{"id":292,"date":"2005-09-26T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2005-09-26T13:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=292"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:51:04","slug":"on-rebound-and-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"On Rebound and reTail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"pic\/economibag.jpg\" alt=\"rebound book-handbag\" hspace=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always surprised to see &#8220;re&#8221; in the names of businesses that fit the niche end of Anderson&#8217;s &#8220;Long Tail&#8221;. Yet they pop up everywhere. And when I find them it feels like a vindication for picking the name I did; reBang is really about remaking everything &#8211; from remaking\/redesigning our world in cyberspace, to how that virtual world opens a feedback loop to the real world and influences it, and to how everything changes as a result (when I first came up with the name years ago I even did logo treatments that represented different industries\/activities &#8211; hence the current underlined &#8220;B&#8221;; you&#8217;ll see what I mean soon enough). It&#8217;s very much a Long Tail kinda thought process &#8211; or more accurately, in line with the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?p=265\">ecoToroid<\/a> process I worked out.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the above is an image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebound-designs.com\/\">rebound design<\/a>&#8216;s books-to-bags collection. I love the idea. Perhaps because I have an affinity for old books (yes, even text books). And the business model &#8211; and especially this &#8220;Economy&#8221; bag &#8211; fits in well with this next bit.<\/p>\n<p>While looking over <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/\">del.icio.us<\/a> last night, I luckily happened across someone entering a link to a slideshow given by <a href=\"http:\/\/longtail.typepad.com\/the_long_tail\/\">Chris Anderson<\/a>. You can watch his presentation here: <a href=\"http:\/\/salesforce.breezecentral.com\/longtail\/\">link<\/a>. What struck me was this slide:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"pic\/LongTailForces.jpg\" alt=\"Long Tail Forces\" hspace=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wow. That looks a <em>whole<\/em> lot like the ecoToroid I&#8217;d worked out and have been talking about (see an earlier entry &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=265\">reLink<\/a>). I&#8217;ve been informed Anderson is aware of my work and I&#8217;m now curious if anything I&#8217;ve done has had an impact on his thinking (doubt it).<\/p>\n<p>In any event, now I&#8217;d  like to get Anderson to go 3D; and to discuss\/consider market forces that propel a product to greater sales and distribution <em>without<\/em> additional Originator energy. To show what happens over <a href=\"http:\/\/slfuturesalon.blogs.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/longtailmorphing.jpg\">Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>{top: Image Copyright \u00a9 rebound design; bottom: Image Copyright \u00a9 Chris Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always surprised to see &#8220;re&#8221; in the names of businesses that fit the niche end of Anderson&#8217;s &#8220;Long Tail&#8221;. Yet they pop up everywhere. And when I find them it feels like a vindication for picking the name I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=292\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retransmit","tag-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/2587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}