Cover Photo courtesy of Fast Company Magazine – April 2015
I walked into a bookstore / magazine shop tonight, and like usual I always end up leaving with at least one paper copy of my favorite print for consumption.
Tonight it was Fast Company, one of my favorite publishers. The content is crisp, innovative and down to earth. Paper, you say? In this age of digital content and consumption, you buy a magazine?
Yes I say, cause I’m a little hipster that way. I enjoy technology, but I also enjoy the crisp new pages and smell of a fine print. This month’s particular edition is quite cool. The cover paper is like a very fine grit sandpaper.
The lights are usually turned down low in my living room, so I put on my Petzl running headlamp, and flipped it open. After glancing over the content index, I decided to flip to an article by Om Malik (the founder of Gigaom).
The headline reads:
“Clothes Make the Man, but the Web Makes the Clothes – What a Dress Shirt Says About the Future of Retail“
A relatively short article about the author’s experience of being taken to the neighborhood tailor as a child by his father for custom made shirts. Fast forward to present time where he buys and describes the process of buying bespoke shirts online from Trumaker.
Some other bespoke clothiers mentioned are J.Tilburn, Knots Standard, and Modern Tailor.
A true to life experience for any people from that cohort of individuals that are living the digital transformation age first hand. Put simply, what we were used to as children has dramatically changed. I enjoyed the message in the article so much that I wanted to share it with all of you via this blog post.
Here are some excerpts that ring truth to the evolution of retail…
“The more shirts we make, the more our system becomes efficient and fine-tunes our algorithm.”
“The more predictable, accurate, and consistent pattern data is the real breakthrough, as it allows us to automate about 70% of the process.
“The internet allows anyone to cheaply tap into new technologies to automate processes that previously required humans.
Here is the link to the article from Fast Company…
It doesn’t stop at custom made shirts. We can now buy a BMW i3 on Amazon in Japan. Here’s the link to the article…
BMW is selling the i3 on Amazon in Japan
So, where is this going? With digital transformation and the Internet of Things in full swing, I think it’s going everywhere. If you can harness the power of creativity and logic to work harmoniously, the sky is the limit.
Thanks for reading. Comments, ideas and likes welcome.
