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Chino Latino - Nottingham
- Address:
41 Maid Marian Way
Nottingham, NG1 6GDNeighbourhood:
- Cuisine:
Pan-AsianPrice: £26 to £40
Chino Latino - Nottingham
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.chinolatino.eu/nottingham
- Phone: 0115 947 7444
- Hours of Operation:
Restaurant: Monday - Saturday 12:00PM - 10:30PM
Bar: Monday - Saturday 12:00pm - Late (cocktails available from 5pm). We are open Sunday the 25th of August and closed Monday the 26th ( August Bank holiday ).
- Payment Options: AMEX,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Japanese, Pan-Asian, Fusion / Eclectic
- Executive Chef: Paul Thacker
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: A full a la carte menu is available all day with a lunchtime Bento Box selection until 6pm and variety of bar platters from 5pm-10:30pm
- Private Party Facilities: We have a private and semi-private group facility.
- Private Party Contact: Jodie Dale 01159477444x
- Special Events: New Years Eve 31st December.
Why not finish off the year in spectacular fashion and spend New Year's Eve with us. We will be offering Champagne Tasting Menu - £65 per person our Restaurant Manager will be in touch to take full pre payment for this day.
A word from Chino Latino - Nottingham
Cultured perfectionists. Chino Latino is a well established, constantly evolving and multi-award winning Pan-Asian restaurant and cocktail bar and has the reputation as one of the best restaurants in Nottingham. Chino Latino was also voted one of the top 50 best restaurants in Europe by Easyjet. Chino Latino is the place to go when you want a laid back drink or an exquisite meal in upbeat, glamorous surroundings.Continued
An extensive a la carte menu combines flavours from Japan, China, Thailand & Vietnam to produce a range of dishes that will appeal to any appetite. Knowledgable staff are always willing to make recommendations and assist with ordering.
The place itself is Uber Trendy with a decor of gun metal grey, crimson and cream and fashionably under lit. Chino Latino has perfected the art of a sophisticated and cosmopolitan dining experience.
Awards include 'Best Asian Restaurant' 2009, 'Best Oriental Restaurant' 2008, 2007 & 2006, 'Best non-European Restaurant' 2005.
An extensive a la carte menu combines flavours from Japan, China, Thailand & Vietnam to produce a range of dishes that will appeal to any appetite. Knowledgable staff are always willing to make recommendations and assist with ordering.
The place itself is Uber Trendy with a decor of gun metal grey, crimson and cream and fashionably under lit. Chino Latino has perfected the art of a sophisticated and cosmopolitan dining experience.
Awards include 'Best Asian Restaurant' 2009, 'Best Oriental Restaurant' 2008, 2007 & 2006, 'Best non-European Restaurant' 2005.
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerMost Booked
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Chino Latino - Nottingham reviews from OpenTable diners
66 reviews since 24 November 2013
- Food4.1Service4.1
- Ambience3.3Value3.3
special occasions (34)fit for foodies (26)romance (22)group bookings (15)business meals (12)pre/post theatre (8)good vegetarian options (4)disabled access (3)child friendly (2)outstanding value (2)sunday lunch (2)Show More
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 22/11/2014First time we have been to the restaurant. The service and the food was great. This is now our favourite restaurant in Nottingham.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Needed a quick pre theatre mealCJMODined on 12/11/2014Excellent friendly service, helpful with the menu, delicious food served quickly as we needed a fast turnaraound before attending an evening event. Good location for our venue.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very noisy!NottsFoodieDined on 31/10/2014We've eaten here half a dozen times and every time the service is fantastic and the food is divine. However we've noticed when the restaurant is busier the service does take a hit, not to an unacceptable level by any means, only small things that seem to be brushed over when usually their attention to detail is flawless. Also when it is busy, it becomes extremely noisy, to the point where you can not hear the person next to you, and I find that quite a stressful environment to be eating in. Amazing restaurant, will stick to quieter times!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great night for special occasionJanineDined on 24/10/2014Visited on a Friday night. Food was lovely, service little slow at times but the food made up for it. Was expecting more of an atmosphere but lacked one slightly.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Overpriced and poor serviceMozzerDined on 17/10/2014The website developers need a pat on the back as after checking out the website I booked a table. The restaurant itself is small and in need of a refurb. After being seated and given a wine list we were left for around 15 minutes. Then the waitress came back to ask if we would like a drink? I then asked for a drinks menu which appeared and again we were left to long. I decided to go to the toilet before a drink order had even been taken, on my return I was informed by my partner she had ordered Drinks and the food, I joked the food would arrive first, surprise surprise we had food before drinks. The food is expensive with poor presentation. The main course chicken at £18 was one over cooked Breast & a few small hard lumps of rice. Awful.
- We were treated like dogsJohnDined on 11/10/2014Honestly everything was terrible except the food which was okay, but the staff and the service was horrible, Worst 85 pounds I have ever spent !
