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Uncategorized22 Oct 2009 12:29 pm

Second hand retailer Pass the Baton , a new store in Tokyo, uses provenance as a way to market their goods (and distinguish themselves). Pass the Baton profiles the owners of the goods they sell. While common in the high end traditional auction market - i.e. when I buy expensive wine at auction, I want to know where it came from so I am assured it was stored properly - this appears to be a first at the retail level. It will be interesting to see its implications if it integrates with online social networking media.

Uncategorized27 Jun 2007 09:42 am

Today Futureshop was released in a nifty new paperback edition. The hardcover version of the book received significant consumer attention and as such, Penguin opted to go with a more consumer oriented cover and subtitle seen here.

The paperback edition has been updated to include more current data related to eBay and other sites.

Uncategorized06 Dec 2006 10:09 pm

Futureshop has just gone international. Germany is the first of many countries that will be publishing Futureshop in a foreign language. Here is the link to the German version which has an updated cover and is available in bookstores this month.