What technologies are essential to the future stores? According to the survey, both brands and retailers look at optimising the checkout process from stores, with mobile payment being their number one concern, self-scan cash registers being also a priority.
https://www.pwc.be/en/news-publications/publications/2018/the-future-of-retail.html
My dad emigrated from Colombia to North America when he was 18 looking looking for a better life. For my brother and I that meant a lot of standing outside in the cold.
http://johnsalvatier.org/blog/2017/reality-has-a-surprising-amount-of-detail
The West was sure the Chinese approach would not work. It just had to wait. It’s still waiting.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/china-rules.html
Less than a mile apart, two extravagant new shopping destinations have opened in New York City. One, by Levi’s, sits right in Times Square, surrounded by the area’s flashing screens and rush of pedestrians.
https://qz.com/quartzy/1465334/in-the-era-of-online-shopping-the-retail-store-is-immersive-theater/
The Management Framework that Propelled LinkedIn to a $20 Billion Company
Before Jeff Weiner took the top spot at LinkedIn, he asked founder and then-CEO Reid Hoffman three questions: “How do you want to handle decision-making? What decisions would you like to make, and what decisions should I be making?” Hoffman responded: “That’s easy.
12 Things about Product-Market Fit
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https://a16z.com/2017/02/18/12-things-about-product-market-fit/
Engaging In Cryptonetworks – AVC
Ever since the first cryptonetwork, Bitcoin, was created, investors have had the opportunity to earn returns by engaging in the network. In Bitcoin’s case, that was done by mining the network, effectively powering it.
An Intro to Crypto: Building Companies, from People to Code https://youtu.be/jIKNCD3wDgI
Surviving the Retail Apocalypse |
We’ve all heard about the retail apocalypse and the supposed demise of malls. It’s a familiar refrain: chains expanded too fast, and malls, especially in the mid-tier, are overbuilt and dying. E-commerce is eating into brick & mortar shopping.
Historically, new models of computing have tended to emerge every 10-15 years: mainframes in the 60s, PCs in the late 70s, the internet in the early 90s, and smartphones in the late 2000s. Each computing model enabled new classes of applications that built on the unique strengths of the platform.