- NottsFoodieDined on 11/10/2014Probably one of the best restaurants in Nottingham. Food is fantastic and excellent selection of wines and champagnes. The lay out of the tables doesn't allow for a particularly "intimate" setting and the noise level can get a bit out of control, so I probably wouldn't recommend it for a first date type of occasion. I also wouldn't say it was child friendly. Overall though a fab restaurant experience, and an outstanding cocktail bar is a few stumbles away for afterwards!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- London quality, Nottingham pricingEatwithapassionDined on 4/10/2014Best tasting menu ever. We liked everything on the menu and the amount of food we got was amazing. We couldn't eat it all. Nice decor, not too noisy even though the restaurant was full and lots of larger tables. Would definitely return if head back to Nottingham.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food, excellent serviceStudentNurse123Dined on 27/9/2014This place is great for groups and couples but not so much for families. The service was excellent which always improves the overall experience. The portion sizes were perfect and not too much. My only complaint was the lighting. My date and I were sat at the very back of the restaurant which I found very dark. Some people might enjoy this, but I like to see what I'm eating. Other then that, great place will definitely visit again!Special Features:
- ExcellentLove2SyriaDined on 9/9/2014Perfect for a romantic time and good selection of food everything was well explained before ordering and as soon as the food arrives you will get full explanation of the ingredients Not cheap but the food is made to order as oppose to pre-made mealsSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing flavourslittlestarDined on 26/8/2014I always love the food at Chino Latino's, it's so packed full of flavour and textures. We have the taster menu as it encourages us to try lots of things that we probably wouldn't have normally ventured into. As always the food was amazing! This was the first time that we've visited at lunchtime and we were the only people in there so ambience was a little lacking and I did notice that the decor is looking a little tired. Was also disappointed that they don't serve their fantastic cocktails in the daytime either. Service was brilliant though!Special Features:
- Great food, but rushedruthnottsDined on 15/8/2014My boyfriend and I booked the taster menu with 40% off - so still £56 just on food between the two of us. The food was lovely, and the staff were very friendly etc, but we felt very rushed. We arrived at 7pm and had been served all our food from the taster menu by 7.45, with the bill brought to us as soon as we'd finished eating. I enjoyed the meal but felt it was expensive even with the discount, and had we paid £90 between the two of us (before drinks), I would have felt quite ripped off. Nonetheless, the food was tasty and nicely presented and we did enjoy it - just a shame we were rushed out of the door in under an hour - the place wasnt especially busy so we didnt feel it was necessary.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- very ggodriaspDined on 9/8/2014very good food and a very enjoyable evening, would eat there againSpecial Features:
- medinkagluttonDined on 2/8/2014Once again Chino Latino lives up to expectations. This time we went for the taster menu and although there's a lot of different dishes, the portions are manageable and the variety of tastes means you don't feel that you're over-eating. We polished off the lot anyway! Great food, impeccable service, reasonable value. What's not to like.Special Features:
- Excellent foodDarrenVIPDined on 2/8/2014I had a few very different Asian fusion dishes all of which were delicious. The black cod portion was huge and incredibly tasty. I'd recommend that one to anyone who likes fish. The steak served on hot rocks is a novelty but be careful not to over cook the steak as I did which was my own fault. My only issue is the industrial style floor which damages the ambiance a little. Other than that, fabulous.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Treat YourselfThegrangeDined on 26/7/2014Having experienced Chino Latino on a weekend in London, we decided to give Nottingham a try. The food was excellant and the staff were pleasant and helpful. The only drawback were the noise levels. This is not the venue for a quiet romanic dinner. It has to be said that at times we could not hear what was being said to us. I would add that it did not detract from the cullenary experience. Perhaps we were infortunate to book on a particulary lively nightSpecial Features:
- Great foodweluv2dineDined on 25/7/2014Amazing food, great atmosphere, bit expensive with the wine @ > £90 per head but had a lovely party.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastic food & servicespiggymasterDined on 19/7/2014The food is amazing especially the new menu , the staffs there especially Natalia and the toilets are clean which is really important for me . I can understand that it could a bit more expensive than other restaurant but it is worth for a good occasion . Love to go there on the 40% discount on tasting menu . SamSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FredoDined on 18/7/2014Excellent meal, and very good service had the tasting menu and thoroughly enjoyed our meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Celebration MealKish501Dined on 20/6/2014My girlfriend and I decided to go to Chino Latino to celebrate graduating. We had been fascinated by the theme of the restaurant for ages but never really had the opportunity to dine there as it was a bit to expensive for people on a student budget. However, having had the opportunity to dine there it is safe to say our expectations of the food were massively surpassed! The modern twist on authentic oriental dishes tasted amazing with explosions of flavours in each mouthful, I can't praise it enough! The only aspect that could possibly top the food, was the service, which was also fantastic with extremely friendly and attentive waitresses. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone who is looking for modern asian cuisine!Special Features:
- Outstanding foodOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 13/6/2014The tuna and chiles sea bass are some of the best fish we have ever eaten The dining experience was unique and highly enjoyable We had the taster menu and thoroughly enjoyed everything we tried The staff were attentive without being invasive Wine reasonably priced We will be backSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The best in nottinghamTimnjeniferDined on 31/5/2014We very rarely leave feedback but felt compelled to put the effort in at last after another fantastic meal. We eat out at least twice a week, mainly in Nottingham and have been eating at Chino Latinos for a number of years. The food is absolutely first class and only matched by the friendly staff and excellent service with Natalie, Sasha and the manager Jody always standing out for their personal touch. The menu has recently changed, the black cod tempura melts in your mouth and the scallops are to die for. We always like the sweet potato fries and the cocktails are some of the best you will find in Nottingham.Special Features:
- Nothing on London's Chino Latino!TurtleTummyDined on 25/5/2014We booked this thinking it would be very similar in terms of their London branch which is one of our favourite restaurants. The decor looks very poor and is a mismatched slap-dash affair that does not add to the experience. The food was just average and nowhere near the London Chino Latino in terms of presentation, or quality - we felt kind of let down thinking the experience would be similar - the only saving grace was the attentive staff.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 22/5/2014Price for some dishes are up, but quality is down.
