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Alibaba’s U.S. based online shops site 11main.com hangs in there. Why?
Not only do I have deep interest in all things Chinese, (or at least a lot of things Chinese) I also have a soft spot for a once and former client Alibaba.com. My experience with Alibaba was in helping them … Continue reading
Posted in E-commerce, Internet Shopping
Tagged 11main.com, Alibaba.com, Amazon.com, Mike Effle, taobao.com, tmall.com, Vendio.com
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Lending e-books should be easier
I recently finished a book called The Martian a debut novel by Andrew Weir and enjoyed it very much. In fact I told a number of people about it and many of them seemed interested. Before e-books I would have … Continue reading
Is Amazon too big to care?
The NY Times on Tuesday published an article on Amazon.com and the idea that the company works on ‘disrupting itself’. Scott Galloway of L2 is extensively quoted in the article ‘arguing’ that Amazon does not want to own a piece … Continue reading
Amazon and Apple – are they rivals or partners?
Aggravation: As of last week The Wall Street Journal application that resides on my ‘Original’ Amazon Kindle Fire is no longer is supported by Amazon. I learned of this when last week I could no longer download the paper. No … Continue reading
New from Amazon – WOOT!
Quietly last week on July 12, 2014 Amazon.com began promoting Woot.com. I know this because I was ‘invited’ to join. Being curious I did just that. The home page offered what I felt was the burning question – ‘WHAT IS … Continue reading
Annoying Automated Algorithmic ‘Suggestions’
I’m not sure if Amazon.com was the first company to offer crowd-sourced algorithmic suggestions of books I might like to read based on my browsing and buying history but certainly Amazon was one of the first. I’ve written about this … Continue reading
Posted in Best business practices, Customer Experiences, Entertainment, Innovation, Marketing stuff, Personal Privacy, Social Media, Technology
Tagged algorithmic suggestions, Amazon.com, Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, Facebook, Oscar Peterson, recommendation systems, Spotify.com, Thelonius Monk
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Ten things about advertising that make me wonder
Stuart Elliot of The New York Times writes the advertising column and periodically has 20 questions about advertising. I decided to come up with a few of my own. 1) Why are there ads in the subway with QR codes … Continue reading
A great example of how a website can get it right and then get it wrong
Since I am a busy person and am not much of a shopper (more the type of buyer that walks into a store to buy what he came for and then walks out), shopping on the web is a great … Continue reading
Posted in Customer Experiences, Marketing stuff
Tagged Amazon Prime, Amazon.com, Free shipping, Perfumania.com, Sephora.com
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