From a real-time perspective, a snapshot of Amazon reveals a sprawling marketplace with the potential to become the largest transactional agent in the history of the world. From a strategic perspective, the long-term view of Amazon is that of a […]
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The business of selling home furnishings to the next generation is about to undergo its biggest change in 20 years. The new kids on the block are moving into town and they are threatening the same old players who are…well,
Starts with Broad Online Awareness It’s estimated that in 2015, the total value of global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods will be a whopping $1.77 trillion (U.S.). But the most recently consolidated figures we have, are for 2013. Back
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Photos by Bruce Byers I was in Havana on August 14th, the day the American flag was reinstated in front of the American Embassy, still in lock-down. John Kerry must have sensed, as I did, the continuing gamesmanship with the
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The world, just at this moment, is riveted by the spectacle of a precariously balanced high wire act in something approximating Hunger Games cum Circus Maximus. We are all watching. We cannot look away. Each day comes new news and
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The World’s Largest Counterfeit Market One can find fake or counterfeit brands in shops and on the streets of every major city in the world. I conjecture that there are probably more in China’s shopping areas than elsewhere around the
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You will find no shortage of excellent, well-researched and well-intentioned advice on the world of omnichannel retailing. For example, online mobile commerce is exploding. We know that. Mall stores are evolving. Online marketplaces are gaining momentum. In-store technology is continuing
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What Is a Store For? As the digital tsunami continues to upend traditional notions of retailing, brick-and-mortar retail survives, and in many cases thrives, among the swirling waters of change. It is now pureplay ecommerce brands that are threatened by
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Hey! It’s a Store in Every Closet As if the traditional industry’s beaten and battered retailers don’t already have enough angst sitting on top of too many stores and too much stuff, all driving the pricing and discount wars in
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Founded in 1999, Blue Nile set out to disrupt the way people buy diamonds, with a special focus on the engagement ring business, skimming the cream off of traditional jewelry stores’ business. The idea of selling engagement rings online grew
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