- Distinctly averageZRD1Dined on 21/5/2014Distinctly average, I'm afraid. The interior was luxurious and the service was good but the food was average. I expected a much higher standard and the price is premium.
- not happyNot2HappyDined on 26/4/2014From the outside it looked like the place to be, but then once inside did not meet our expectations, seats were low ( sofa ) the place looked dingy not nice, had to send the duck back to be cooked, wasn't asked how we wanted the steak or the duck breast cooked, came back with blood, we don't do blood, even the next time it came back still under cooked to our liking, staff were nice and friendly but for what we got over priced..
- Love itNatAndJJDined on 24/4/2014When shopping or night out in Nottingham the place to eat is always here. The food is to die for and the service is always with a smile.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Didn't live up to our expectationsOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 14/4/2014We were disappointed with average food and service, the place is tatty also. To sum up, mega bucks for an average experience………………..Special Features:
- I know that you should notperimoetDined on 12/4/2014I know that you should not judge anything on your first experience , I don't think however that we will be going back.
- tasty tastyfussyDined on 7/4/2014friendly flavours outstanding lean tender meat dishes spicy/fragrant /delicate sauces cocktails with kickSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not worth the priceLaurenDined on 4/4/2014No set menu for 2 people. They said they used to do a menu for 2 and that people always still ask for it - call me crazy for pointing out the obvious but put the menu for 2 back on. We decided to go for the set menu for 4 to get a selection, they said they could do that and just give us half of what was on the menu - great, not so great was the fact they still charged us £45 quid each which was the same price as if 4 people were eating, so they halved the set menu for 4 but didn't half the price - I would say the price could justify the meal but the standard really wasn't great and the portions were so small we had to get a takeaway on the way home - way too overpricedSpecial Features:
- Tasty food at Chino Latinoira0304VIPDined on 22/3/2014We dined at Chino Latino on a Saturday night. I was nicely suprised that the quality and presentation of food have improved since my last visit several months ago. We had a mixture of sushi, sashimi and cooked dishes that were all very tasty and nicely presented. The service was good despite being very busy on that evening. The atmosphere was happy and people simply enjoyed themselves. I would definetely visit again.Special Features:
- Excellent food and servicefoodandwineDined on 21/3/2014They always get it right. Utterly dependable. Special mentions? Shasha and Natalie for impeccable and warm professional service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- overpriced lunch venueBarmac007Dined on 8/3/2014Maybe this isn't really a lunchtime venue but is was very quiet when we ate there on a Saturday at 3pm. Overall the food was good but surprisingly had very few veggie options. Maybe it gets better at night and the experience merits the high cost but for me it was overpriced with drinks being very overpriced.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Brilliant!siobhanmarieDined on 1/3/2014I dined here on a Saturday evening with my boyfriend and our friends who are also a couple. We had a fabulous time. The cocktails are great and the food was amazing. I really liked that it was 'tapas style' and we had a chance to try a range of different things. The presentation of the food was beautiful and so was the taste. The only negative thing I have to say is the temperature of the restaurant was very cold. I would definitely recommend going here and both me and my boyfriend will be going back again very soon!Special Features:
- FantasticEmmaniniDined on 21/2/2014This is the third time that I have visited Chino Latino. Every time the food had been fantastic and would not hesitate to recommend itSpecial Features:
- Amazing foodCSKSDined on 7/2/2014Really good food, just beautiful. Great service too. Highly recommendSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun timesKateHPDined on 25/1/2014We had a really great meal experience last Saturday at Chino Latino. The staff were attentive efficient and helpful. The food was as great as ever and suited the evening we had planned with friends.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Waiting.................unimpressedsparksDined on 17/1/2014Booked here for a friday evening. Arrived, not more than 10 couples in 6 members of staff, 2 behind the bar. Despite plenty of tables we were shown to the far corner where we were crow-barred in next to another couple! The waitress handed us the menu and tried to explain but due to the noise and her thick eastern european accent it was hard to hear. 10 minutes later she returned to ask if we would like a drink! We ordered a bottle of wine. 10 minutes later it hadnt arrived. As we stood up to leave she came over " your drinks are just coming" My partner explained that the wait had been ridiculous and we left.
- Good food and serviceJobsDined on 2/1/2014The food was really tasty, especially the starters, and the service was efficient. I will definitely return for the tasting menus with a larger group. We were dining at around 6, which is prob earlier than most, but it was dead, we were literaly the only diners for the first hour, and even then only a couple if new tables appeared by the time we left, about 10.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Visibility matters to activists—to their social and political relevance, their credibility, their influence. But invisibility matters, too, in times of political hostility or internal crisis. Out in Africa is the first to present an intimate look at how Namibian and South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations have cultivated visibility and invisibility as strategies over time. As such, it reveals the complexities of the LGBT movements in both countries as these organizations make use of Western terminology and notions of identity to gain funding even as they work to counter the perception that they are "un-African."Different sociopolitical conditions in Namibia and South Africa affected how activists in each country campaigned for LGBT rights between 1995 and 2006. Focusing on this period, Ashley Currier shows how, in Namibia, LGBT activists struggled against ruling party leaders' homophobic rhetoric and how, at the same time, black LGBT citizens of South Africa, though enjoying constitutional protections, greater visibility, and heightened activism, nonetheless confronted homophobic violence because of their gender and sexual nonconformity.As it tells the story of the evolving political landscape in postapartheid Namibia and South Africa, Out in Africa situates these countries' movements in relation to developments in pan-African LGBT organizing and offers broader insights into visibility as a social movement strategy rather than simply as a static accomplishment or outcome of political organizing.
