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Spotdealers: Entering an Unmapped Territory
Spotdealers revolutionises stocklot trade. What used to be called security now seems like extreme sports; what used to be considered impressive networking now looks like a village meeting. A group of experienced agents with existing networks can surely achieve more than individual operators. Spotdealers introduces its own online marketplace, where purchases can be made with only a few clicks. Our customised escrow payment service, together with our global network of Spot Managers, will minimise trade risks for both buyer and seller. No official statistics of stocklot trade exist. Manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers are not keen on publishing data on their surplus production, cancelled orders or so-last-season goods rotting in the warehouses; neither do the customs log books feature a special column for on-the-spot trade. The only way to grasp the stocklot market was to pick up the phone and talk to larger buyers in Europe – as Spotdealers did in autumn 2009. This survey gave us reason to estimate that the share of stocklots is between 5% to 15% of all international trade.
The Facebook Diaspora
Earlier this year, Facebook was embroiled in controversy after it made significant privacy changes. Users did not like having more of their information public, so they revolted. Four NYU students decided to create an open source alternative to Facebook. That is how Diaspora got started. The team will launch the network on 15 September 2010. http://mashable.com/2010/08/26/facebook-alternative-diaspora-launches-september-15/
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