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		<title>Anyone see a 7-Eleven around?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Sammartino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m here in Bangkok for my annual supervision of the Global Consulting Project. And again, I have been struck by the ubiquity of 7-Elevens in this city.  On the relatively quiet street of our hotel there are four branches of said store within a stretch of about 250 metres, including two pretty much directly across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationalbs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5358753&amp;post=2304&amp;subd=internationalbs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More from me on e-commerce and retailers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Sammartino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International retailing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disruptive technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My piece on the Conversation has generated a bit of interest from business reporters.  Here&#8217;s a piece from the Brisbane Times that resulted from a phone interview. I got to bandy around terms like &#8220;disruptive technology&#8221; and delve deeper into the scope for bricks and clicks to coexist (for some). Filed under: International retailing, Retailing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationalbs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5358753&amp;post=2296&amp;subd=internationalbs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A little yuletide conversation</title>
		<link>http://internationalbs.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/a-little-yuletide-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Sammartino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bargaining power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zara]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Gap]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve broken my blogging silence by voicing my opinion on the woes of Xmas retail over at the fancy Conversation website. It kicks off like this: The lead up to Christmas inevitably draws our attention to the actions and performance of retailers. This December there have been very few tales of cheer. It gets better! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationalbs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5358753&amp;post=2291&amp;subd=internationalbs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I bet Bernie would like to work for Apple instead</title>
		<link>http://internationalbs.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/i-bet-bernie-would-like-to-work-for-apple-instead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Sammartino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The boss of Aussie department store Myer, Mr Bernie Brookes, was asked yesterday about increasing harmonisation of product prices across countries (presumed to be a response by suppliers and retailers to the exodus of customers to online commerce). He said (with a delightfully Aussie oratory flourish): &#8220;If you don&#8217;t do it the customer leaves you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationalbs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5358753&amp;post=2283&amp;subd=internationalbs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bluing about brewing: Will SABMiller bring on an Aussie apocalypse?</title>
		<link>http://internationalbs.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/bluing-about-brewing-will-sabmiller-bring-on-an-aussie-apocalypse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Sammartino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Tongue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coca Cola Amatil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fat Yak]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SABMIller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure which is less surprising: (a) the announcement that the Foster&#8217;s Board are now supporting SABMiller&#8217;s takeover offer; or (b) the ill-informed hysteria in the tabloid press about the &#8216;loss of an Aussie icon&#8217;. But let&#8217;s have a look at The Hysteria.  The grounds for concern are shaky at best.  The three main [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationalbs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5358753&amp;post=2268&amp;subd=internationalbs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Westfield gets a Brazilian&#8230; and goes Italiano</title>
		<link>http://internationalbs.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/westfield-gets-a-brazilian-and-goes-italiano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Sammartino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frank Lowy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is rare to see an Australian multinational announce two international expansion moves in the same week. And it&#8217;s even rarer when said moves are to two different continents. Shopping centre giant Westfield made two such announcements this week, with joint ventures signed in firstly, Brazil, and today, Italy. As I wrote about in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationalbs.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5358753&amp;post=2258&amp;subd=internationalbs&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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