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Direct Vs. Indirect Distribution

YoungUpstarts

Aside from ditching the storefront, there are some important things to consider when moving your distribution to the internet. While distribution channels have not largely changed over time, the demand of consumers to have fast and convenient delivery has become the norm. How does this affect your distribution strategy?

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The Great Retail Reinvention: How the Internet Is Reshaping the Way We Buy Clothing

View from Seed

We are currently seeing the most rapid collapse of retail since the Great Recession, due to the internet changing consumer demand and purchasing patterns. The old brands and distribution channels are dead or dying. Most apparel purchases are now in some way influenced by the internet.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

And if you accept that premise then you have to accept that the future of the Internet will be dominated by video. Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). But distribution is now unlimited. Much of it already is.

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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

Is there a means of efficient distribution amidst the noise? Will new, native distribution channels emerge? Internally at NextView, we’ve talked about this wave of innovation wave in the same breath as the internet or the internal combustion engine, or even humanity’s ability to harness to electricity.

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What Small Businesses Can Do To Survive And Thrive During The Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

The opportunity here is in improving communication channels through the plethora of tools that technology and the internet offer. Adding value can also mean reimagining your product distribution. Marketing, particularly through online channels, is one of the most important things that you should think about right now.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

Everything we were taught pre-Internet is still relevant. We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. Look at Viddy & SocialCast. Underbelly.

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