http://cultureby.com/2004/04/gillnets_for_th.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cultureby.com/2004/04/gillnets_for_th.html/comment-page-1#comment-8105 steve Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:55:43 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1233#comment-8105 Virginia gave a talk a number of years ago about the coming "age of the editor". Her basic argument was similar to yours--given a flood of information sources, people will pay for editing and selection. I think this insight extends to the role of retailers as merchandisers, who can edit the exploding product proliferation of the marketplace and put forth meaningful selections of items. Certainly the catalog business has functioned this way since the 1970s. Virginia gave a talk a number of years ago about the coming “age of the editor”. Her basic argument was similar to yours–given a flood of information sources, people will pay for editing and selection. I think this insight extends to the role of retailers as merchandisers, who can edit the exploding product proliferation of the marketplace and put forth meaningful selections of items. Certainly the catalog business has functioned this way since the 1970s.

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