Spirituality, World Religion, Christianity, Church
Presentation on the future of the church in the UK for senior Anglican clergy including Bishops, Archdeacons, Area Deans and so on - based on: key trends including the huge growth of attendance at online services during Lockdown and in the year following, surveys showing increased interest in learning about the Christian faith, ongoing high demand by parents for places at Christian schools and the growing national desire to be a more compassionate, caring, kind and loving society.
Sources of Survey Data Include: Online metrics, Church attendance statistics, National Census plus many large national surveys. Results may surprise you.
Read more: Future of the Church - review of UK data and what it means for mission - presentation for Bishops and senior Anglican clergy in the UK
Future of Retail Keynote Speaker, e-commerce
Interview for Fortune Magazine (Greece) 21 February 2019 - Patrick Dixon gave a keynote on retail trends for Lamda Developments in Athens.
In many EU nations, 70% of all retail spending is already in just four or five retail chains, and across the EU as a whole, 50% of all food sales take place in just ten chains. National price wars will become regional price wars. Sales by chains in the EU will continue to grow fast – 25% growth over the last 14 years, but their retail floor space has grown at twice that rate, so their productivity has fallen
Global e-commerce sales will be $5 trillion by 2025, from more than $2.6 trillion in 2018, mostly on mobile devices. Amazon is now the world’s third largest retailer after companies like Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Tesco, with $232bn of sales a year. Over 30% of all UK shopping apart from groceries is already online, growing at 10% a year, mostly via mobiles. E-commerce is growing at 30% a year in Asia. These are pointers to the future of Greek retail. In Greece, EU5bn is already spent online, mainly on shoes, clothes and electronic devices - over 3% of the entire economy, and 25% of this is bought on smartphones.
Read more: Future of Retail: $5 trillion global e-commerce sales by 2025. Impact on malls and traditional retail. How to create MAGIC. Futurist speaker Interview with Fortune Magazine (Greece), and video of futurist keynote on retail trends in Greece and globally