It’s common knowledge that Kodak’s demise came at the hands of digital. But few know the whole story of why that happened. Kodak relied, too much it turns out, on a lot of bad data about how much of a threat digital was to its...
It’s now been at least two decades since the word “millennial” entered the general lexicon of brand managers and advertising experts, and that timeframe has also resulted in shifting definitions for the term. Though millennials began as teenagers with expendable income, they’re now becoming a...
Startups rise and fall. It’s the natural order of the new circle of tech life. However, it’s not so often that a proven name in getting ideas off the ground fails to make headway with a business that most agreed had as much promise as...
With a surge of fresh funding, eCommerce company Shopclues said it has achieved a billion dollar valuation from investors. As The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Jan 12.), sources close to the India-based Shopclues, which acts as a marketplace platform for other retailers, said the...
For innovators with entirely new products to sell, nailing down a tangible price point can be a little like walking on water – when few consumers have had the exposure necessary to form impressions of something like the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, it’s difficult...
Flipkart, also known as Amazon’s rival in India, is shaking up its leadership at a particularly interesting time for the eCommerce giant. News broke yesterday (Jan. 11) that Sachin Bansal, Flipkart CEO and cofounder, would be stepping down from the role. Its other cofounder, Binny Bansal,...
The departure of two senior managers is the latest setback for Rocket Internet, which has seen its valuation fall in the wake of several stalled launches.
If anyone out there is still looking for signs of how accelerated just about every timeline has become in the modern retail world, look no further than what Glenn Lyon, the newly removed ex-chairman and CEO of Finish Line, said about his company’s 2016 Q2...
For an unsuccessful sports franchise, it can be hard to win fans back to the hometown cause. In California’s professional basketball scene, the game is almost rigged against the Sacramento Kings — not only do the Los Angeles Lakers draw more national fans on legacy...
