Category: Online Shopping
Posts on the Online Shopping trend
Netflix – A Battle Between Customers vs Cashflow
Global online streaming powerhouse, Netflix (NFLX US) failed to meet some very high expectations in user growth for 1Q 2017. The internet television leader ended 2016 with almost 94 million subscriber... Read More
Content is King – Buy Amazon.com, Alphabet and Facebook
Last week, Amazon.com (AMZN US) was awarded the rights to live stream 10 of the U.S. National Football League’s (“NFL”) 2017 matches on Thursday nights for a price of US$50 million. The amount i... Read More
Shopify – Who Helps the Seller Sell?
Do you ever wonder how many small businesses or even hobbyists sell their products and services online? Unlike larger organisations who have the resources to develop an integrated website (and possi... Read More
How Bricks & Mortar Retailers are Fighting Back Against Online Shopping
We have written before about the challenges facing traditional bricks and mortar retailers as more consumers continue to shop online. Embracing the online experience can not merely be an added service... Read More
Gaming is the New Sport
By now, the majority of the population has grown up with some form of exposure to computer games. It is believed that the first computer game was invented in 1962 by a group of MIT programmers on a ... Read More
Harvey Norman’s Billionaire Boss Says Amazon is a Parasite – Is He Right?
Gerry Harvey, the billionaire chairman of retailer Harvey Norman, was recently reported by several newspapers to have made some highly negative comments about the giant online retailer Amazon. This co... Read More
China is the Next Silicon Valley
When Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2014, it was the largest initial public offering ever at US$25 billion and has rapidly become one of the world’s most valuable compani... Read More
Online Apparel – A Trend That is Growing Faster Than You Think
Would you buy clothes online? When online shopping first started in the 1990s, certain categories of items were thought to be very difficult to sell online. Clothing was one of them. How do I k... Read More