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Netflix à la française – Musings on an empire
A recent essay for Foreign Affairs, "The State of the State", criticises Western governments for failing to innovate. The authors make an unfavourable comparison with China, which, though still autocratic in nature, has at least looked abroad for ways to make the state work better (if only in a necessarily limited scope). One doesn't need to look much farther than France to see what happens when the state fails to innovate. President Hollande has done his very best to inculcate a backward ideology of indolence among its workers, but the negative effects of over-regulation have been present in France for some time. One major step that is in drastic need of undertaking is the simplification of France's opaque labour laws, the code for which runs to 3,492 pages, according to a recent article in The Economist. A stark and laughable example of the limits of such a code is elaborated on below,
"[The code] impose[s] rules when a firm grows beyond a certain limit: at 50 employees, for example, it must create a works council and a separate health committee, with wide-ranging consultative rights. So France has over twice as many firms with 49 staff as with 50."
France of course also has a strong sense of state oversight and sponsorship when it comes to the media industry. L'exception culturelle has long dominated discourse about what content is appropriate and designated to be high art. Such safeguarding of domestic product has been a thorn in the side of late of the EU / US trade partnership, threatening to derail negotiations. Some have argued that such promotion of homemade productions serves not to diminish foreign imports – a love of Americana has not subsided in France – but rather only to preserve a niche. Regardless, argues a recent editorial in one of France's national newspapers, it has left the country's media sector susceptible to disruption.
Today's Le Monde newspaper features a front page editorial on the arrival Monday to the country of Netflix. The company announced its plans for European expansion at the beginning of the year. It won't have everything its own way, though. Netflix will have to adapt to a very different market environment. The Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) market is well-established, and it will see much competition from incumbents (last year annual revenues for companies based in France providing such services exceeded EUR10m). These incumbents charge little or nothing for their services, relative to the $70-80 a month Americans pay to a cable company to watch television, according to The Economist, which states "Netflix struggled in Brazil, for example, against competition from local broadcasters' big-budget soaps". Moreover, current government policy dictates a 36-month long window from cinema release to SVOD. We've argued against the arbitrariness of such windows before, for a variety of reasons, but here such policy surely negatively impacts Netflix's projected revenues. Such projections will be curbed further by stringent taxes and a further dictat that SVOD services based in France with annual earnings of more than EUR10m are required to hand over 15% of their revenues to the European film industry and 12% to domestic filmmakers, according to France24. As well as traditional competition, Netflix also faces threats from OTT rivals, such as FilmoTV. One possible way around such competitor obstacles is the promotion of itself as a complementary service. The New York Times earlier this spring elaborated,
"Analysts say Netflix, which has primarily focused on older content more than on recent releases, could also survive in parallel to European rivals that have invested heavily in new movies and television shows. Netflix in some ways serves as a living archive, with TV shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from the 1990s or movies like "Back to the Future" from 1985. Such fare has enabled the company in Britain, for example, to partner with the cable television operator Virgin Media, which offers new customers a six-month free subscription to Netflix when they sign up for a cable package."
Such archive content will come in handy, particularly given that, as Le Monde points out, Netflix had previously sold the rights to its flagship series 'House of Cards' to premium broadcaster Canal Plus' SVOD service Canal Play (which itself is investing in new content). The article hesitates to guess how much of a success the service will be in France – something Citi has no problem in doing, see chart below – instead looking to the music industry for an analogy, where streaming has become a dominant form of engaging with the medium. As in other markets, streaming services have met with increasing success, particularly with younger generations. For Le Monde, the arrival of Netflix will undoubtedly ruffle a few feathers, but the paper also hopes it will blow away the cobwebs of an industry that has become comfortable in its ways; it hopes the company will provide a piqûre de rappel (shot in the arm) for the culture industry. Netflix's ingredients – by no means impossible to emulate – of tech innovation, easy access and pricing and a rich catalogue, should be a lesson to its peers. The editorial only laments that it took an American company to arrive on French shores for businesses to get the message.
UPDATE (16/9/14): TelecomTV reported this morning that Netflix has partnered with French telco Bouygues. The company will offer service subscriptions "through its Bbox Sensation from November and via its future Android box service. Rival operators are refusing to host Netflix on their products".
What will Apple's verse be?
Apple seems to be at a bit of a cross-roads at the moment. Attending a Mobile World Congress wrap-up event in Cambridge last week, Zeitgeist listened carefully to one of the key speakers, William Webb, casually toss off the following epithet; "Since Steve Jobs died, so has all innovation… Everyone was catching up with Apple, then they did and Apple ceased to innovate."
As a brand, the company is still strong. The above TV spot is one of the more effective pieces of advertising on the box right now. As a service, the story is less clear. So much ink has been spilled over the years writing about the imminent arrival of a fully-fledged Apple TV service, that the most recent rumours with Comcast did little to raise expectations. Variety called a deal between the two companies "improbable". Elsewhere, Business Insider said yesterday it was time for Apple to launch a music subscription service – the chart below will make tough reading for the iTunes side of the business, with negative growth in 2013.
Strategic clarity seems to have escaped the company of late. Are Apple's greatest days behind it then? We say, don't bet on it.
Fit to Print – Recommendations and lessons for print media
"Breaking an old business model is always going to require leaders to follow their instinct. There will always be persuasive reasons not to take a risk. But if you only do what worked in the past, you will wake up one day and find that you've been passed by."
