TREND REPORTS
(PDF) Mckinsey - Pricing in Retail : Setting Strategy
[Business]
2015/05/11 11:09
This article—our first in a series on pricing in retail—focuses on key value categories (KVCs) and key value items (KVIs) as a core part of price strategy in today’s digital retail environment.Pricing has long been—and will continue to be—a core capability for retailers. Executives and merchants alike recognize it as one of the key value levers, and, accordingly, retailers have worked to r...
(Patent) Amazon Wants an Army of Drones to Chase You Down to Get You Your Package
[Tech]
2015/05/11 11:09
Details about how Amazon's proposed delivery drones may work have been published by the US Patent Office.According to the patent, the drones will be able to track the location of the person it is delivering to by pulling data from their smartphone.The unmanned vehicles will also be able to talk to each other about weather and traffic conditions.Amazon faces many regulatory hurdles before its pl...
3D Flooring Lets You Roll Out of Bed into Paradise
[Design]
2015/05/11 11:08
An epoxy layering technique from Imperial Interiors makes decorative floors pop out at the viewer.Bathroom floors can be a bore unless you’re custom-designing them yourself. An interior design company called Imperial Interiors in Dubai and the UAE offers just such adventures to discerning homeowners; in particular, they specialize in creating stunning trompe-l’œil creations that can range fr...
Circa : What Went Wrong
[Business]
2015/05/11 11:07
Circa, the clever smartphone news app, failed to live up to its promises. The fiasco stems from the smartphone advertising market’s inherent weakness, from Circa’s inability to catch up with evolving reading habits, and from an insufficient editorial proposition. In mid-2013, many were praising Circa. The app was kind of unique at the time (see this Monday Note about it); it was built on a cl...
The Earth will Spend $91.5B on Video Games This Year
[Business]
2015/05/11 11:07
We’re going to spend a great big pile of cash on games in 2015.The global gaming market will reach $91.5 billion this year, according to an upcoming report from research firm Newzoo. That will represent a 9.4 percent increase compared to 2014’s $83.6 billion. Revenues will increase on PCs, consoles, and tablets, and smartphones will lead the way with 21 percent growth year over year. Spending...
MirrorMirror Reflects You and Your Digital Info
[Tech]
2015/05/11 11:06
MirrorMirror displays digital info, along with the user's reflection (Photo: Purdue University)Doing your hair and brushing your teeth are chores that may become a little more interesting and fun with a new mirror that, besides reflecting, can also display emails, news threads, tweets, public transport times and all kinds of online data. That's because a student team from the College of Science...
(Infographic) Evolution of The IT Pro
[Consumer]
2015/05/11 11:03
Does the cloud mean extinction for the IT Pro ? Or Is It just another professional evolution ? Has there ever been a decade in IT where things didn't change completely ?Infographic : http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-89-15/3187.EvoITpro_2D00_v11_2D00_052913.png[technet]
(PDF) Mckinsey - Learning from South Korea’s Mobile-Retailing Boom
[Business]
2015/05/10 11:10
As omnichannel retailing transforms this nation of 50 million people, retailers around the world should be watching—and learning.How much do South Koreans love their smartphones? Well, the country has the highest smartphone penetration in the world: more than two-thirds of South Koreans own one, compared with 47 percent of Americans, 57 percent of Australians, and 52 percent of Britons.1 South...
(IPO) Fitbit is Going Public and It’s Actually Very Profitable
[Investing]
2015/05/10 11:09
Fitbit, the maker of myriad step-tracking devices, has taken the first step to going public, lodging IPO documents with US regulators this afternoon.There have been a string of high profile IPOs lately involving loss-making companies. Think Twitter in 2013, cloud storage company Box or most recently, Etsy. Fitbit, on the other hand, looks as healthy as its own employees are.The company made a p...
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