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The last few weeks have seen a fair amount of content on the future of the group buying ecosystem. I believe that the daily group buying model is starting or has started evolving. Call it daily group buying 2.0, but more on that in a bit. The deal fatigue that users are experiencing in mature […]
“Great power involves great responsibility” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt Google is arguably the single biggest part of the Internet but things are beginning to happen at their Mountain View offices that have me concerned. Very concerned actually. You know that feeling when you start seeing a story evolve that you have already read and seen […]
Rakuten, the Japanese ecommerce giant has done it again. They have bought another company that has raised alot of questions about their merger and acquisition strategy. Viber, the messaging company that uses wireless internet to do phone call is now a Rakuten company. The issue with Rakuten for me is that they have little or […]
The first week of July is in the record books. This year has steadily been gaining speed and everyone has started with Q4 planning. It is pretty clear to me that in South Africa ecommerce is starting to become more acceptable. I know that sounds weird but I still feel retailers see ecommerce as a […]
It feels like yesterday, that the change to Google Product Search was announced. Yet, the story continues to make it into my RSS reading (it will most probably continue). I have been deliberately not speaking about in depth as I want to properly write about it. Anyway, this week was dominated by eCommerce in the […]
The past week has been an interesting one. If I ever win the lottery I have one event that I would like to do. Create an event in which 3 speakers of my choice come and speak to me and a select of individuals. Preferably the event should be held in US to ensure that […]
If you work for or with brands, one realizes fast that these businesses are in trouble. The amount of brands that have their business in tune is akin to finding chicken teeth. Small, medium, or large companies have blind spots that they might not know about, impacting their survival. Whether it’s called digital transformation, digitization […]
As 2020 moves forward, I have been thinking about the unintended consequences related to the COVID19 virus. How it will change our lives is currently unclear. The illness has impacted every sector and activity, and unintended consequences are becoming visible globally. The law of unintended consequences is seen as a building block of economics, but it […]
2020 has shaken society as a pandemic, and civil unrest over racist behavior has led to company spotlighting. Consumers have the most time to spend browsing or interacting with content. Ensuring that your business and team are focusing on and paying the correct amount of attention to valuable tasks are critical. The past week has […]