Samuel Slater: Treason and Textiles
This story is about espionage, treason, a covert escape, and an ocean voyage. It’s also a story about founding an American factory that would be […]
Building Community In the Creator Economy
Antiques and Collectibles Merchants Look For a Lifeboat Who could imagine that Facebook, the Titanic of social media community building, could be hobbled by upstart […]
The Crash of Cash: Digital Payments And The Changing Face of Commerce
Antiques and Collectibles Merchants Struggle to Adapt to Cashless Payments Some time ago, I left $300 worth of merchandise on an antique mall’s checkout counter […]
Peer-to-Peer Marketplace: Opportunity Or Curse?
Antiques and Collectibles Dealers Wonder How They Fit Into The New Trend Ebay was founded nearly 30 years ago. A pioneer in the peer-to-peer (P2P) […]
Merchant Rollups: Antiques Dealers Laugh, Amazon Sellers Anxious
Another Sea Change Is Coming To Retailing. Fortunately, It Won’t Affect A&C Dealers Once a safe haven from Big Business, small-seller marketplaces like eBay, Amazon, […]
Supply Chain, Big Quit, and Inflation: A Perfect Storm
Antiques & Collectibles Dealers Navigate a Rough Economy 2021 turned retail on its head. The pandemic triggered a supply chain disaster, a shift in employment […]
Can Augmented Reality Boost Your Antiques Sales?
AR Is Already in Use, And Sales Results Are Astonishing I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. I perused the Snap Consumer AR Global […]
Collectibles Life Cycle: Knowing When to Buy and Sell
You Want to Buy Low and Sell High. But When? American frontiersman and pathfinder Daniel Boone was once asked if he had ever been lost. […]
Investible Collectibles: Waiting for the Bubble to Burst
Bubbles Will Burst. Always. It’s Just a Matter Of Time. A Bubble Exposes Short-Term Thinking I think William Shakespeare was a collector. At least, he […]
Why NFTs Fail As Collectibles
Non-fungible tokens, blockchains that you can buy but cannot spend Note: This article on NFTs represents the opinion of the author. It should not be […]