The Meta Store has just opened on Meta’s (the company formerly known as Facebook) Burlingame campus. It is a living lab where people can experience the metaverse for themselves and Meta’s Reality Labs HQ programmers and developers can learn from customers. “Once people experience the technology, they can gain a better appreciation for it,” said […]
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Since its inception, Jeff Bezos has been playing the long game at Amazon. He put everyone on notice in his first shareholder letter in 1997: “We believe that a fundamental measure of our success will be shareholder value we create over the long term. We choose to prioritize growth.” Profits took a back seat to […]
The RealReal Proves Secondhand Luxury Is What Luxury Consumers Want
The secondhand luxury goods market will grow 4X faster than the primary market. The RealReal is in on the ground floor.
Amazon’s Customer Loyalty Is Amazing: Time to Become a Third-Party Seller?
Amazon’s results over the past holiday season are mind-blowing. While the company holds some data close to its vest, like the number of customers that ordered and the dollar amounts those orders represented, it reported that this past Cyber Monday was the single biggest shopping day in Amazon’s history, surpassing Prime Day 2017, which until […]
Wayfair Is Going Strong in Home Furnishings Online, But Don’t Count Amazon Out
Wayfair, the e-commerce home furnishings company, just released its financials for 1H2017. For the six months ending June 30, Wayfair revenues reached $2.1 billion, up 36% from $1.5 billion in the same period last year. Its number of active customers grew impressively as well, from 6.7 million in 1H2016 to 9.5 million this year. And […]