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TMT Trends 2015 – Star Wars, Tech Wars & Talent Wars
Our most popular article this year by far was a piece we wrote on trends in the media and entertainment industry for the coming twelve months. That nothing has been written since January that has proved as popular as that is a little disappointing, but it is a good indication of what users come to this blog for.
It's been an interesting past month or so in the Technology, Media and Telecoms sector. We're going to attempt to recap some of the more consequential things here, as well as the impact they may have into next year.
Star Wars – And the blockbuster dilemma
Friday saw the release of the first trailer for Star Wars Episode VII, due for release December 2015. CNBC covered the release at the coda of European Closing Bell, around the point of a segment a story might be done about a cat caught up a tree ("On a lighter note…"). They discussed the trailer and the franchise on a frivolous note at first, mostly joking about the length of time since the original film's release. One of the anchors then went on to claim that Disney's purchase of "Lucasfilms" [sic] and the release of this trilogy of films, given the muted reaction to Episodes I-III, constituted a huge bet on Disney's part. This showed a profound lack of understanding. Collectively, Episodes I-III, disappointing artistically as they may have been, made a cool $1.2bn. And this is just at the box office. Homevideo revenues would probably have been the same again, almost certainly more. Most importantly (whether we like it or not), are revenue streams like toy sales, theme park rides and the like (see below graphic, from StatisticBrain). So we are talking about a product that, despite many not being impressed with, managed to generate several billion dollars for Fox, Lucasfilm, et al. With a more reliable pair of hands at the helm in the form of J.J. Abrams, to say Episodes VII-IX are a huge bet is questionable thinking at best.
It can be easy for pundits to forget those ancillary streams, but in contemporary Hollywood it is such areas that are key, and fundamentally influence what films get made. Kenneth Turan, writing in mid-September for the LA Times, echoed such thinking. As with our Star Wars example; so "with the Harry Potter films, and it is happening again with 'Frozen', with Disney announcing just last week that it would construct a 'Frozen' attraction at Orlando's Disney World". It is why studios have scheduled, as of August this year, some 30 movies based on comicbooks to be released over the coming years. Of course, supply follows demand. Such generic shlock wouldn't be made again and again (and again) if consumers didn't exercise their capitalist right to choose it and consume it. We have been given Transformers 4 because the market said it wanted it.
But is this desire driven by a faute de mieux – a lack of anything better – in said market? David Fincher may not have been far off the mark back in September when he mentioned in an interview with Playboy that "studios treat audiences like lemmings, like cattle in a stockyard". But a shift from such a narrow mindset may prove difficult in a consolidated environment – Variety's editor-in-chief Peter Bart pointed out recently that "six companies control 90% of the media consumed by Americans, compared with 50 companies some 30 years ago". Some players of course are trying to change the way the business this works. The most provocative statement of this was in September when Netflix announced a sequel to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", to be released day-and-date across Netflix and in IMAX cinemas. Kudos. It's the kind of thing this blog has been advocating since its inception. Though not in accordance with a capitalist model, the market is certainly showing a desire for more day-and-date releases. Netflix isn't a lone outlier as on OTT provider trying to develop exclusive content that goes beyond comicbooks (that in itself should give Netflix pause; about a fifth of its market value has eroded since mid-October). Hulu's efforts with J.J. Abrams and Stephen King, as well as Amazon's universally acclaimed Transparent series (full disclosure, a good friend works on the show; Zeitgeist was privileged to take a look around the sets on the Paramount lot while in Los Angeles this summer). And that's not to say innovative content can't be developed around blockbuster fare; we really liked 20th Century Fox's partnership with Vice for 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', creating short films that filled the gaps between the film and its predecessor. Undoubtedly the model needs to change; unlike last summer, there were no outright bombs this year at the box office, but receipts fell 15% all the same. The first eight months of 2014 were more than $400m behind the same period in 2013. Interviewed in the FT, Robert Fishman, an analyst with MoffettNathanson put it wisely, "It always comes down to the product on the screen. And the product on the screen just hasn't delivered." An editorial in The Economist earlier this month praised Hollywood's business model, suggesting other businesses should emulate it. But beyond some good marketing tactics there seems little that should be copied by others. Indeed, lots more work is needed. Perhaps the first step is merely rising that not all blockbusters need to be released in the summer. Next year, James Bond, Star Wars and The Avengers will all arrive on screens… spread throughout the year. Expect 2015 to feature more innovation on the part of exhibitors too, beyond having their customers be rained on.
Tech wars – Hacking, piracy and monopolies
Sony Pictures faced some embarrassment this week when hackers claimed to have penetrated the company's systems, getting away with large volumes of data that included detailed information on talent (such as passport details for the likes of Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz). The full story is still unfolding. We've written a couple of times recently about cybersecurity; it was disappointing but unsurprising to see the spectre of digital warfare raise its head again twice in the past week. The first instance was with Regin, an impressive bit of malware, which seems to be the successor to Stuxnet, a spying program developed by Israeli and American intelligence forces to undermine Iranian efforts to develop nuclear materials. Symantec said Regin had probably taken years to develop, with "a degree of technical competence rarely seen". Regin was focused on Saudia Arabia, Russia, but also Ireland and India, which muddies the waters of authorship. However, in these post-Snowden days it is well known that friendly countries go to significant lengths to spy on each other, and The Economist posited at least part of the malware was created by those in the UK. Deloitte, ranked number one globally in security consulting by Gartner, is on the case.
