Posts Tagged ‘market shifts’

Amazon Zigs When Others Zag: Meeting Consumer Needs Before They Know They Have Them

Thursday, April 4th, 2019

by Justin Grensing, Esq., MBA

 

Amazon has proven time and again to be particularly adept at figuring out what its customers want and giving it to them. Whether it’s shopping suggestions based on previous orders, on-demand media content or same-day delivery, the retail giant answers the demands of the people whose purchases are lining its pockets.

The latest example of this as-you-wish mentality was recently announced and reported in an article for CNN by Taylor Nicole Rogers titled “Amazon’s new waste-reduction strategy: Delivery only once a week.” (more…)

Bye Bye Blockbuster?

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

by Justin Grensing, Esq., MBA

 

For countless Americans, a trip to the local Blockbuster in the hopes of renting one of the copies of the latest hit movie to be released on VHS or DVD or to browse older favorites and film classics was a part of the Friday or Saturday night ritual for years.

But as technology and delivery methods evolved, Blockbuster and other video stores started to lose market share to then-mail-delivery-based Netflix as well as DVD rental kiosks before seeing further erosion from video streaming services. As Michelle Lou and Saeed Ahmed write for CNN, the iconic brick-and-mortar movie rental chain is still hanging on. But just barely. After the recent closing of a Blockbuster store in Australia, the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon became the last one open on earth.

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