This week our Opinionated Marketers consider whether the big supermarkets have been "caught napping" as Millennials seek quicker delivery times and new businesses oblige.  

This week we speak to James Farmer, Head of Brand and Marketing Communications at the Chartered Institute of Marketing.  We talk about the challenges of Marketing to Marketers, and explore the benefits of CIM membership.

Bricks, Roof Tiles and Cadbury's Flakes all have one thing in common.  Supply issues.  This week our Opinionated Marketers discuss whether it really IS an issue, or more of an 'opportunity'.  

Associated reading here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/15/building-crisis-looms-as-dwindling-supplies-bring-sites-grinding-to-a-halt and https://smallbusiness.co.uk/2020-set-to-be-record-year-for-new-companies-created-2551479/ 

This week, we consider how marketing property for sale has changed in the last 15 years.  My guest is Rowan Waller, owner of "Wallers Estate Agents" in Oxford.  We'll discuss how the internet revolutionised Estate Agency, and consider how it might look in another 15 years time.

This week - two stories make us consider whether Corporations behave in a hypocritical way, contrary to CSR claims that they regularly make.

Our opinionated marketers are Kiran Kapur and Charles Nixon, with further reading here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57050690

https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/us-attorneys-general-urge-facebook-to-drop-plans-for-an-instagram-for-kids-995120

This week, we talk Podcasting.  My special guest is a radio presenter, producer and editor of this very podcast - Daniel Fox.  He'll offer you top tips to make your Podcast sound professional and, most importantly, get an audience.  

This week Kiran Kapur and Charles Nixon discuss the BBC Radio 4 programme "Dare to Repair", and why the blame for built in obsolescence SEEMS to be falling at the feet of marketers.

Hear the original programme here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vgh8 

This week: a "round table" discussion on why some companies keep quiet about their sustainability credentials.  Thomas McAlinden and Nigel Clark consider the pitfalls of publicly marketing yourself as "Green".

This week, Apple rolls out iOS 14.5 - its biggest privacy update yet.  It upends how your apps track your behaviour and will change your iPhone forever.  Kiran Kapur and Charles Nixon discuss the ramifications for advertisers and marketers.

Further reading here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56831241

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56896854

This week we discuss "New Techniques in Marketing".  My guest is Mike Maynard, Owner at Napier Partnership Limited who are a Marketing and PR Consultancy - and a fellow podcaster too.