The news in other parts of the world is troubling too. In the US, the net neutrality debate rages. It's too big an issue to be covered here, but the Financial Times and Harvard Business Review cover the topic intelligently, here and here. In China, regulators are cracking down on online TV, a classic case of a long-gestating occurence that at some arbitrary point grows too big to ignore, suddenly becoming problematic. But, if a recent article on the affair in The Economist is anything to go by, such deeds are likely to merely spur piracy. And in the EU this past week it was disconcerting to see what looked like a mix of jealousy, misunderstanding and outright protectionism when the European Parliament voted for Google to be broken up. No one likes or wants a monopoly; monopolies are bad because they can reduce consumer choice. This is one of the key arguments against the Comcast / Time Warner Cable merger. But Google's share of advertising revenue is being eaten into by Facebook; its mobile platform Android is popular but is being re-skinned by OEMs looking to put their own branding onto the OS. And Google is not reducing choice in the same way as an offline equivalent, with higher barriers to entry, might. The Economist points out this week:
"[A]lthough switching from Google and other online giants is not costless, their products do not lock customers in as Windows, Microsoft's operating system, did. And although network effects may persist for a while, they do not confer a lasting advantage… its behaviour is not in the same class as Microsoft's systematic campaign against the Netscape browser in the late 1990s: there are no e-mails talking about "cutting off" competitors' 'air supply'"
The power of lock-in, or substitute products, should not be underestimated. For Apple, this has meant the acquisition of Beats, which they are now planning to bundle in to future iPhones. For Jeff Bezos, this means bundling in Washington Post into future Amazon Fire products. For media and entertainment providers, it means getting customers to extend their relationship with the business into triple- and quad-play services. But it has been telling this month to hear from two CEOs who are questioning the pursuit of quad-play. For the most part, research shows that it can increase customer retention, although not without lowering the cost of the overall product. Sky's CEO Jeremy Darroch said "If I look at the existing quadplays in the market, not just in the UK, but pretty much everywhere, I think they're very much driven by the providers who want to extend their offering, rather than, I think, any significant demand from customers". Vodafone's CEO Vittorio Colao joined in, "If someone starts bidding for content then you [might] have to yourself… Personally I have doubts that in the long run that this [exclusive content] will really create a lot of value for the platform. It tends to create lots of value for the owner". Sony meanwhile are pursuing just such a tack of converged services in the form of a new ad campaign. But the benefits of convergence are usually around the customer being able to have multiple touchpoints, not the business being able to streamline assets and services in-house. Sony is in the midst of its own tech war, in consoles, where it is firmly ahead of Microsoft, who were seeking a similar path to that of Sky and Vodafone to dominate the living room. But externalities are impeding – mobile gaming revenues will surpass those of the traditional console next year to become the largest gaming segment; no surprise when by 2020, 90% of the world's population over 6 years old will have a mobile phone, according to Ericsson. So undoubtedly look for more cyberattacks next year, on a wider range of industries, from film, to telco (lots of customer data there), to politics and economics.
Talent wars – Cui bono?
Our last section is the lightest on content, but perhaps the most important. It is the relation between artist and patron. This relationship took a turn for the worse this year. On a larger, corporate side, this issue played itself out as Amazon and publisher Hachette rowed over fees. Hachette, rather than Amazon, appears to have won the battle; it will set he prices on its books, starting from early 2015. It is unlikely to be the last battle between the ecommerce giant and a publisher, and it may well now give the DoJ the go-ahead to examine the company's alleged anti-competitive misdeeds.
Elsewhere, artist Taylor Swift's move to exorcise her catalogue from music streaming service Spotify is a shrewd move on her part. Though an extremely popular platform, driving a large share of revenues to the artists, the problem remains that there is little revenue to start with as much of what there is to do on Spotify can be done for free. The Financial Times writes that it is thanks to artists like Swift that "an era of protectionism is dawning" again (think walled gardens and Compuserve) for content. The danger for the music industry is that other artists take note of what Swift has done and follow suit. This would be of benefit to the individual artists but detrimental to the industry itself. And clearly such an issue doesn't have to be restricted to the music industry. It's not hard to anticipate a similar issue affecting film in 2015.
There's a plethora of activity going on in TMT as the year draws to a close – much of it will impact how businesses behave and customers interact with said media next year. The secret will be in drawing a long-term strategic course that can be agile enough to adapt to disruptive technologies. However what we've hopefully shown here in this article is that there are matters to attend to in multiple sectors that need immediate attention over any amorphous future trends.
Cyberattacks and espionage – Risks and Prevention
It's not quite as cool as Bond in his Tom Ford suit leaning on his wonderful Aston Martin while he plots his next move to unseat some despot. All the same, Germany's recent apparent spate of typewriter purchases points to a renewed sense of fear of being overheard and compromised in an era of digitally pervasive content, vulnerable networks and indelible conversations. Spying and intelligence concerns coalesced with subject matter we've previously written about – including online privacy, governance, security and the internet of things – in a special report in last week's The Economist, which produced eight articles on the subject of security in a digital landscape. Some highlights:
- Cybercrime is costly. The Centre for Strategic and International Studies estimates the annual global cost of digital crime and intellectual-property theft at $445 billion – a sum "roughly equivalent to the GDP of a smallish rich European country such as Austria".
- Focus on prevention rather than reaction. As with many things, the best way to make sure cyberattacks aren't too damaging to your business is to make sure they never happen in the first place. It's more difficult (and costly) with digital security because the process can easily feel like a Sisyphean struggle; businesses invest in new technology only to see it circumvented by more hacking, perhaps exposing a different loophole or vulnerability. But an iterative approach is better than leaving the door open and spending more money after the fact.
- Honesty is the best policy. After being hacked, a company can find it hard to admit it. This is understandable. Not only is it somewhat embarassing, it admits to customers and shareholders that the company is vulnerable, but it also suggests that their data is not safe with said company; perhaps they should shop elsewhere. However, transparency in such a situation is paramount if others are to learn how to combat such attacks. One suggestion is that the US government "create a cyber-equivalent of the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates serious accidents and shares information about them".
- Who to complain to? The perpetrators of cybercrimes are no longer limited to the teenaged hackers of yesteryear. Though ideological groups like Anonymous serve as a disruptive influence, often the biggest problems are caused by the governments charged with protecting things like individual privacy, security and freedom of speech. From the US to China, authorities "do not hesitate to use the web for their own purposes, be it by exploiting vulnerabilities in software or launching cyber-weapons such as Stuxnet, without worrying too much about the collateral damage done to companies and individuals".
