THE SHARING ECONOMY NEWS
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Consumer Intelligence Series – “The Sharing Economy”
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Around the world, a new wave of peer-to-peer, access-drivenbusinesses is shaking up established categories. Whetherborrowing goods, renting homes, or serving up micro-skillsin exchange for access or money, consumers are showing arobust appetite for the sharing-based economy.
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What You Can Learn From the Success of the Sharing Economy
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The sharing economy, or collaborative consumption, has quickly overtaken many business sectors. Most people have, or know someone who has, tried Airbnb, Uber, Etsy or another share-based business. To be successful in the sharing economy, your brand must be efficient, trustworthy, innovative and community-centric. These principles aren’t just indicative of successful share-based businesses; they also play…
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7 Business Ideas for the Sharing Economy
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Share businesses—those with models based around the sharing economy—are on the rise both in the U.S. and around the world. Made up of peer-to-peer businesses, the share economy utilizes a model of collaborative consumption, in which individuals pay one another for the ability to access products or services for a short period of time.