Give + Take Shop - business model

An eco shop in East Dulwich has an interesting business model - bring in unwanted furniture or clothes and get a store credit for 50% of the net selling price. Presumably 'net' in this case means sale price less VAT.

Cues for Our Habits

Experiments have shown that most cues fit into one of five categories:

• Location - Where are you? (Sitting at my desk.)
• Time - What time is it? (3:36 p.m.)
• Emotional State - What’s your emotional state? (Bored.)
• Other people - Who else is around? (No one.)
• Immediately preceding action - What action preceded the urge? (Answered an e-mail.)

Source: NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

ThredUp

Interesting. Not a brokerage - they buy the clothes from you and then re-sell.

Swap-O-Matic

This vending machine allows you to donate, receive or swap objects. If you donate you get a credit, if you receive you use a credit. Obviously it's not really enforceable, its "a statement on over-consumption in our society".




Info: http://www.swap-o-matic.com

Jamie Oliver parties

Jamie Oliver has now followed Tupperware and Ann Summers in having home selling parties. Apparently, you can sign up to be a 'consultant' and earn money around your family life.

www.jamieathome.com

Pay-Per-Minute Cafe

Interesting business model innovation - cafe in Moscow where you pay for the time you're there and get free beverages.

 Source:

• Springwise 
• www.anticafebabochki.ru

Zaarly

Interesting start-up brokerage for buying and selling with people nearby.

http://www.zaarly.com/

Types of Business Model & Pricing Model

Ad-funded

Affiliate/franchise

Brokerage model - earn fees or commission, e.g. eBay; PayPal

Subscriptions

Merchant - sell product or services for a unit price

Pricing models - cost plus, value-based, yield management, freemium

'Do Some Business Models Perform Better Than Others?':
seeit.mit.edu/Publications/BusinessModelsPerformance12July2006.pdf

Simple Bank

Simple are a soon-to-launch new bank. Or as they put it 'more than a bank'.

Article on their mobile app:
www.fastcodesign.com/1665303/first-look-banksimples-iphone-app-aims-to-reimagine-your-money

Their site:
www.simple.com

Euclid Elements - bricks and mortar sensors and tracking

Euclid provide a sensor that tracks customers around real world stores.