- External trends point to a worsening of the problem. The Internet of Things as a trend will have billions of devices connected to each other via the Internet over the next few years. With one of the fundamental ideas being that the user isn't really aware of the connection, the likelihood of spotting a hacked device becomes all the smaller. This isn't a huge problem in cases like a connected fridge receiving spam email, but it becomes more of a problem when hackers can gain remote control of your car. One of the barriers to improved security for everyday devices is that the margins are razor-thin, as are the chips to connected to the devices, in order to keep the product small. Any added security software or hardware and the cost and size of the product increases.
Zeitgeist believe the risk to IoT devices will be one of the key areas that businesses and regulators will need to focus their efforts in the future. Because it is still a relatively fledgling sector, the issue is not being discussed yet in many places. Deloitte, in association with the Wall Street Journal, recently reported on the nature of cyberrisks and how companies can help mitigate them. Well worth a read.
This Thanksgiving, demanding shoppers
PSFK this week wrote about a subject Zeitgeist have taken great interest in over the years, that of tech layering over retail to create unique experiences. Our focus on this blog with regard to retail has often been the way that new technologies are disrupting traditional bricks-and-mortar establishments, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. PSFK take data strategy back to basics, pointing out quite rightly,
"To succeed retail brands need to provide what has been called over the years 'a value exchange'. In others words, to learn more about a customer, we must always provide them something in return. This may manifest itself as discounts and other perks, but what if the reward was simply a better brand experience in itself?"
Earlier this week, as a precursor to the US going crazy for the Black Friday shopping extravaganza (even though The New Yorker tells us everything we know about Black Friday is wrong), Deloitte released new research on the way consumers like to buy their wares. Unsurprisingly, it seems shoppers are now keen for an omnichannel experience. Some of this talk may be a bit premature, or vary by retail sector. Online groceries, for example, though seemingly prevalent, are having little impact on grocers' bottom lines. In the UK, where the march of online shopping is advanced, grocery shopping online may account for just 5% of sales this year, according to Datamonitor analysis. Select highlights from Deloitte's report below – which mostly reads like customers are wanting to have their cake and eat it – full report here.
- The high street remains the number one destination for shops, services and leisure, compared to online and out-of-town: 59% use the high street for top-up grocery shopping, 58% prefer the high street for banking services, and 52% for cafés.
- Consumers still want more from their high street, and 73% believe that the consumers themselves should decide what shops and services should be available.
- The omnichannel experience is in demand with 45% wanting free high street Wi-Fi and 1 in 3 wanting to use a Click & Collect service.
UPDATE (13/12/13): The Economist this week published an interesting piece on the closing of UK department store Jacksons, which refused to keep pace with changing consumer demands. Interesting lessons on how to be cognisant of customer insight while trying to remain "authentic".
Microsoft's 'New Coke' moment – On knowing when your customer is dissatisfied
Microsoft has been trying its hand at a bit of innovation of late in an attempt to raise some of its lost brand equity, and stem the larger market decline in PC sales, which has recently started accelerating. (On a side note, Deloitte have a caveat to these figures, saying the true measurement is in usage, not units).
One of the ways this innovation has come about is in the release of its Surface product, which has interested many but earned the ire of erstwhile manufacturing partners as Microsoft has pursued its own path, making the product in-house. Its new operating system, Windows 8, has struggled to gain traction with consumers. The president of Fujitsu, one of Microsoft's partners, declared interest to be "weak" back in December last year. The most obvious step-change from previous iterations is the slate screen that greets users upon booting up. On proceeding through this, users then come to a more familiar Windows layout.
In yesterday's Financial Times, Microsoft said it was preparing to "reverse course over key elements of its Windows 8 operating system". Envisioneering analyst Richard Doherty was quoted as saying it is the biggest marketing fiasco since New Coke. The only difference being, Doherty comments, that Coca-Cola acknowledged their error three months in, whereas Microsoft is pushing eight months now since launch; Coca-Cola conversely paid more attention to what its customers were saying about the product. "The learning curve is definitely real", said head of marketing and finance for the Windows business, Tami Reller.
Today's FT featured an editorial entitled "Steve Ballmer was right to gamble on change". Opening with a quotation by Bill Gates, saying that to "win big you sometimes have to take big risks", the editorial cites Kodak as a primary example of a company that refused to take risk, and ended up succumbing to creative destruction at the expense of trying to protect legacy revenue streams. We've written before about Kodak and creative destruction. The editorial calls for a revival of a "climate of creativity" at the company, and certainly that is what Ballmer is trying to instill, very nobly and with good reason. Zeitgeist's bone of contention is with the following, seemingly logical statement,
"…disruptive innovations are disruptive precisely because the new technology does not appeal to traditional customers. Instead, it appeals to the customers of the future."
We would argue that Microsoft's customer base is made up overwhelmingly of what might be considered "traditional" customers. Users who find familiarity with a long-established incumbent, who have no interest in OS alternatives like Linux, Apple, Android or Mozilla. They are not looking for a revolution. By all means change your product, but it must evolve, not look like a completely different way of computing when you switch it on. This point is confirmed nicely by a recent piece in Harvard Business Review, which details how to get customers to value your product more. The author, Heidi Grant Halvorson, describes the importance of knowing the right emotional fit for your customers' mindset. The article elaborates,
"motivational focus — whether he tends to view his goals as ideals and opportunities to advance (what researchers call "promotion focus"), or as opportunities to stay safe and keep things running smoothly ("prevention focus"). While everyone has a mix of both to some extent, most of us tend to have a dominant focus."
We would argue that users that prefer Microsoft Windows OS to other systems would strongly fall into the latter category. Change is perhaps inevitable, but Microsoft are choosing a precarious path with such radical changes aimed at a group little interested in such fundamental alterations to the way they interact with such an integral device.
