Re: UKNM: The Big Retailers - was Toys R Us

[Steve Johnston/IMRG]

>But you haven't addressed the issue of exclusion - and I doubt whether

>many on this list even consider the fate of those living on or below

>the poverty line. The gross distortions caused to the global economy

>by the activities of transnational corporations are I imagine 'dull as

>dishwater'.


You are right. Sajid, because I don't know how. And whilst we can all fret 

about our impotence to make a difference, we conveniently get on with our 

own personal wealth creation.


>And would you care to share with the rest of us the reason why the

>lack of a credit card will prove to be no hindrance?


If you have a telephone bill and are on the electoral register, there are 

all sorts of possibilities for billing e-commerce transactions. The 

pay-per-view I do with Cable and Wireless hits my telephone bill so it is 

not hard to imagine part of C&W's role in interactive services they deliver 

through the TV. And shock horror those 12-16 year olds mentioned in another 

thread are already e-commerce enabled thanks to the Solo card. This is not 

a credit card it is a debit card (part of Swicth) that has all transactions 

authorised. No need for credit or guarantess. 


>If you want crystal ball gazing, Criswell Predicts the Internet

>industry will go the way of the video game industry circa 1983 (for

>Colecovision, read Cisco) by about 2001. Whilst we wait for the

>industry to recover, I will be spearheading the development of a new

>generation of youth-oriented religious cults which will have a pop

>culture aesthetic (imagine Zen Buddhism designed by Me Company &

>Designers Republic) and customer service a la Orange or Egg.


>You are all welcome to visit me in Goa, where I will be forming a

>colony of burnt-out MarCom executives - especially Tim Hayward (not

>that I'm suggesting you're burnt-out), as your skills in cuisine,

>forensic photography & wearing 'outrageous shirts' would fit in

>marvellously. ;)


Now that's more like it. 


Steve Johnston

Director of Development

The IMRG 

www.imrg.org

 +44 (0)7000 46 46 74



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