brandsExclusive - A fresh take on shopping clubs

A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Daniel Jarosch, Co founder and managing director of brandsExclusive, one of the more prominent invitation only websites that offers branded products at reduced prices for limited periods.  Armed with Business degrees from the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf (Germany) and the MIT, Boston, Daniel’s career includes an eight year stint at Price Waterhouse Coopers, then two years in the Senior Management of eBay Europe. Daniel has also been involved in numerous ecommerce start ups prior to brandsExclusive.

Just Hockey transforms and future-proofs its online business, achieving significant ROI

Just Hockey is Australia’s largest Hockey equipment retailer. Established in 1986, Just Hockey has grown significantly over the years, establishing Just Hockey retail outlets in all major capital cities in Australia as well as a network of regional agencies and professional shops.

After 14 years of successfully operating its physical stores, Just Hockey saw the opportunity for the business and sales growth that the web held. Nathaniel Nelson, General Manager at Just Hockey said: “The Just Hockey outlets were doing very well, but we knew that there were markets, particularly in regional areas, that the physical stores just couldn’t reach. To maximise these sales opportunities, in 2000 we realised it was time to take on the web, launching the Just Hockey website”.

See what you missed at the Online Retailer Conference

This year’s Online Retailer conference, held at the Sydney Convention Centre is now over. This year’s conference was the second of its type to take place 11 months after the inaugural conference took place in August 2009. Organised by Mark Harvey and his team at National Media, this year’s exhibition had a little over 4000 pre-registrations and 3316 attendees. Impressive considering last years attendance was around 2600 which was impressive in itself. This year, the exhibition area had a consistent throng of people and it appeared somewhat more mature than last year’s conference in which everyone was actively moving around networking and learning.