The new wave of “Consumer to Manufacturer”
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4 min readJun 22, 2019
Technology is disrupting demand and supply forces in very fundamental terms. One of these mechanics is “Consumer to Manufacturer”, consumer-driven demand-shaping.
First, a story: In the 1990s, a group of Dutch car enthusiast banded together to persuade an overseas car manufacturer to produce a small-batch of a particular sports car that they would import into the Netherlands together. They…