The state of retail
It's a common fallacy to think of a time before a change in status quo as somehow being magically problem-free. A Panglossian world where all was well and nothing needed to change, and wasn't it a shame that it had to. Similarly, we cannot blithely consign the retail industry of the past to some glorious era when everything was perfect; far from it. The industry has been under continual evolution, with no absence of controversy on the way. It was therefore a timely reminder, as well as being a fascinating article in its own right, when the New York Times provided readers recently with a potted history and a gaze into the future of Manhattan department store stalwart, Barneys. Not only is their past one in which the original proprietor sought to undercut his own suit suppliers, creating a bootlegging economy by literally ripping out their labels and replacing them with his own, but it was also one where department stores served a very different purpose to what they do today. They had less direct competition, not least unforeseen competition in the form of shops without a physical presence. Moreover, today they are run in an extremely different way, with an arguably much healthier emphasis on revenue (though some might say this comes at the expense of a feeling of luxury, in a lobby now brimming with handbags and little breathing room). The problems and opportunities for Barneys could serve as an analogy for the industry of which it is a part.
Despite brief reprieves such as Black Friday (click on headline image for CNBC's coverage), as well as the expected post-Christmas shopping frenzy, can one of the main problems affecting retail at the moment simply be that it is undergoing an industry-wide bout of creative destruction? Zeitgeist has written about the nature of creative destruction before, and whether or not that is to blame for retail's woes, the sector is certainly in the doldrums. In the UK, retailers are expecting a "challenging" year ahead. Recent research from Deloitte shows 194 retailers fell into administration in 2012, compared with 183 in 2011 and 165 in 2010. So, unlike the general economy, which broadly can be said to be enjoying a sclerotic recovery of sorts, the state of retail is one of continuing decline. How did this happen, and what steps can be taken to address this?
Zeitgeist would argue that bricks and mortar stores are suffering in essence due to a greater amount of competition. By which, we do not just mean more retailers, on different platforms. Whether it be from other activities (e.g. gaming, whether MMOs like World of Warcraft or simpler social gaming like Angry Birds), or other avenues of shopping (i.e. e-commerce, which Morgan Stanley recently predicted would be a $1 trillion dollar market by 2016), there is less time to shop and more ways to do it. The idea of going to shop in a mall now – once a staple of American past-time – is a much rarer thing today. It would be naive to ignore global pressures from other suppliers and brands around the world as putting a competitive strain on domestic retailers too. Critically, and mostly due to social media, there are now so many more ways and places to reach a consumer that it is difficult for the actual sell to reach the consumer's ears. This is in part because companies have had to extend their brand activity to such peripheries that the lifestyle angle (e.g. Nike Plus) supercedes the call-to-action, i.e. the 'BUY ME'. The above video from McKinsey nicely illustrates all the ways that CMOs have to think about winning consumers over, which now extend far beyond the store.
If we look at the in-store experience for a moment without considering externalities, there is certainly opportunity that exists for the innovative retailer. Near the end of last year, the Financial Times published a very interesting case study on polo supplier La Martina. The company's origins are in making quality polo equipment, from mallets to helmets and everything in between, for professional players. As they expanded – a couple of years ago becoming the principle sponsor of that melange of chic and chav, the Cartier tournament at Guards Polo Club – there came a point where the company had to decide whether it was going to be a mass-fashion brand, or remain something more select and exclusive. As the article in the FT quite rightly points out, "Moving further towards the fashion mainstream risked diluting the brand and exposing it to volatile consumer tastes." The decision was made to seek what was known as 'quality volume'. The company has ensured the number of distributors remains low. Zeitgeist would venture to say this doesn't stop the clothing design itself straying from its somewhat more refined roots, with large logos and status-seeking colours and insignia. Financially though, sales are "growing more than 20% a year in Europe and Latin America", which is perhaps what counts most currently.
In the higher world of luxury retail, Louis Vuitton is often at the forefront (not least because of its sustained and engaging digital work). While we're focusing purely on retail environments though, it was interesting to note that the company recently set up shop (literally) on the left bank of Paris; a pop-up literary salon, to be precise. Such strokes of inspiration and innovation are not uncommon at Vuitton. They help show the brand in a new light, and, crucially, help leverage its provenance and differentiate it from its competition. Sadly, when Zeitgeist went to visit, there was a distinct feeling of disappointment that much more could have been done with the space, which, while nicely curated (see above), did little to sell the brand, particularly as literally nothing was for sale. The stand-out piece, an illustrated edition of Kerouac's On the Road, by Ed Ruscha, Zeitgeist had seen around two years ago when it was on show at the Gagosian in London. Not every new idea works, but it is important that Louis Vuitton is always there at the forefront, trying and mostly succeeding.
So what ways are there that retailers should be innovating, perhaps beyond the store? One of the more infuriating things Zeitgeist hears constructed as a polemic is that of retail versus the smartphone. This is a very literal allusion, which NBC news were guilty of toward the end of last year. "Retail execs say they're winning the battle versus smartphones", the headline blared. What a more nuanced analysis of the situation would realise is that it is less a case of one versus the other, than one helping the other. The store and the phone are both trying to achieve the same things, namely, help the consumer and drive revenue for the company. Any retail strategy should avoid at all costs seeing these two as warring platforms, if only because it is mobile inevitably that will win. With much more sound thinking, eConsultancy recently published an article on the merits of providing in-store WiFi. At first this seems a risky proposition, especially if we are to follow NBC's knee-jerk way of thinking, i.e. that mobile poses a distinct threat to a retailer's revenue. The act of browsing in-store, then purchasing a product on a phone is known as showrooming, and, no doubt aided by the catchy name, its supposed threat has quickly made many a store manager nervous. However, as the eConsultancy article readily concedes, this trend is unavoidable, and it can either be ignored or embraced. Deloitte estimated in November that smartphones and tablets will yield almost $1bn in M-commerce revenues over the Christmas period in the UK, and influence in-store sales with a considerably larger value. That same month in the US, Bain & Co. estimated that "digital will influence more than 50% of all holiday retail sales, or about $400 billion". Those retailers who are going to succeed are the ones who will embrace mobile, digital and their opportunities. eConsultancy offer,
"For example, they could prompt customers to visit web pages with reviews of the products they are considering in store. This could be a powerful driver of sales… WiFi in store also provides a way to capture customer details and target them with offers. In fact, many customers would be willing to receive some offers in return for the convenience of accessing a decent wi-fi network. Tesco recently introduced this in its larger stores… 74% of respondents would be happy for a retailer to send a text or email with promotions while they're using in-store WiFi."
