HOUSTON, TX – August 29, 2019– No one would deny that the face of retail is changing due to the forces of eCommerce. Technologies such as virtual reality, 3D printing, nanotechnology, and ever-expanding communications bandwidth are laying the groundwork for the next major shift in retail.
Today, less and less value is being created by manufacturing. Almost anyone can make anything and the cost of manufacturing keeps decreasing. Distribution is the next domino to fall. With virtual reality, we can experience places and things without the cost or effort of traveling to them.
When you boil it down then, the true value of any product is not in its manufacturer or distribution. A product’s real value can be summed up by four things: Idea, Design, Emotion, and Cause.
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