http://www.auctionculture.com/blog Life and Business in the Post-eBay Economy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:31:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2009/10/22/provenance-plays-role-in-second-hand-market/ The apparal industry is driven in part by demand created from our natural tendency to vary in size. This can be due to growth during our early years as we transition from different stages of childhood to adulthood. It can be due to specific events like pregnancy. It ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2008/07/03/temporary-wardrobe/ In today’s Wall Street Journal, the lead front page article entitled “Invisible Hand - How Top Watchmakers Intervene in Auctions” confirms the importance of the relationship between the prices fetched at auction for high-end second hand watches and the impact those prices have on the brands in the primary (new) ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2007/10/08/luxury-watch-auctions-used-as-a-brand-marketing-tool/ 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 ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2007/06/27/futureshop-released-in-paperback/ 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. http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2006/12/06/can-you-say-futureshop-in-german/ It appears that Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior are following the path that Tiffany took a while back, and are suing eBay for facilitating the sale of counterfeit products. For more detail, see this Financial Times article. Rather than comment on the merits of their objectives, I prefer ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2006/09/21/heads-you-lose-tails-i-win-the-paradox-of-suing-ebay/ Consumer electronics is a hot topic when it comes to a discussion about efficient ownership. At one extreme, most electronics are commodities - distinguishable (or comparable) by their unique model numbers or SKUs. This makes them relatively fungible and easy to trade online. Computers are the exception ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2006/04/27/trading-technology/ This past Saturday marked the 36th anniversary of Earth Day, a day dedicated to environmental awareness and education. This article in the Seattle Times mentioned FutureShop and its thesis as one of the “top five actions you can take to help both the planet and your pocketbook.” ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2006/04/24/the-color-green/ On a recent business trip, I noticed that Paradies book shops introduced a new program for travelers. Passengers can now buy a book at one of their designated airport shops, read it in transit and return it (with the original receipt) to a Paradies bookstore at their destination airport ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2006/03/06/cheaper-books-on-the-fly/ Our Vice President mistakenly shot his friend while quail hunting and has received a lot of attention for it. A colleague of mine from Texas tells me that hunting is a big social event there – “it’s like playing golf where I come from,” she said. Last month ... http://www.auctionculture.com/blog/2006/02/15/on-guns-golf-and-contraception/