These kind of features all speak more broadly to improving and simplifying the in-store experience. They also illustrate a trend in the blending between the virtual and physical retail spaces. Major retailers, not just in luxury, are leading the way in this. Walmart hopes to generate $9bn in digital sales by the end of its next fiscal year. CEO Mike Duke told Fast Company, "The way our customers shop in an increasingly interconnected world is changing". This interconnectedness is not new, but it is accelerating, and the mainstream arrival of 4G will only help spur it on further. The company is soon to launch a food subscription service, pairing registrants with gourmet, organic, ethnic foods, spear-headed by @WalmartLabs, which is also launching a Facebook gifting service. At the same time, it must be said the company is hedging its bets, continuing with the questionable strategy of building more 'Supercenters', the first of which, at the time a revolutionary concept, they opened in 1988.
One interesting development has been the arrival of stores previously restricted to being online into the high street, something which Zeitgeist noted last year. This trend has continued, with eBay recently opening a pop-up store in London's Covent Garden. These examples are little more than gimmicks though, serving only to remind consumers of the brands' online presence. Amazon are considering a much bolder move, that of creating permanent physical retail locations, if, as CEO Jeff Bezos says, they can come up with a "truly differentiated idea". That idea and plan would be anathema to those at Walmart, Target et al., who see Amazon as enough of a competitor as it is, especially with their recent purchase of diapers.com and zappos.com. It serves to illustrate why Walmart's digital strategies are being taken so seriously internally and invested in so heavily. Amazon though has its own reasons for concern. Earlier in the article we referenced the influence of global pressures on retailers. Amazon is by no means immune to this. Chinese online retailer Tmall will overtake Amazon in sales to become the world's largest internet retailer by 2016, when Tmall's sales are projected to hit $100 billion that year, compared to $94 billion for Amazon. The linked article illustrates a divide in the purpose of retail platforms. While Amazon is easy-to-use, engaging and aesthetically pleasing, a Chinese alternative like Taobao is much more bare-bones. As the person interviewed for the article says, "It's more about pricing – it's much cheaper. It's not about how great the experience is. Amazon has a much better experience I guess – but the prices are better on Taobao."
So how can we make for a more flexible shopping experience? One which perhaps recognises the need in some users to be demanding a sumptuous retail experience, and in others the need for a quick, frugal bargain? Some permutations are beginning to be analysed, and offered. Some of these permutations are being met with caution by media and shoppers. This month, the Wall Street Journal reported that retailer Staples has developed a complex pricing strategy online. Specifically, the WSJ found, it raises prices more than 86% of the time when it finds the online shopper has a physical Staples store nearby. Similar such permutations in other areas are now eminently possible, thanks in no small part to the rise of so-called Big Data. Though the Staples price fluctuations were treated with controversy at the WSJ, they do point to a more realistic supply-and-demand infrastructure, which could really fall under the umbrella of consumer 'fairness', that mythical goal for which retailers strive. Furthemore, being able to access CRM data and attune communications programmes to people in specific geographical areas might enable better and more efficient targeting. Digital also allows for a far more immersive experience on the consumer side. ASOS illustrate this particularly well with their click-to-buy videos.
As the Boston Consulting Group point out in a recent report, with the understated title 'Digital's Disruption of Consumer Goods and Retail', "the first few waves of the digital revolution have upended the retail industry. The coming changes promise even more turmoil". This turmoil also presents problems and opportunities for the marketing of retail services, which must be subject to just as much change. If we look at the print industry, also comparatively shaken by digital disruption, it is interesting to note the way in which the very nature of it has had to change, as well as the way its benefits are communicated. It is essential that retailers not see the havoc being waged on their businesses as an opportunity to 'stick to what they do best' and bury their head in the sand. This is the time for them to drive innovation, yes at the risk of an unambitious quarterly statement, and embrace digital and specifically M-commerce. What makes this easy for those companies that have so far resisted the call is that there is ample evidence of retailers big and small, value-oriented to luxury-minded, who have already embraced these new ideas and platforms. Their successes and failures serve as great templates for future executions. And who knows, the state of retail might not be such a bad one to live in after all. Until the next revolution…
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Surley competing for the shortest article ever posted in Zeitgeist, the above is a great graphic showing platform preference for particular purchases at specific periods of the day. Look for tablet use to become increasingly prevalent in all areas of life. Worth bearing in mind when thinking about how – and when – to reach someone most effectively.
TechDisrupt :: The future of content, digitally
If Content is King, then last week saw the gentry discussing how best to serve their master. The other day Zeitgeist watched a fascinating roundtable from the TechDisrupt conference, where talking heads with varied interests discussed how content would be created, distributed and consumed in the future. The below are some of the more pertinent and interesting things we managed to peel from the chat.
Sarah Chubb, president of Condé Nast Digital, noted that Apple was lending a helping hand to the sales of the publishing empire's magazines. Since the launch of the iPad (recently revealed to have sold 2m units in 59 days), Chubb states that the device has played a significant role in boosting sales. Regarding the iPhone / iPad split, she says 60% of GQ readers are accessing the publication through their iPad, 40% through the iPhone. For Vanity Fair, fully 90% is from the iPad, which is incredible after such a recent release and given that the iPad was only released outside the US in the last week or so. In related news, it was announced today that The Financial Times "iPad app has registered three times more downloads in its first two weeks since launch, than its iPhone app managed".
