E commerce Meets Bricks and Mortar – Or the Other Way Around?

Amazon opened its first bricks and mortar store in Seattle last month.  The company calls the store (a book store) an “extension” of Amazon.com.  An extension? Online retailers are starting to see the benefits of actual physical spaces with human beings in them.  The number one cited benefit is the ability to observe customers and

There has been a lot of recent attention on a publication called “The Oldie.” The Oldie celebrates all things “not modern” in a way that makes them seem cool.  Think aloof but clever curmudgeon, less like Archie Bunker and more like Sherlock Holmes. The Oldie is of course a backlash against a digital age where