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Shuherk cast the rise of curatorial accounts like his as a failure of the legacy-media ecosystem. The job of providing well-informed recommendations once belonged to professional critics employed by newspapers and magazines. As media companies have struggled to adjust to the digital age, the number of full-time criticism jobs has dwindled, leaving ... See more
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Rachel Botsman • What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
The shift away from traditional subscriptions will quicken pace, driven by the proliferation of on-demand solutions across all areas of modern life. Categories like content consumption (Netflix, Spotify), Travel (Uber, Lime), and food delivery (Deliveroo, DoorDash) are creating an atmosphere on everything on our terms, at all times. These category-... See more
Harvey Hodd • Why subscriptions just don’t work for customers
Resale Gets Real
Sanford Stein • Retailing 2020 – 2030: taking a long view
Bookshop, a new startup, is offering publications bigger kickbacks than Amazon (and the thrill of battling Bezos)
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