The Future of Commerce - Issue #182
Creativity
Gucci, other luxury fashion brands are poised to launch NFTs — www.theblockcrypto.com Gucci and a number of other luxury fashion brands are reportedly close to launching non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Lego sales soar on back of Covid lockdowns and Nintendo tie-up Increased family time during pandemic pushes firm to double-digit growth
Business/Marketing/Adv
Why are brands building on the blockchain? — thingtesting.com Beyond NFTs and crypto, a number of brands are finding ways to marry blockchain technology with the sale of physical products.
The shift in shopping: The data that reveals the permanent changes to U.K. consumer behaviour — www.thinkwithgoogle.com With the pandemic, the way we discover and buy products and services has drastically changed. But which consumer attitudes will endure? We're explaining all this.
Interestingness
Christie's is auctioning off a collection of nine CryptoPunks next month — www.theblockcrypto.com The auction will feature collectibles from one of the first NFT projects ever released on the Ethereum blockchain.
Apple Podcasts Now Lists 2 Million Shows, But Almost Half of Those Titles Have Only Three or Fewer Episodes — www.macrumors.com According to the latest podcast analytics, Apple's Podcasts platform recently surpassed 2 million titles, however almost a quarter of those shows...
Wellness
We Have All Hit a Wall — www.nytimes.com Confronting late-stage pandemic burnout, with everything from edibles to Exodus.
Platform News
YouTube is social media's big winner during the pandemic — www.cnbc.com YouTube saw the most significant growth of any social media app among American users during the pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.
Pinterest launches a Creator Fund to pay influencers — www.engadget.com Pinterest is launching a “Creator Fund” to pay a small group of influencers to create content for the platform. It also wrote a "Creator Code" to keep its influencers positive.