- Clayton Christensen
What do Dell, The New Yorker and the music industry have in common? All three are currently grappling fundamentally with their business models in the face of creative destruction at the hands of digital disruption. The CEO of Dell is struggling to take it private at the moment – in a proposed $24.4bn buyout – in an effort to ensure its strategy looks away from the short-term needs of investors while it restructures with a new, long-term strategy that will shift focus away from its core PC business. An issue of The New Yorker hardly makes for a quick read, but has been one of the more innovative companies among its peers to embrace and experiment with digital. We wrote about their initiatives last summer. Recently, for their anniversary issue, the publisher offered digital issues for 99c, an offer that Zeitgeist took them up on, and it was pleasing to see how well the digital edition mirrored with print one, while at the same time adding some features that took advantage of being on a digital product. Last week, The Economist published an article on the music industry, which is beginning to see glimmers of hope in its revenues from digital sales. "Sales of recorded music grew in 2012 for the first time since 1999", although only by an anemic 0.3%. This is still better than Hollywood, which had to settle for celebrating a flattening of home entertainment revenues, after years of decline. After almost being destroyed by it, a third of the music industry's revenues now come from digital, but they are barely keeping up with the decline in physical sales, which makes up the bulk of other revenues. Lucian Grainge, chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group, spoke to the Financial Times at the weekend,
"The industry needs transforming. It's for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey… We've learnt an awful lot, but it's like being in a commercial earthquake and the reality is it takes time to get out from beneath the desk where you're protecting yourself and move forward."
Indeed, one of the biggest issues industries must address is when is the right moment to risk their current business model in order to address change and adapt. Grainge talks about the industry need for a "constructive collision" between musicians, content owners, distributors, entrepreneurs and investors. To what extent this is happening is unclear, but it is certainly thinking outside the box, and could well be applied to other areas similarly suffering at the hands of such change. As goes the music and film industries, so goes the print industry too? How do print titles develop profitable models for generating profits in the face of such volatility in changing consumption habits and digital disruption?
In December 2012, consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG) published a report entitled 'Transforming Print Media'. The report begins on a sour note, admitting that the conventional wisdom is that newspaper and magazine publishing is "a dying business". This is a hard assertion to counter though, and the consultancy's own graphics show a rather alarming lack of growth in developed countries. Emerging markets, conversely, are seeing growth in both print advertising and circulation, for both newspapers and magazines. For instance, while between 2006 and 2011, the US has seen a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) decline of 12% in print advertising, China has seen an 8.5% uptick, and India a 13.9% growth. One of the immediate problems the report addresses, and one which Michael Dell is looking to neutralise is that of concentrating on short-term gain at the expense of long-term restructuring with a rigorous focus on which adjacencies work well and which do not. This can be immensely hard to justify in an environment of quarterly earnings reports and instant CNBC updates. BCG suggests implementing a strategy that will instill long-term change while also providing medium-term gains to keep investors happy. The report proposes a 3-5 year plan, and, interestingly, notes that success will rely "more on execution than insight". Zeitgeist would counter that without both being optimal, the strategy is bound to fail. Moreover, knowing exactly who you want to target and how their methods of media consumption and interaction have altered / are altering is a critical tool for success. It also points out that new business models should not be about "trading print dollars for digital pennies", something that the music and to some extent the film industry are both grappling with currently.
David Carey, head of Hearst Magazines, commented last year that, in publishing, "you need five or six revenue streams to make the business really successful". One of the key points that recurs throughout the BCG report, which Zeitgeist, while working on developing strategic recommendations for the Financial Times last year, was also in favour of, was in extending the reach of the business in new directions. These directions leverage the brand equity of the company and extend into areas adjacent to the company's expertise. For the FT, opportunities exist to extend the brand name into complementary areas of luxury with which the paper is already associated. Monocle has made in-roads into diversification by starting a radio station, which it says is very attractive to advertisers because they have a clear idea of their audience; the type of high-earning consumers who never normally listen to radio. As well as new revenue streams, Zeitgeist also focused on customer retention. One important consideration was that of both vertical and horizontal cohesion. The business as a brand must speak in a relevant, cohesive way across channels, and, in the case of the FT, speak in the appropriate way to its many different readers around the world. BCG advocates "reassessing vendor relationships; stream- lining editorial, content sharing, ad pricing, and production processes; and pooling advertising sales across titles or clusters… the right changes to financial policies— particularly to debt levels and ratios, dividends, and buybacks —can create a clear and compelling case for long-term health, can lift stock prices, and can attract more patient investors."
Price is a fundamental consideration too. For the FT, Zeitgeist extemporised on the importance of price. Referencing behavioural economics, price for the FT acted as an anchor. It framed the paper more by juxtaposing it with its cheaper peers than by giving it any inherent value. In reports from the last few years taken both in Europe and the US, several major broadsheet newspapers were studied. They had all raised their prices. Some of them had seen their circulation decrease. But all of them had seen increases in revenue, even the ones that had lost circulation. Zeitgeist presented the FT with an analogy; the champagne label Krug, some years ago, hiked up its price, with little notice and for no perceived reason. Production, pricing and taste had not changed. The company lost some suppliers because of this change. But overall, their revenues increased. Krug was now in the upper echelons of the luxurious world of champagne, done to coincide with a global rebrand that appeared in all the right places. BCG alludes to the price increases in its report, saying consumers will "perceive greater value in the product than the amount it is costing them… there is the ability to increase these prices by as much as 70 to 100 percent…". The report addresses paywalls, which Zeitgeist have written about several times in the past. The key it seems is in making these paywalls permeable, not inflexible. This is one issue the FT will need to address, one its peers, like the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), The New York Times and The New Yorker, have taken steps in the direction of already. The WSJ has frequently taken down its paywall during times of emergency (such as Hurricane Sandy), or for sponsored promotions. Advertisers still play a significant role in US print advertising – a $34bn role – but it is diminishing. The New York Times reported last year that advertising revenue had dropped below subscription revenue. As worrying as this is, it should provide an opportunity for companies to focus more on producing content that the actual readers want, rather than what the advertisers want to see. Broadly, the difficulty lies in getting consumers to see the worth of a digital product versus a hard copy. Obviously this issue is not restricted to the publishing industry.
