August 5, 2022

The Latest from P + S

While ‘live shopping is better together’ is (probably) true, it’s also our attempt at highlighting the two topics on our mind this week: live shopping & our Together offsite.

The former had us asking whether everything is just live shopping these days, while the latter had us exploring the systems we’re a part of. In both, we learn (and laugh) our way through.

Come with.

From the OS

Why isn’t live shopping taking off?

Early last month TikTok revealed they were scaling back their live shopping ambitions. Around here, those of us who wondered what gives spent 45-minutes on a Friday throwing around some suspicions for the lag.

Read our incredibly scientific analysis.

ICYMI

We met recently for Together, our 19th quarterly offsite, where we rekindled our commitment to the work we do and the ways we do it.

Each has a theme and this year’s was “Connection.” Check out what we learned and how we learned it. And don’t forget (how could you) to share it with friendly eyes.

What We’re Reading

Google postpones demise of cookies to 2024 (AdAge)

The Great Crumbling is postponed.

What makes collaboration click? (Figma)

Does working well together create better products? Why, yes it does.

After putting a dent in Facebook and Instagram, TikTok has Spotify in its sights next (Fortune)

You probably saw this coming.

I Share, Therefore I Know? (SSRN)