Fred Davis, founding partner of Code Advisors, ruminating on how people perceive content now, makes the declaration, "It's not about owning, it's about accessing". This is crucial. This is 'I want my MTV' for the next generation. As we have moved away from purchasing tangible goods like CDs – and to an increasing extent DVDs and books – the pleasure of owning content dissapates. People, however, still want to be able to use that content, and use it immediately. This is where, helpfully, cloud computing comes in. Perhaps this new type of demand makes the iTunes model – when compared to Spotify et al. – antiquated. Buying a track on iTunes is about owning content. It can be bought quickly and easily over your phone via a Wifi or 3G signal, but once purchased, the song is on your phone, it is not kept in the cloud somewhere for you to access at any time from any device. It is not easily shareable.
John Hagel of Deloitte talks of companies of the future having to make a choice between what they want to excel at: product development or customer relationships. In other words, product profitability or audience profitability. Is the company's USP going to be "Come to us because we know your product" or "Come to us because we know you"? Zeitgeist ponders whether a company, GE for example, might not be able to manage both.
The IPTV service Boxee recently signed a deal with Google to make use of its Android OS, linking with Google TV. In related news, units that the OS operates on outsold iPhone for the first time this quarter. The CEO of Boxee, Avner Ronen, was also one of the speakers present at the conference. Taking an optimistic stance, Ronen stated that one of the benefits of increased fragmentation and availability of content was that, in a free market mindset, the more content published, the more competitive the environment and thus the better the content.
Of course, piracy is an enormous factor, and Davis pointed out that there is still a problem with people not equating downloading a song illegally off of Limewire with shoplifting from WalMart. Perhaps it is now too late for any efforts at education in this matter, as the MPAA seem to have singularly failed to educate the public. Chubb countered that people were now willing to pay for things in mobile that they wouldn't normally pay for otherwise. This dovetails with the idea of paying not for the content itself, but for the instant access to it. The film industry, in particular, has combatted the threat of piracy in other ways. Now that international box office accounts for some 65% of a film's total gross earnings, release windows are being narrowed for simultaneous releases. "Iron Man 2″ was released at the end of April here in London, a full week before the US launch. The world premiere was supposed to have taken place in Leicester Square, but sometimes even savvy film execs come up short, especially against volcanic ash.
Ultimately, the way we interpret ownership is undergoing significant change. What we used to be possessive of, with the arrival of the mp3 we suddenly felt inclined to share. Increasingly we do not have need of the physical product, merely the ability to use it when we wish. This might easily be linked to the continuing vogue for ephemeral clothing that is besetting the fashion industry, where cheap clothing is made to be worn once then tossed aside like New York Times stock. Zeitgeist thought it fascinating to watch these people prognosticate on the future of content; they may all be completely wrong, of course, but then that's the interesting thing about the future, isn't it?
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At least 15,000 candidates who registered for the 2012 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and Ordinary Level examinations (Senior Three) did not sit the exams, officials said yesterday.
In Senior Three, 2,403 students did not sit the examinations. Kirehe district in Eastern Province recorded the highest number of the no-shows with 5.5 per cent of the candidates who had registered in the district.
Next were Gatsibo district in Eastern Province (4.7 per cent) and Nyabihu in Western Province (4.4 per cent), while Huye recorded the lowest figure with 1.8 per cent of the registered candidates.
While releasing the results yesterday, the Minister of Education, Dr Vincent Biruta, said it (the no-shows) is a serious issue, which requires urgent attention.
"Of course, there are some isolated cases, but the main reason is that some schools deliberately bar academically weak students from sitting exams for fear of registering failures to 'taint' the school image," Dr Biruta said.
Léonille Narumanzi, the vice mayor in-charge of social affairs in Bugesera district where 10 per cent of candidates missed exams, said students who had not maximised school attendance withdrew because they were afraid of failure.
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"They drop out of school for a while and go to Kigali, and when they happen to come back, they find others have studied a lot," Narumanzi said.
Minister Biruta said they would meet local leaders over the matter because education for-all programme is a right to every Rwandan and there is no reason a student can be barred from sitting examinations.
He warned that in future, schools which do not perform well will lose out on support funds.
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The reigning Russian Premier League champions Zenit St. Petersburg are "the most racist team" in the country. That is according to former CSKA Brazilian star Vagner Love, who recalls his voyages to the Petrovsky Stadium as a nightmare.
The 27-year-old Flamengo forward faced the same kind of treatment earlier this month at a Copa Liberatadores match at Ecuadorian club Emelev. Though he says it did not hurt him at all because he had become hardened to it in the Russian northern capital.
"In Russia similar things happened two or three times," Vagner Love told the Brazilian daily Globo Esporte. "It was always during the matches against Zenit, which is the most racist team in Russia. … It's their way."
Coincidence it might be, but Zenit St. Petersburg remain the only leading football club in Russia in which an African or Latin American has never played. Their former coach Dick Advocaat once admitted that the club's core fans prevented him from signing players based on their skin color.
"Unfortunately, some players can't get over it, but, thank God, I never had a problem," Vagner Love added. "It all went in one ear and out the other. In such situations you should never get angry, or say or do anything. Life goes on and you come on the pitch to play."
During his seven spectacular years in Russia, Love became all-time top foreign scorer in the Russian Premier League, with 117 goals in 244 matches.
The problem of racism in Russian football has been in focus after the country was awarded the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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It can be distressing to have a very poor goldfish. When a fish starts to look unwell, fast diagnosis and treatment may save the day. 99% of fish health issues relate to the quality of the water. Test for ammonia and nitrite (these should both read nil) and nitrate (should read less than 40ppm but ideally under 20ppm). Daily 25% water changes suitably treated to remove chlorine and chloramine first, may be the best medicine, if water parameters are poor.
There are illnesses though that require a shop bought treatment. Given that any med will stress the fish a little and deplete o2 in a tank, it is crucial to positively ID the illness before starting any treatment. Many medications cannot be mixed as they are toxic so identifying the illness is crucial first.
