1. MOBILE PAYMENTS ACCELERATING THE POP-UP MOVEMENT IN INDIA When I first heard of pop-up shops, I thought they were specialty booksellers. I had no idea how popular the idea of temporary retail spaces would be in the new age of digital commerce, but right away, I realized how mobile tools could help make them... Continue Reading →
Brick-and-mortar retailers: it’s time to take online to offline
The last couple of years have seen a lot of noise about e-commerce. Be it the meteoric rise of marketplaces closing billions of dollars in funding to the sharp fall of hype masking massive losses or be it democratizing access in remote areas to the government taking lead to change the e-commerce landscape by pushing digital transactions.... Continue Reading →
Renting a retail space as easy as booking a hotel
Myrsa matches potential short-term tenants with landlords sitting on vacant/unoccupied real estate spaces. In an age of seasonal and cyclical in-store sales and poor prospects for long-term tenants, Myrsa could be a blessing for commercial real estate!! Starting a business can cost you your lifetime of savings if you are a small business — ... Continue Reading →
O2O Commerce Is a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
Until recently, O2O technology was not available but now it's a multibillion-dollar industry. Online to offline ("O2O") commerce is all the rage now. Couple of years back, when Alibaba invested over $3 billion in the technology, the media took note and journalists around the world began discussing the future of the O2O industry in Asia... Continue Reading →
Temporary Retail and Service Spaces
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