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Flipboard Adds Ecommerce
Gilt Group sub-brand Gilt Taste, recently partnered with Flipboard to have its content displayed within the social reader platform. Gilt is the first content partner to offer ecommerce functionality with the Flipboard platform but I would not expect it to be the last. The combination...
Zadspace: Adsense for Direct Mail
When I think of direct marketing I immediately gravitate towards online tactics, however a Los Angeles based startup, Zadspace, is attempting to disrupt offline direct mail campaigns. The company's patented process leverages a wealth of information related to the contents of the package and the eventual recipient of the package.
Loosecubes Sells the Invisible
A concept that I think Loosecubes fulfills is selling the invisible. Selling the invisible is the ability to take a given asset such as inventory, in this case office space, and make that inventory real.
15Gifts Social Commerce and Curation Engine
Through a guided series of questions combined with Facebook Connect, 15gifts will recommend a variety of products that it deems appropriate for recipient.
Google About to Get Its Groupon?
There is a lot a buzz related to Groupon, its clones, and competitors. Google, the search giant, is reportedly close to closing a deal worth billions in upfront and earnout to acquire Groupon. I provide an analysis analysis of the pros, cons, and competitive reactions that might ensue if the Google and Groupon deal actually closes.
Curation, Everyone is a Docent
Content, commerce and curation now go hand in hand. One of the hottest areas for investors is harnessing the wealth of content available and empowering human and algorithm based curation of content. Content can take the form of links, images, video, products, music or any...
Amazon About to Purchase Mother Lode Diapers.com
When it comes to competition, usually the larger incumbent will apply some pressure to a company poses a significant threat in a given market. Amazon has recently applied significant pressure on Diapers.com in the form of price wars.
Revolve Clothing Offers Curated Commerce
Revolve Clothing, the Hollywood based retail and etail company, is launching a redesigned site that combines curation, affiliate rewards, and social commerce. The site supports over 400 brands and denim lines from best selling staples like True Religion jeans, Ella Moss, J Brand, Juicy Couture, James Perse, C&C California to tastemakers such as Acne, Mike & Chris, Aprill 77, and Corpus.
Walmart Leverages Groupon Tactics
Walmart, the company everyone loves to hate, recently leveraged tactics online that are similar to Groupon. Specifically, they added a tab to its Facebook page called crowdsaver. Over time Walmart reveals products within that tab and users have to “like” Walmart to essentially vote for...
Back to the Future, Travel Sites
Innovating by Design
Travel is big business yet there has been very little innovation until now. A group of startups are changing the way that you book travel notably Wanderfly, Hipmunk, and Gogobot. Wanderfly innovates by providing a very easy to use interface. Users simply choose their starting...