Welcome to our Presentation

By:K Wade

Sharing Ideas

Isolation /integration

Globalisation is now part of everyday life so lets

embrace it!!!• Hop into your Toyota made in

…..Kentucky

• Grab a Starbuck coffee with beans harvested in …..Columbia

• Slip on your favourite Adidas Runners made in …..Indonesia

• Wake up to GE alarm clock made in ……China

Economic FactorsBail Out in 2010 – Irish are a resilient race

Commercial property Electricity PricesTax RateJob Creation

Economic uncertainty • May V TrumpUS President Causing

uncertainty• Currently 700 US companies

in IrelandBrexit• Existing contract and

agreements post Brexit would be secure

• Ireland and the UK exchange €1.2b worth of goods and services weekly

• Cross Border Trading

People & MobilityAdvantages and Disadvantages

• Language Power• More immigration• More Productive• Pensions• New Cultures,new

foods,new traditions

• Immigrants V Native• Human Capital• Emmigration of young

population

Technology within Retail• Plastic card – is the

Robotic Salesman

• Personal Data

• Retailer can attract customers from remotest to highly populated parts

New Technology

• Online shopping

• Fitting room technology

• Self scanning checkouts

VTOS In-house Online shopping Survey

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Number of Persons

96%

4%

Shopped Online Never Shopped Online

VTOS In-house online shopping Analysis

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Numer of Persons

13%

39% 48%

Grocery Clothes Other (Holidays,Garden Tools, Cars)

Male V Female Shopping Online

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Number of Persons

28%

72%

Male Female

Team Buck Says

• “Děkuji” “Paldies”

• “Go raibh maith agat” • “Thank You”