The importance of the transition to digital is hard to overstate. As well as issues of pricing and paywall strategy, there is also social media to consider. Here, the FT is a good example of a brand that is playing it safe, operating for the most part with a very top-down messaging strategy that leaves little room for collaborative communication. But digital production and the expectation of instant news also means that companies are having to change the way they produce content. Speaking at the Future of Media summit at the Broadcast and Video Expo recently, Editor in Chief of Time Out London Tim Arthur said their changes were "led partly by necessity and partly by desire". BCG outlines three models that are emerging: "dedicated print and digital editorial teams, integrated teams that operate throughout the print and digital platforms, and full editorial integration". There are several advantages to be leveraged through digital as well. Research is a big one. Time Out's Tim Arthur admitted they never used to carry out research until their recent transformation, which included an overhaul of their digital strategy, as well as making their hard copy paper free. It was great then to hear how the company was now using multiple channels to collate data and engage audiences at the same time. Unlike the FT, Time Out was no longer engaging in a one-way conversation, and they were operating with "less arrogance". The company changed from a content-stacked, "trickle down" approach to one that recognised different audience needs over different platforms, which is a key insight. Furthermore, the opportunities to make advertising more engaging are also quite evident. iAds for example, allow more interaction. A recent ad in The New Yorker promoted a new book with a 'tap to read a chapter' function.
"These considerations inevitably lead to a series of hard choices about the degree of diversification that publishers can realistically undertake", so summarises the BCG report, which suggests controlled experimentation to work out the best model. On an internal level, the company must convince employees that this change will be for the better and for the long-term. It must also convince shareholders of the benefits, while showing real value as early as possible. Such a transformation provides opportunities for streamlining technologies and future-proofing ways of working. It should make the brand think about what its equity is, and where else it can push out to in order to drive new revenue streams. Digital is not something to be feared, it should be embraced. The opportunities for more targeted, engaging advertising, not least through the use of consumer data, which also can help provide more tailored and attractive content – content that is "useful to others" as Arthur says – will be fundamental steps to take. The music industry, which was ravaged by Napster and its myrmidons at the end of the 20th century, took an age to wake up to realisation that money could be made from the millions of people who were already downloading songs online. The film and television industries have reacted slightly faster, and initiatives like Hulu, Ultraviolet and Tesco's Clubcard TV will help stem the tide. Print on the whole is more on top of the game. Companies like the Financial Times and Time Out are driving innovation in the sector, but must still more readily embrace change if they are to really connect with future readers. Time will tell.
HMV: If you don't fix it, you'll end up broke…
The name Margaret Anne Lake might not ring too many bells. But if you were in the UK towards the end of the twentieth century, you'll be familiar with her alter-ego Mystic Meg.
Having made her name as an astrologer in The Sun, Meg was catapulted into the national consciousness when she was given a slot on the fledgling prime time National Lottery draw programme.
In an attempt to build excitement and pad out an event that took two minutes to complete, Meg was brought in to 'predict' the winners.
Her predictions were suitably vague.
The norm was something generally along the lines of "the winner would live in a house with a 3 in the number, in a town beginning with L or M and have bought their tickets from a woman." with a sprinkling of astrological terminology for extra authenticity.
However it would seem that back in the mid-to-late 1990s Meg wasn't the only one struggling to see what the future held. Far away from the glamour of TV, a number of well-paid businessmen were busy making decisions that would see their organisations squander their dominant positions.
And a couple of weeks ago, after struggling along for years, both HMV and Blockbuster UK, once leaders in their categories, hit the buffers and called in the administrators.
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The wisdom 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is relatively modern – it dates from 1977 – and was attributed to businessman Bert Lance in the May issue of the magazine Nation's Business.
The phrase caught on, partly because it made a point in a catchy way. But like many wisdoms, it doesn't tell the whole story.
Just because something works now, doesn't mean it always will. And those in position of responsibility have an obligation to future proof their organisation.
Back when Mystic Meg was in her pomp, the digital revolution that helped bring about the demise of both retailers was in its infancy. But signs of its potential were there, particularly for HMV.
The first was how people acquired their music.
Software that ripped files from physical storage, coupled with faster web connections, gave birth to peer-to-peer sharing. Programmes like Napster, Kazaa and Limewire removed the need for physical reproduction and distribution.
The whole entertainment industry never really came to terms with illegal downloads, opting to use legal threats and emotional blackmail, rather than adapting their businesses to meet the demand.
In reality, not all pirated content would ever have been bought legally. Peer-to-peer applications offered users the freedom to sample new artists they would never have paid for and get digital versions of music they already owned physically, easily and without it costing them money.
One of the reasons people wanted their music digitally is the second reason the digital revolution helped bring about the demise of the likes of HMV – the way people consumed and stored music.
The emergence of the digital music player, culminating in the release of the iPod in 2001 meant that people also wanted their music in a new format. They could now store their entire collection on one machine.
