Market buildings are looking down the barrel of a gun. To find out why, check out my article in this month's Tableware Today.
THE LAST WORD
CHART YOUR FUTURE BEFORE BIG TECH DOES
by JASON SOLAREK
Market buildings are starting to take digital seriously. Why, finally? Because Amazon is nipping at retailers’ heels? No. Because Zola is stealing indie stores’ registry business? No. Sadly, the main thing that’s brought markets up to speed has to do with their own dollars and ...
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June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019
Iโm just back from the Dallas show. I met with some wonderful people from the mart and theyโre ready to go digital.
In general, Iโm seeing that more market buildings are finally taking digital seriously. Why are they finally doing so? Because Amazon is nipping at their retailers heels? Because Zola is stealing the indie storeโs registry business? No. Sadly, the main thing that brought the markets up to speed on the weather outside is: their own livelihood. Faire, a startup tech company ...
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March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019
For Sales Reps:
Is your job in danger? Faire, an online wholesale platform, wants to cut out reps. If you hear of your brands using Faire--or retailers--I'd ask them why they don't value sales reps.
Faire is not 'fair' to reps. It cheats you out of your hard work. Let's imagine you work on a retailer to open it, then clean its shelves, stock its shelves, and help it get product quickly. Then the store orders via Faire. When it does this, you're gonna be working for free.
Diane Seidle, a Bridge coach, pens a column about Amazon in this monthโs Tableware Today. The article shares that premium brandsโ products are being severely discountedโmeaning a slim margin is being made by the seller. Iโll be the first to admit that some margin is better than losing an order to a competitor and thereby getting no margin, but there is the line between competition and just making a subsistence living. A subsistence living is not humane, itโs stressful, bad for supporting your ...
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October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017
Are you a creative person? Have you designed a plate, cup, or item that you put your heart into? Imagine that a business copied your idea and sold it. This organization Be Original is helping track bad actors in the design world that copy designers. For example, some of you may be aware that ANNA by Rablabs' items have been copied by Anthropology stores. Check out this page for more copy cats:
Know someone that shops on Amazon.com? Thank them for supporting a company that cheats American schools (taxes pay for better schools), safety in our community (taxes pay for safety), and the repairing of roads (ditto).
Need some proof? Here's some:
Franklin Foer, in his book World Without Mind, recounts how Amazon, according to IRS calculations, has used a headquarters in Luxembourg to dodge "a bill of at least $1.5 billion that would otherwise have been paid to the US government."