Articles filed underBusiness model innovation
[Podcast] DNVB panorama with Sebastien Tortu
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
In this podcast, I had the pleasure to welcome Sebastien Tortu, author of the leading French publication about Digital Native Vertical Brands (DNVB): "DNVB: the new business, between web and retail, how DNVB is changing the rules of the game."…
Marketing strategy. The subscription business model is changing radically.
One more step towards consumerism. We are continually dematerialising property, and this time it is Nike that has gone one step further by offering a subscription for trainers. The Nike Adventure Club, currently reserved to the United States for children…
Nike Adventure Club: shoes by subscription
Nike has just launched the Nike Adventure Club, a system that allows children to receive up to 12 pairs of trainers per year. The system operates on a subscription basis. That' s right: by subscription! The business model is innovative,…
Essential business tools for startups : 99€ training in Brussels on 29 November
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Would-be entrepreneurs will be delighted : a 1-day training session will be organized on November 29th 2014 in Brussels to teach, refresh, train essential skills to successfully start or develop your venture. If you want to register, just follow this…
Quality improvement through reengineering of business processes
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
We are currently conducting a big assignment for a BEL20 company to improve financial provisions processes and increase operations quality. This assignment encompasses the description of AS-IS processes across several divisions, reengineering them into something “lean” and improving the quality…
A call for a revolution in customers – firms relationships
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
You may remember the post published two ago about managing expectations to increase customer satisfaction. In that post I also mentioned a recent negative experience with Coolblue. The guys at Coolblue proved once again their professionalism by handling the complaint…
These business cards are amazing
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Over the years I’ve met with hundreds (if not thousands) of people and have collected an impressive collection of business cards. While most of them are very classical and do not trigger any particular emotion, some of them have remained…