Using Technology for Profit at RecycleBank

We've just received a blue recycling bin. Nothing much remarkable about that. But behind the bin is a company and a business model which displays a clever combination of technology and creative thinking. Such combinations can transform a sector for the benefit of customers, partners and of course the business itself. WIN-WIN for everyone involved, in this case planet earth included.

RecycleBank (RB) is a "cleantech" business from the USA that is entering the UK market with [...read more...]

Business Models - How could you emulate Poundland?

So the story goes, a man bought 10 pairs of reading glasses from Poundland for £1 each. That's £10 he reckoned it cost him to save his marriage. He was going to put a pair in each room so he stopped bellowing to his wife to help him find his one existing pair.What a good idea!

In Poundland every item is [...read more...]