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Ongoing Pandemic to Fuel Brand-Funded Content in 2021
With consumers around the world still spending a significant amount of time at home — whether by choice or as required by law — traditional marketing strategies will become even… Read More
E-Commerce Livestreaming Hits the Global Mainstream
Livestreaming has become big business in China in recent years, as platforms and brands alike have seized the opportunity to reach consumers and nudge them along the path to seamless… Read More
Could Alibaba Try to Acquire Farfetch?
Although an acquisition of Farfetch by Alibaba remains — no pun intended — farfetched, in many ways it would be a logical combination. Read More
Future Tech China: Branded Games and Social Are Why Alibaba Fails Where Tencent Thrives
The games known as MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas) excel at content-commerce, and they also happen to be one of the two things Tencent is best at. Read More
Takeaways From McKinsey’s 2020 Holiday Season Report
McKinsey & Co. surveyed over 3,500 shoppers for its 2020 Holiday Season report, which shows some surprising shifts in this year’s consumer behavior. Read More
Luxury Brands That Don’t Show Their Customers Love Are Doomed
Why is luxury similar to love? What a luxury brand needs to establish, ideally, is a nurturing and lifelong relationship with a customer. Read More
Alibaba Group’s Sophisticated Game of Monopoly
44 percent of global sales come through a number of Chinese-owned companies, which in order of ranking include Taobao, Tmall, Jd.com and Pinduoduo. Read More
Why The Future Of Luxury Is Not All Online (Yet)
With the launch of Amazon’s new luxury platform and the Farfetch, Alibaba and Richemont partnership, one might think brick and mortar is dead. Think again. Read More
Booming in Asia, Shoppable Streaming Video Faces a Bumpy Road in the U.S.
As the intersection between streaming entertainment and e-commerce continues to blur in China, shoppable streaming video is now starting in North America. Read More
Luxury’s Shark Tank: Be Patient and M&A Will Thrive Again Eventually
In last week's column, we established that scale was paramount in luxury and, as a consequence, M&A should be well supported. Here’s why. Read More