It should be borne in mind, that not all illnesses can be cured and there are peaceful ways (both for the fish and owner) to euthanize a fish should this be required.
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Sugilite is a rare stone only found in Japan and South Africa. Sugilite is considered one of the most important love stones. Many believe that Sugilite represents spiritual love and wisdom, opening and aligning all the chakras to love with its beautiful purple rays. Petrified Wood was once an ancient, living, breathing tree. It was buried and fossilized, over a long period of time, and the organic parts of its structure were replaced by minerals. The markings and patterns on the stone are the original tree's growth rings and knots. Sonoran Dendritic Rhyolite Jasper comes from Mexico and is a relatively new stone that is mainly composed of feldspar, mica and quartz that was created by lava flowing over rock. Sonora Dendritic Rhyolite Jasper is often connected to change, progress and creativity. Zebra Jasper is a variety of Jasper in the quartz family (chalcedony) identifiable by its zebra-like stripes. Metaphysically, Zebra Jasper is used for those needing to escape the perils of over-thinking and promotes the enjoyment of experiencing life as it comes. It also helps to stimulate the transition from the material plane to the astral plane during meditation and assists in centering of the soul. On the physically plane, Zebra Jasper is said to be helpful with stamina, endurance, bone disorders, osteoporosis, teeth, gums, muscle spasms, and heart palpitations.
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Bamboo Agate features brilliantly banded patterns of white, clear, black, greyand orange. Agate enhances creativity and strengthens the intellect, making it a beneficial stone for both students and artists. It is also known as a good luck stone. As a stone of harmony, one of the things agate does is balance yin/yang energy. Agate increases energy. Chrysocolla is a hydrous copper silicate, often forming with copper salts, iron and manganese oxides. Chrysocolla is known to form in oxidation zones of copper ore bodies and is actually considered a minor ore for the mineral copper. Although Chrysocolla may be a 'lesser known' gemstone, it is still a very fascinating stone that is highly sought-after by many avid gem and mineral enthusiasts. Chrysocolla belongs to a very small group of copper-bearing gems which gives it the green coloring and patterns. This Chrysocolla comes from Arizona, a well know copper mining area. Crazy Horse Jaspers add a bit of whimsy and wonder to the mix, encouraging us to enjoy life, to seek beauty and humor, and to not take ourselves too seriously. Druzy, also often spelled drusy, druse or drusies, refers to tiny quartz crystals that form within or on the surface of other stones. A Druzy stone features this unique crystal-like finish that has the look and feel like no other stone. It occurs within geodes, which are hollow, spherical rocks, and lines the interior walls and cavities that occur. This dense form of quartz called chalcedony forms the exterior rind, and what is left is a beautiful druzy finish. Our Druzy gemstones range from bright white and pinks to brilliant reds, browns and greys.
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Drilling accurate holes in your clay creations is very important. Having a tool to create clean holes without extensive drilling and filing can save you a lot of time. In this tool demo, learn to use our clay punch tools for adding perfectly sized holes to your jewelry projects.
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Our economy bench shear is a great tool for quickly and accurately cutting through thicker metals. The 6" cutting blades are made from high temper carbon steel and can cut non-ferrous metals up to 10 gauge. This style of long handle bench shear works great for quickly cutting smaller pieces of thick material, and it's very affordable.]]>
Danielle was excited about being the June winner:
"Thank you so much! My birthday was last week and this feels like a belated birthday present. LOL! I am completely thrilled that I should win something. Hmmm, about me… Well, I have a rather diverse background so I shall try to summarize it. After high school, I spent three years between two different universities. After that I decided to go to college to get a more practical education. I graduated from their Public Relations program and discovered that the economy at the time was terrible and that there weren't any jobs in my field.
It was then, with my husband's encouragement, I finally found something I enjoyed. I would have applied to the jewelry making program at a different college except that it was too late, admissions were closed for that program but still open for the Gemology program. I loved it and happily became a Graduated Gemologist. After graduating, I did some temp work and started in the jewelry program part time. When I was about half way through the jewelry program I got offered a place in the University of Saint Thomas Art History Master's program. So my husband and I picked up and moved to the Twin Cities for graduate school. I loved grad school and was almost disappointed when I graduated because it was so much fun. So I got a Master's in Art History, specialized in 16th century English clothing and textiles. After that, I went to England to get my doctorate but health problems stopped me from finishing my degree and I came home at the end of the first year. After I got back, I was looking for something I could do, I discovered an introductory class in PMC. I was so glad I did this, since it felt so right immediately. I made my first PMC jewelry sale to the class's instructor. It was a ring (which fit her perfectly) and the design of it became integral to my developing style. Although my interest in historical textiles and clothing continues, it felt like texture was lacking in many cases. PMC fed my love of texture and provided an outlet for my creativity. Although I like it best when I can mix various media, like my lampworking, PMC, traditional silversmithing, and various textiles, texture is also why I love your products so much.
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Ocean Jasper is unusual jasper found only at a remote location on the coast of Madagascar that can only be mined at low tide! The colors vary widely, including white, green, pink, red, black, blue. The wild polka dots, wavy lines, and multi-colored floret patterns of Ocean Jasper make this a gorgeous and exciting stone. Stalactites are formed at the roof of a cave and begin with one drop of mineral-rich water. When the drop falls, it leaves behind the thinnest ring of calcite. Each subsequent drop that forms and falls deposits another ring. Over time, these rings build to create a stunning column of minerals. Kambaba Jasper is one of the more exotic Jaspers, a rare orbicular variety from Madagascar and South Africa. In its depths one can literally glimpse the origins of life on our planet and touch a tangible form of the primordial ooze that nurtured our atmosphere and advanced the creation of all living things. A sedimentary stone, Kambaba Jasper is comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites, ancient fossilized colonies created by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and other primeval microorganisms. These Stromatolites date back more than three billion years and are the oldest known fossils, containing the earliest records of life on Earth. Orbicular Jasper is a variety of jasper which contains variably-colored orbs or spherical inclusions or zones. Jasper is a variety of chalcedony (the quartz family) and means "spotted or speckled stone".
