http://www.mariothomas.com My Take http://www.mariothomas.com/mytake/ecommerce/credit-crunch-online-sales/index.html Whilst The British Retail Consortium (BRC) this week warns that high street spending is down, it seems that there is no stopping the rise in online shopping. http://www.mariothomas.com/mytake/ecommerce/online-gold-2012/index.html We’re a nation in love with e-shopping! Come the London Olympics, online stores will also be going for Gold. http://www.mariothomas.com/mytake/rants/my-two-cents-road-pricing/index.html Like many people here in the UK I spend a lot of my time driving to meetings, the shops and generally getting around. I tend not to touch public transport unless I’m going to London in which case I’ll catch the GNER or a plane. But the recent Downing Street petition against road pricing got me thinking, so here’s my two cent’s on the subject. http://www.mariothomas.com/mytake/search_engines/what-next-for-google/index.html It’s been one of those slow weekends where I spend a lot of time playing with search engines and wondering what’s around the corner for us poor netizens in the world of search. http://www.mariothomas.com/mytake/media/thoughts_on_the_la_times_sale/index.html It seems that someone at the LA Times has finally woken up to what I’ve been saying all along - the saviour of regional newspapers is going to be content, content, content. Editor James E. O’Shea finally took action in unveiling a plan to continue publishing the paper rather than letting it go to the wall. http://www.mariothomas.com/mytake/media/nothcliffe-up-for-sale/index.html With Northcliffe up for sale and advertising revenues showing no signs of a recovery, could the future for regional press really be Local?