Instagram has provided the chance to brands like Fashion Nova to challenge the traditional fashion institutions. Using social media, crowds can express their opinion and taste which made market opportunities visible to small scale niche e-retailer.
With the recent growth of Booking.com far above the growth of the industry and commissions at a record-high level, the hotel industry is becoming concerned that the online travel agency will capture an ever-increasing share of the overall profit margin.
Natural Cycles is a natural fertility tracking app and the first and only digital contraception app to receive regulatory approval (certified in Europe and FDA-cleared in the US). It’s disrupting big pharma birth control by replacing “the pill” and has raised $38.5M in venture capital so far.
How TripAdvisor turned the travel world upside down by using a digital platform to let travellers review all aspect of their trip.
My winner/loser scenario is a David and Goliath story, still in its early stages but picking up serious steam, embedded in a larger conflict between two colossal mediums. I am interested primarily in podcasts, but before digging into podcasts specifically we need to step back and see the larger picture, a face-off between two mediums, with terrestrial radio on one hand and streaming services, including streaming radio, on the other.
How has Walmart managed to keep up with Amazon's disruption of the retail ecosystem? Despite making large investments in its digital transformation, including the purchase of Jet.com at a $3.3 billion offering, Walmart has not matched Amazon's strategic success in terms of reducing supply chain costs and expanding its omnichannel offerings. Early signs of promise showed an increase of up to 44% in Walmart's digital sales from 2016-2017 vs Amazon's 29% growth, but is increased revenue growth enough to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage for the next few years?
Nubank is a Brazilian digital bank. Nubank’s products include credit cards, debit accounts, and most recently, personal loans. As a digital bank, it provides all of its services through digital channels, upending the traditional banking industry that relied on physical […]
How WeChat public accounts are taking over conventional publications and becoming the go-to place for reading and news following in China.
“We want a music platform to exist where the playing field is level, where artists are compensated fairly and transparently, and where fans can both stream and own their music collections.” -Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp founder and CEO. (1)
Build on the combination of technology and behavioral economics, Lemonade is an innovative insurance company hoping to "transform insurance from a necessary evil into a social good."