When people had upgraded their vinyl to cassette, and then their cassettes to CDs, HMV had been in pole position and reaped the profits. However a digital format didn't require physical stores and HMV didn't react. Their model was suddenly 'broke', but they didn't realise in time to fix it.
Avoiding failure
Can such demises be avoided? The future is notoriously hard to predict, but there are some guidelines that can help companies avoid suffering a similar fate to HMV.
1. Be alert to new and niche competitors
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, HMV may have considered their competition to be the likes of Tower Records, Virgin and Woolworths. When they all disappeared, it might have seemed that HMV had won the battle. In reality they were all killed by the same bullet. The game changed as companies diversified.
Back in 1981, following a dispute with Apple Corps, Apple Computing agreed not to enter the music business. Now, iTunes offers over 28,000,000 songs.
Just because someone isn't a direct competitor now, doesn't mean they never will be.
2. Keep an eye on the Path to Purchase
HMV didn't suffer because people suddenly stopped wanting to buy new music or watch films. What changed was how people acquired their material.
Online downloads provided a new way to access digital music. For those who wanted physical media, Amazon et al provided an alternative way to buy CDs and DVDs. Now that nearly 80% of UK households have broadband connections, consumers can stream films at the press of a button or watch a dedicated Movies channel.
Sometimes people will still want physical media immediately, but just not often enough to sustain a business as big as HMV.
3. Understand the next generation
Many years ago, I worked in Woolworths. A large proportion of the music we sold was to youngsters spending their pocket money on their latest idol. While online might have been niche in the mid-to-late-90s, the youngsters of today have grown up with it. As a result, consumers under 35 won't have had the opportunity to develop an engrained habit of buying their music in physical stores like HMV. Buying entertainment online is no longer an alternative, but the norm.
4. Play to your strengths
While online retailers can offer lower prices and a wider catalogue, physical retailers offer immediacy and have the opportunity to provide enhanced in-store engagement.
Shoppers want convenience, value and experience.
Browsing for and buying music, film and computer games ought to be a fun, pleasurable act. Online shopping will continue to grow across pretty much every category. Physical retailers need to understand their role in fulfilling shoppers' needs. Sometimes it will be about delivering the product quickly and easily, but sometimes it will be making the act of shopping an enjoyable experience that merits a slight price premium.
5. Be prepared to change
Taking all of the above into account, it might be easier to spot how a business structure that is dominant now might not be so successful in the future. It is often said that defending a title is harder than winning it in the first place.
However, it can be done.
McDonalds have long dominated the fast food industry. Just over a decade ago, their restaurants were tacky red and yellow places with plastic seats.
Yet they saw that their competition was no longer just the likes of Burger King, but also other food outlets and increasingly the likes of Starbucks et al who offered a more pleasant in-store experience.
Now their outlets have all been refurbished with designer furniture and offer free wifi.
They also observed other trends that would impact them. From obesity to ethical sourcing of produce and packaging, they adapted their business to stay one step ahead.
Their menu still offers the old favourites, but also includes lighter options. Their burgers come from British and Irish farms and much of their packaging is made predominantly from recycled materials.
As a result, they are still thriving on the high street.
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White sky in the morning, profits warning!
How will the snow affect the UK retail landscape?
While the news at the time focused on stranded air passengers, a crippled transport network and the need for some inventive parenting to explain why Father Christmas was unable to deliver presents on time, the after-effects of December's heavy snowfall are now being felt strongly on the UK high streets and shopping centres.
With the tinsel and fairy lights still in full view, it has been a far from Happy New Year for the number of retailers forced to announce that their sales were lower than expected with the consquences ranging from store closures and job losses to profits warnings. Many cited the unwelcome cold snap as compounding difficulties brought about by the economic crisis, changing consumer habits and threats appearing from non-traditional competitors.
First to register concern were HMV, who admitted in an unscheduled trading statement, that like-for-like sales across its UK and Ireland outlets had plunged by 13.6% in December. Having seen other music and entertainment retailers, including Zavvi, Our Price, Tower Records and even Woolworths bite the dust in recent years it isn't surprising that the entertainment specialist is feeling the heat while the rest of us freeze.
Zeitgeist has already touched on how 'In some industries, the concept of owning something tangibly has become redundant;', with music and film sitting high on that list. More worryingly for HMV as the owner of Waterstones bookshops is Amazon's online dominance of the category and the rise of devices like the Kindle and regular smartphones that are likely to eat into book sales in the coming years.
Deeper Problems
While the sub-zero temperatures may have kept shoppers out of their stores the weather can't take all of the blame. This weekend, this half of Zeitgeist bought a CD as a friends birthday present. A quick look online showed the item retailing on HMV.com at £8.99, however in-store I was obliged to pay £17.99. The Sales Assistant helpfully told me that the difference was because online sales are shipped from Guernsey. I rather suspect that the lower price has more to do with the fact that other online stores such as Amazon.co.uk and Play.com are also selling the item for £8.99 than where the item is shipped from.
It's not hard to see why the bricks-and-mortar stores are in so much trouble when they have to sell items for nearly double the online price to cover their overheads. In this instance the extra cost doubles as a 'Failure to Plan' tax for me, but increasingly shoppers will go online for their entertainment needs rather than paying a premium for the convenience of getting it immediately on the high street. Alternatively they'll simply download or stream it and do away with the need for any physical material purchase.
This final option shows how behaviour change can be brought about with the right motivations. For years now, we have been encouraged to reduce unnecessary waste and raw materials to help the environment. However, it is the convenience of having music, film, games and books stored digitally, rather on discs in plastic boxes or paper, that has proved more of a driver than any desire to save the planet.
