PeterAustin
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@kzimmerman @mcarney Thanks! Very interesting. My partner and I have bought very few top-end trainers, preferring formal/business shoes for work and sandals for home. That probably explains it. I'll have to re-think my theory that women buy a lot of shoes because they will always fit, whereas other garments only continue to fit if you diet.
@mcarney @PeterAustin Hmm, wonder why your experience differs from mine? I've bought or helped buy 100+ pairs of shoes in my life and the sizes are always consistent. For example, when buying for me, I always buy a UK size 9 (EU size 43) and they always fit. But with something like t-shirts though, I checked last years and I was wearing L, XL, and XLL in the same week, depending on brand. My partner also wears skirts and tops of 3 different sizes (private information, so let's call them A, A+2 and A+4). What kind of shoes do you buy, that the sizes vary significantly?
This article misses the real reason why size is so important for online shoe sales, which is that shoe sizes are consistent. If your girlfriend buys a skirt, top or fashion watch online, in her normal size, there's a reasonable chance it will not fit properly, because the size or body shape is different, and you will waste time returning it. Fortunately returns are always free. But with shoes, they will almost certainly fit, the first time, making them a good product to start with.
@TOTALLYTHEUSGOVT Right back at you for accessing this site using a fake name. Shows how overkill the DMCA is, doesn't it?
@markrogo You must be the only person who missed this case. The judgement was overturned on appeal but it showed that a ban is perfectly possible: http://androidandme.com/2012/06/smartphones-2/galaxy-nexus-banned-in-the-u-s-following-preliminary-injunction-in-apple-patent-case/
Agree 100% for your core business. This is also why a lot of take-overs fail: because the new guys are not even in the same building.
Don't believe the intro. More likely, more people are "currently reading a book or novel" because they have more distractions, and books are getting thicker, so *it takes longer*. I used to read a book a day - now it's closer tot one a month. Also readers != buyers for a host of reasons, including borrowers and the easy availability of free books online. Not to mention cheap resold books - there must be 6 charity shops old books in just my little town.
As for the alleged hustles - authors have been producing rip-off books since printing began. Google for "penny dreadfuls".Reads like the author has a chip on his shoulder about Amazon.
@eringriffithsee bugmenot
If these become widespread, someone will write a plug-in to auto-fill the content, and companies will stop using them again.
About the related idea of making people tweet a promotion message to win a prize: doing it proves you have no self respect, but I guess that's a qualified lead for some brands.
Re: Before I go any further, let me say that I haven’t tried Next Issue.
Almost nobody has, "it’s available for Android tablets only, and only 7- or 10-inch models, and only those running the 3.0 or 4.0 versions of Android (that’s about 6 percent of Android tablets right now). The company says it will submit an iPad version for Apple’s approval in about six weeks."http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/technology/personaltech/the-next-issue-app-a-buffet-of-magazines-state-of-the-art.html
This article briefly identifies the real problem, then loses it. "Intel doesn’t make chips that use less power". The wave is "mobile", not just Apple, and Intel needs to produce chips that can power a tablet for significantly longer than the current market leaders if it's to regain that market - 24 hours use would be about right - and its current leading products are nowhere close.
What's the learning curve? If your product is at all complex, and you try fremium, the support costs will kill you.
If hypocrisy were really the most important thing, then Satan would be better than God. The former is open about promoting evil, while the latter claims to be good while allowing evil to continue. So, it's an interesting philosophical point, but nonsensical in practice.
@harihb You think t-shirt wearing is correlated with sanity? Then explain this:http://www.tshirthell.com/hell.shtml