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Antique Molds are the perfect way to express your personality. Pick out the molds that are just right for you like: Hummingbird, Rain Kissed Leaf, Parrot Bay, Small Garden Bug and so many others. Use them for centerpieces, accents, components and texture; so many molds, so little time!
Our antique molds are hand crafted from the original element so you get a perfect impression. A mold is a great way to own the beauty of these collectibles without the investment of the original, and the sizes are just right for jewelry components. We use 100% silicone mold material that does not stick to metal clay, or any other type of clay, so no release is needed. Use any type of precious metal clay, polymer or ceramic clays. The molds can be placed on a heat source to dry, and can even be placed in an oven or toaster oven. Our molds are safe to 500F.
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So I guess my lack of crafting comes from lack of time and energy and also lack of crafts that I actually want to spend my "spare" time doing.
One thing I also didn't spend my time doing over the past year was being the mom that made her kid baby food. I did it for about a two week span and then decided I wasn't organized enough / didn't have the time / couldn't be bothered.
So one day when I was surfing the internet (instead of making baby food) I came across this awesome idea. And since I'd been saving baby food jars, I already had the first thing I needed!
Last Friday I decided that I was finally going to go ahead and do this thing. I have THE smallest (and most crowded) kitchen on the planet so clearing out the cupboard where I keep my spices would free up some much needed cupboard space.
So off I headed to the craft store - to which I am a stranger and felt totally out of place trying to find the supplies I needed. Total cost of the supplies was $60. And that included this... thing, which I bribed my kids with to stop crying and whining and ripping items off the shelves of Michaels...
It also included this cool hot glue gun which I didn't really need but wanted...
Once home I took stock of my spices - and I had a lot of them. More than I realized because they were crammed into a cupboard where I couldn't see half of them...
And then I made sure I had enough jars, which I most certainly did (and then some)...
So after the kids were in bed and I had a glass of wine poured, I got to work cutting out labels. The god forsaken, millions of god damned circles. By the time I was done, my gnarled hand had to be pried free of the scissors.
(At least the whines of "I'm huuuuungry" stopped for a while.)
When bedtime FINALLY came last night, I got busy Mod Podging and was able to complete the jar portion of this ordeal...
And then the glue wouldn't adhere to the lids. Or I wasn't fast enough on the glue gun draw.
Whatever, either way I had to go back to the store to find an alternative. I ended up picking up some "LocTight" superglue which worked awesome.
Then, it was all done except for transferring the spices into their new jars. During this time I had odd and sudden cravings for garlic bread, butter chicken, souvlaki and pumpkin pie. I also discovered that baby jars will shatter when dropped and that garlic powder is oddly "sticky" on a tile floor.
In the end, I am extremely happy with the results. I think they look cool, they're functional and they've given me more cupboard space.
There is actually many more than shown here, I ended up with 35 jars of spice.
So I guess the summary is that I do have the ability to be somewhat crafty, should I find the
Note: I did exactly as directed on this blog post. The only thing I changed up, as I mentioned, was the glue used to attach the magnets to the lids. It's a great project but as she says in this post (which I obviously didn't read until it was too late), it takes a bit of time and only a little skill.


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I gotta say, this is probably the best HML Hulk figure I ever had...
like always, this HML figure has all the articulation u expected from getting a hulk figure.. however his Abdominal/abs area thats a ball point u can say.. is very. very good.. most figures have it and it really means nothing, but this figure can basically do a situp lol like another other Toybiz ML that had a hinge Abs articuation... I was very impressed by that...
Paint - I love the ppaint job on this dude... very detailed. not just plain grey.. he got some shades of dark grey on him too.. nd I love the blue paints.. no purple for this dude.
Sculpt - I love the sculpting.. he looks madddddddddddd... hes bigggggg.. tahts the hulk.. he just looks scary wen u pose him standing straight up w/ his chest all out and his big arms to the side. however I wasn't fond of both hands being wide open.. no fist!? comon hasbro.. he gotta punch someone! like me.. and I'm sure many of u will.. I just molded mine eventually.
Articulation - Articulation is just like any other hulk... but slightly better in some areas... like I said b4, the Abs and legs are nice, but the single pin at the elbows like all ML's now is kinda restricted due to his huge biceps.. no biggy tho. .. the head moves up and down good too w/ no restriction. ... feet and knees are very good and move freely w/ no restrictions.
Overall = if u are to get one figure.. or two.. this has to be one of them.. probably IMO one of the best hulks ever produced.... he can also fit nicely as just a grey hulk on ur shelf.. or also as a Ulimate Hulk.. which I am doing. ..
so.. GET IT! HEY, if it hit NYC already from the west side.. its around you then.
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'The Fashion Show': Hot mess time machine
The ragamuffins (as we have come to affectionately call the contestants of "The Fashion Show") had two big challenges this week and their names were David and Dominique. Seriously, get a room. We got shivers watching them flirt with each other, but not the good kind.
Otherwise, the two houses had to design lines inspired by certain years from the past and using plaid (because Iman happens to like plaid? Go figure). Most of the designers had an easy time of it, but a couple just couldn't get their act together. Golnessa couldn't figure out what she wanted to do and Rolondo AKA Ro designed above his own skill level. So, what made the difference? Cesar.
Iman is like my grandma, but hotter.
While in previous challenges, Cesar helped Ro quite a bit - even after he switched houses - it seemed he didn't want to lose again. After all, Iman expected him to help the House of Emerald to win. And you don't want to disappoint Iman. So, while he agonized watching Ro struggle, he didn't help bail him out. Instead, he helped Golnessa and created a fifth look (which looked like an oversized napkin, but it was extra), which helped deliver the team's first win.
And what about Ro? Well, he just couldn't pull together his first design. So, instead of fixing it, he scrapped the skirt and started over. Then, he simplified his design and basically bored the judges into eliminating him.
Did you agree with Ro's ousting?
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