THE M-BOMB
The Internet bubble has
burst, hasn't it? The fluff and nonsense is all over and we can get back to serving
customers and building brands the way we used to.
WRONG!
The hopeless Internet plays
have drawn our eyes away from the real threat that has crept into the markets. The
multichannel game is on. A far more dangerous and subtle game.
The simple e-commerce
experiments are giving way to highly credible and profitable services that use Internet
technologies to unlock the potential of hugely successful traditional brands. Weaving the
new with the old, the leaders are creating remarkable services that meet real customer
needs and make money - lots of it. Businesses like Wal-Mart, Citigroup, Sony, Carrefour,
Tesco and GE are rumbling into action and are threatening established players in every
sector. Many of the best brands in the world are hopelessly ill-equipped for the
challenge.
The M-Bomb represents the
multi-channel challenge which is forcing businesses to equip themselves to deliver
products and services efficiently to the home and on the high street, online and through
traditional sales channels. Another product, another channel, another market, no problem.
Failure to meet this challenge at low cost means certain extinction.
GeoffWebb brings his huge
experience from hundreds of bricks and mortar and e-business innovations to offer a
comprehensive guide for businesses to help them survive the M-Bomb and thrive in the world
to come. Winning companies must reorganise themselves to successfully manage clicks,
bricks and other tricks smoothly and profitably. Customers will expect to be served in any
way they choose - at no extra charge. With examples from financial services,
manufacturing, retail, telecoms and the food industry, The M-Bomb is the first practical
guide to the next five years of business.
Geoff Webb backs up every
insight, every assertion, every must-do and every bear-trap with a living example from the
markets and his vast international business.
"For nearly 20 years I
have watchedGeoff challenge and change conventional business wisdom. His writing captures
his management style, intelligent, fast, hard-edged, intolerant of 'fluffy' thinking but
with just enough humour to make it all acceptable. The M- Bomb brings together his
experience and his vision for building dynamic competitive edge in a pragmatic and deeply
thought provoking way: mercifully it is also entertaining. Read it and be prepared to
change the way you think!"
IAIN FERGUSON, CHAIRMAN,
BIRDS EYEWALLS
"First the phoney war,
then the M-Bomb. Geoff Webb has written the definitive survival guide to this new war zone
for all brand owners who care for their precious assets."
JOHN MSUNDERLAND, CHAIRMAN,
CADBURYSCHWEPPES
194 pages