Tag: business

• LVMH Digital Czar on China, Sales and the New Definitions of Luxury

  April 1, 2019

  When Ian Rogers was appointed the new chief digital officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in October 2015, it was big news to both the tech world and luxury brands.… more ›

• How Louis Vuitton Upped Its Digital Game in China

  April 1, 2019

  From cutting prices on the mainland to extending its e-commerce reach across China, French powerhouse Louis Vuitton has been aggressively upgrading its offerings for Chinese consumers in recent weeks. As… more ›

• Q&A: Instagram’s New Head of Product, Vishal Shah

  March 24, 2019

  Instagram’s new product chief talks about the app’s new push into e-commerce and life after the departure of Instagram’s two cofounders. https://medium.com/cheddar/q-a-instagrams-new-head-of-product-vishal-shah-8ebba9241591 more ›

• SoundCrowd: Tokenizing & Collectivizing Soundcloud

  March 21, 2019

  I’ve been thinking about this a lot since the recent, somewhat unsurprising, news of Soundcloud’s troubles. My intention is to put these thoughts out there, but also to run a… more ›

• Protocols: Duty, Despair and Decentralisation transcript

  March 21, 2019

  Just dumping the transcript from this talk given at CTM:Persistence here, if you prefer to read stuff. The end gets messy as it was largely adlibbed. Gratitude to Liz Pelly,… more ›

• Stores get smart about AI

  March 18, 2019

    From personalised recommendations to targeted newsletter offers, artificial intelligence is a bedrock of e-commerce. Key takeaways: https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/artificial-intelligence-physical-stores-kering-nike-alibaba more ›

• The Servant Economy

  March 10, 2019

  In March 2009, Uber was born. Over the next few years, the company became not just a disruptive, controversial transportation company, but a model for dozens of venture-funded companies. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/what-happened-uber-x-companies/584236/ more ›

• March 9, 2019

  https://a16z.com/2019/02/05/innovation-inspiration-context-ideas-product-politics-place/ more ›

• Four Key Product Principles from WeChat’s Creator 

  March 8, 2019

  Throughout China, Allen Zhang is known as the “father of WeChat”. Zhang’s public persona has much the same cultural importance and weight as the American legacy of Steve Jobs. https://a16z.com/2019/02/05/allen-zhang-wechat-product-principles/ more ›

• Workism Is Making Americans Miserable

  February 27, 2019

  In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a 15-hour workweek in the 21st century, creating the equivalent of a five-day weekend. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/ more ›