Others Affected
Another retailer to be affected by how we now spend our leisure time is Games Workshop who issued a profits warning of their own soon after.
Two other retailers who also issued a now on-trend profits warning are greeting cards merchants Clinton Cards and maternity and babyware retailer Mothercare.
For Clintons this is the second such warning in six months and time will tell whether 'strategic intiatives' taken by the board will have the desired effect or whether as a nation, a new generation is growing up to wish 'Happy Birthdays' and 'Merry Chistmases' via text message or social media sites.
Encroachment on their traditional market by the major multiples hasn't helped Mothercare and brokers Seymour Pierce have questioned quite how much of their problems are down to the snow.
With the Christmas period so crucial for many retailers there may be more similar statements being prepared in boardrooms up and down the land. The slightly milder weather in early January may help 'The Sales' boost some bottom lines, but with a number of retailers choosing to delay exposing shoppers to the increase in VAT the bargain hunters may not spend enough to make up the shortfall, particularly if they are saving for a more expensive 2011. If a handful of retailers do go under it begs the question, 'Who will take over their retail space and what will the retail landscape look like in a couple of years from now?'.
Such gloomy announcements from household names will do little to help the economy and improve consumer confidence, particularly once the seemingly permanent VAT rise comes into effect everywhere.
In the meantime we'll have to wait and see what legacy the snow is going to leave in other sectors such as insurance, utilities and travel. Either way, it might be an idea to start saving now for those premiums and gas bills.


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COUNCILLORS are hoping a controversial one-way scheme in Wrexham has been abandoned.
Stansty Road in Rhosddu was temporarily converted due to safety fears.
But the move prompted a backlash from residents and councillors as well as commuters from further afield.
The decision by Wrexham Council to cut traffic along the narrow stretch under Stansty Bridge has had a huge effect on traffic around the town.
Shortly after the trial period and consultation came to an end in November, Lee Robinson, strategic and performance director for the council, said most of the feedback had "not been that positive".
Arfon Jones, councillor for Gwersyllt West, hopes the scheme has been shelved.
He said: "I think the one-way idea will die a quiet death.
"Everything's gone back to normal since the trial came to an end and the traffic's been fine again.
"It was a big problem for people from Gwersyllt getting into town and most were totally against it. I hope this will be the end of it."
Brynyffynnon councillor Phil Wynn, whose ward, particularly Mold Road, was plagued by traffic jams, believes Stansty Road will remain two-way.
"I know sensors have been put in on Mold Road to monitor the traffic and it will be interesting to see what it records," he said.
"It's all gone very quiet from the council but we need to know what's going one way or the other – whether we've still got something to worry about or whether we can forget about it."
Rhosddu councillor Steve Wilson agreed he did not want the one-way system to return but said his main concern was the possibility money given to Wrexham Council from the Welsh Government for any permanent changes would have to go back if not used.
"I'd like to see the money stay in the area.
"Something needs to be done but the fact the road goes under a railway line makes everything more awkward."
John Bradbury, head of environment for the council, confirmed the outcome of the consultation would soon be revealed.
He said: "Following the completion of the evaluation process a report is currently being drafted and will be circulated to members in the near future."
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This cobbler is easy enough for a weeknight dessert and fancy enough to serve to guests. Serve warm with ice cream.—Janet Adamekk, Yoakum, Texas
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Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour
8 cups sliced fresh
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As Grazia Daily reported yesterday, 120 footwear design students at Leicester's De Montfort University university were offered the chance to dream up a pair of shoes for the DoC. A shortlist of six had been sent to St James's Palace and all were on display yesterday morning. So after being greeted by Bollywood dancers, Chinese umbrella dancers, a gospel choir AND soldiers, the royal group headed inside the university where a huddle of quivering footwear design students were waiting to unveil their shoe creations to the Duchess of Cambridge herself. Eep, we can only imagine their nerves!
After perusing the gorgeous concoctions, Kate chose *drum roll please* Becka Hunt! The 20-year-old from Peterborough had designed a pair of rather fabulous blue suede stilettos with lace appliqué. Considering the Duchess loves herself some royal blue and is known for sporting a splash of lace, they really are the perfect fit. Talk about a Cinderella moment! Or something.
'Kate was absolutely lovely and so beautiful,' Becka told Grazia yesterday. 'She took the time to come and see us all with our shoes, and congratulated us on all of our hard work. She said they all looked beautiful.'
So how did it feel to meet Princess Catherine? 'When she first came in everyone was in awe of her, but she was very natural,' Becka reveals. 'I even got to shake her hand – I couldn't believe it. She was softly spoken and very calm.' And speaking of her style, Becka says she looked 'fantastic.'
Indeed, Kate's chic teal outfit – with a PEPLUM no less – had the Graziettes in rapturous, but we're desperate to see the notorious fan of classic nude heels sporting such a colourful concoction. 'It's so overwhelming that I won,' Becka told us. 'And I think it's going to be another extremely surreal moment seeing Kate wearing my shoes for the first time.' We cannot wait.
So let's take a closer look, shall we? Inspired by 19th century footwear, the bright blue shoes are covered in delicate beading and cream lace with a three-inch heel, neutral coloured sole and an open front. They're suitably regal and rather fairytale-esque, dontcha think? 'They were completely inspired by Kate,' Becka reveals, 'specifically her amazing engagement ring and the fact she is a Princess. I tried to emulate her classy style, which I adore, but also add an edge to it that we haven't seen before on Kate.' Bravo!
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