solutions Forum on Thursday 9th February in Eastpoint Dublin. It will include the following topics; Social Media, Retail in Germany and Multichannel Retailing and is aimed at CEO’s of supplier companies targeting the retail sector in the UK and Europe.
You can find the agenda for the day below. Places are limited so contact me allyson.stephen@enterprise-ireland.com or +44 (0) 20 7438 8714 to book.
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- ‘Social Media in a Business to Business Context’ . Michael O’Brien, Head of Marketing at Celtrino, will share his experiences of the adoption of social media as a strategic part of the company’s marketing mix. Adrian Goodsell and Pete Wood of Steak Digital will add context and background to Michael’s story.
- ‘Retail in Germany’. Michael Gerling, Managing Director of the German Retail Institute, will provide in-market insight into the German retail scene. He will give a general overview of the German market, type of stores, trends etc. with much opportunity to ask him about this challenging but potentially rewarding market.
- ’Multichannel retailing in Europe’. Martin Newman, CEO of Practicology, will address the topic of multichannel in Europe. He will use practical examples to describe the retail scene in various European markets, to look at strategies of key European retailers as well as compare trends in e-commerce, m-commerce and f-commerce across Europe.
There will be a chance to interact with and question these speakers through networking over coffee / a light lunch. We will welcome your feedback, and inform you of the planned activity for Retailer Solutions for 2012.
Follow the EI Retailer Solutions Twitter account @retailer_sol for all the latest information about the work EI is doing in this area.
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Germany is Europe’s largest consumer market: worth €1.5 trillion this year alone. Not surprisingly, a growing number of Irish businesses are now seeking opportunities to sell to German consumers. The good news is that a large number of Germany’s 82 million consumers like Irish products and services. Indeed, 30% of Germans look positively upon goods originating in Ireland. So the opportunities are real enough.
 New German Parliament building - fotopedia Amárach Research has recently surveyed 1,000 German consumers to help identify opportunities for Irish businesses targeting the most successful economy in Europe. We would like to share the results with you. Which is why we have organized a seminar next week to brief businesses on the opportunities that are now emerging. If you or a colleague would like to find out more, then simply book a place on the seminar website here. We look forward to seeing you there.
The results will be presented at a seminar on ‘Selling to the German Consumer’ on Wednesday 22nd June in the D4 Berkeley Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Tickets (first come first served) and further details are available here.
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Germany is Europe’s largest consumer market: worth €1.5 trillion this year alone. Not surprisingly, a growing number of Irish businesses are now seeking opportunities to sell to German consumers.
The good news is that a large number of Germany’s 82 million consumers like Irish products and services. Indeed, 30% of Germans look positively upon goods originating in Ireland. So the opportunities are real enough.
Amárach Research has recently surveyed 1,000 German consumers to help identify opportunities for Irish businesses targeting the most successful economy in Europe. We would like to share the results with you.
That is why we have organized a seminar next week to brief businesses on the opportunities that are now emerging. If you or a colleague would like to find out more, then simply book a place on the seminar website here. We look forward to seeing you there.
The survey was conducted by Amárach Research in May 2011, using a quota controlled sample to represent the German adult population aged 16 and over.
The results will be presented at a seminar on ‘Selling to the German Consumer’ on Wednesday 22nd June in the D4 Berkeley Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Tickets and further details are available at:
http://www.eventelephant.com/sellingtothegermanconsumer
The leading global travel trade show in Berlin always starts each year with a record. This year was no different – 11,163 exhibitors demonstrating their products, services and destinations over 5 days at ITB. The event takes place in Germany which again leads the world ahead of the US and UK in international travel expenditure.
However, the big message I took away was that travel was no longer about a product but more about an experience. Let me try to explain…..
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EI Client Quest are entering a phase of growth and are looking to hire a Professional Services Manager, based in Dublin. Quest produce and service Grant Management software for the Public and Private sectors.
Quest is a profitable indigenous Irish software company, founder led with 40 employees and further new hires planned in 2011. The company consists of a services business based in Ireland and a product based business ( international clients in UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada and Germany), with resellers in Canada, Malaysia and Netherlands.
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The RDS has seen many big events over the years; Rugby Internationals, Horse Shows and even Bruce Springsteen concerts. But perhaps the biggest event, at least from the viewpoint of the Irish Economy, is happening next week; Enterprise Ireland’s International Markets week where (at the time of writing) 660 EI clients will meet my overseas colleagues all with aim of gaining more exports, and export led jobs.
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In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Konrad Zuse, the German computer pioneer, a German university class was asked in a straw pole about their career plans. Surprisingly for me, there was a real disinterest within the group to start their own business after university. Most preferred to follow a career instead in a multinational like BMW, Bosch, SAP or similar. If you asked a similar class in Ireland, I am sure the response would be entirely different. How could a nation driven be entrepreneurship and innovation have such an outlook?
Irish payment processor Omnipay hits the news recently with a major award won at the European Card Acquiring Forum in Berlin. It was given to Omnipay due to their commitment to delivering “the most innovative services to acquirers”
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I got back last week from ITB – the largest Travel Fair in the world. I dropped in to the main Phocuswright session and heard some of the key notes from Javier Perez-Tenessa, CEO eDreams and the new CEO of Lonely Planet, Matthew Goldberg.
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Interested in understanding more about the Swiss market? Want to meet with fellow Irish professionals from Financial Services in an open friendly environment?
The Irish Business Network extends the invite to a networking evening in Zurich on January 27th in the James Joyce Weinkeller at 6pm.
Guest speaker for the evening will be Simon Mc Dowell from the Financial Services team in Enterprise Ireland, Dublin. Simon joined Enterprise Ireland’s Financial Services team in January 2009 with responsibility for the asset management and related areas.
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