Federated retail - Revision history

Woozle: moved to InstaGov

2013-03-14T14:01:22Z

moved to InstaGov

Woozle: Value Network

2013-03-11T01:24:14Z

Value Network

Woozle: /* Links */ linkdump

2013-02-26T17:43:38Z

Links: linkdump

Woozle: /* Links */ WSDEs

2013-02-26T16:55:13Z

Links: WSDEs

Woozle: Bauwens comments

2012-12-25T17:33:29Z

Bauwens comments

Woozle: the link which inspired me to get this page back in shape again

2012-12-18T02:27:17Z

the link which inspired me to get this page back in shape again

Woozle: post-move update; some rewriting and expansion

2012-12-18T02:10:08Z

post-move update; some rewriting and expansion

Woozle: Woozle moved page Distributed co-op to Federated retail: this got renamed after the July backup... participants don't have to be co-ops; that should probably have a separate page at some point, but this is mostly about the decentralization of r...

2012-12-18T01:57:11Z

Woozle moved page Distributed co-op to Federated retail: this got renamed after the July backup... participants don't have to be co-ops; that should probably have a separate page at some point, but this is mostly about the decentralization of r...

Woozle: /* Links */ changed link to htyp page

2011-08-27T02:18:25Z

Links: changed link to htyp page

Woozle: Bazar

2011-08-27T01:47:37Z

Bazar

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−	~~==About==~~	+	{{to igov}}
−	[[Federated retail]] (aka [[distributed retail]]) is a business concept in which independent retail operations work together like stores in a retail chain using distributed software nodes in order to gain many of the advantages posessed by larger retail chains while providing a number of additional benefits.
−
−	~~The core idea is to provide resources that will enable certain types of less-privileged businesses to be able to better compete against larger businesses that use more exploitative practices.~~
−	~~==Goals==~~
−	~~Federated retail is intended to serve the following goals:~~
−	* distributing retail profits more equitably and meritocratically
−	* better serving the public good
−	* increasing [[economic resiliency]] and [[local autonomy]]
−	** reducing tight dependencies on particular supply-chains by creating more of a supply ecosystem
−	* [[starving the corporate beast]]
−	* encouraging open, [[democratic]], [[accountable]], [[transparent]], and [[sustainable]] processes in every aspect of public life, especially business
−	* encouraging awareness of alternatives to [[business neo-standard]] practices (e.g. big-box retail, chain stores, bottom-line worship)
−	* encouraging the manufacture and delivery of products and services along more sustainable lines
−	** providing support services to those who conduct business in a sustainable way
−	*** e.g. legal support for dealing with regulations designed to favor large-scale enterprises over smaller ones
−	** rating products and services according to their sustainability using [[supply-chain sousveillance]]
−	* exploring the use of new tools for commerce, especially those that the mainstream have been reluctant to adopt (e.g. [[in-store search station]]s)
−	~~==Qualifications==~~
−	~~The types of businesses this concept would aim to support would include:~~
−	* businesses whose practices are sustainable or encourage sustainability (primary goal)
−	* businesses who do a substantial amount of business locally (because this promotes [[local autonomy]], [[economic resiliency]], [[sustainability]], and [[accountability]])
−	* businesses who seek to minimize their dependency on businesses that do ''not'' meet these qualifications
−	~~==Resources==~~
−	~~===web site===~~
−	~~The initial resource to get this network off the ground would be an online database and web site that would serve as an interface between the various entities (buyers and sellers) in the network:~~
−	* sellers (whether businesses or not) could enter in lists of items they have for sale
−	* customers could enter shopping lists (which could be anything), and the web site would let them know where it is available. (The site could even plan a shopping trip to minimize travel distance, expense, etc.)
−	* sellers would be aware of what items customers were looking for, and could investigate the possibility of selling those items (via making connections with new suppliers, special orders to existing suppliers, or creating items in-house)
−	~~===computer help===~~
−	~~Member businesses would receive assistance, to the extent that resources are available, with:~~
−	* connecting their inventory systems to the online database
−	* systematizing and streamlining their inventory and ordering processes
−	~~===other benefits===~~
−	~~Members would probably offer each other discounts, to encourage repeat business and knowing that they are all serving some common goals that benefit everyone.~~
−	~~===preliminary guidelines===~~
−	* There would be no rigid distinction between "buyers" and "sellers"; anyone in the network can be either, at any time.
−	* There would be no fixed membership fee; the means for gathering resources needed to keep the network running and healthy would be decided on in a democratic way. This could be a transaction fee or percentage that would be adjusted regularly by popular vote, voluntary contributions from individual buyers and sellers in exchange for name recognition or advertising, or by any other method the members decide upon at any given time.
−	~~===software===~~
−	~~The software to run the web site and database will be:~~
−	* open-source, free for anyone else to use and adapt
−	* designed so that multiple instances can network
−	* designed to ease replication of member data
−
−	~~This has the following benefits~~
−	* if any particular co-op node becomes corrupt, "taken over" by powermongery, members can take the code and member data and go start a new one.
−	* multiple nodes designed to appeal to different markets or mindsets can co-exist and network together
−	* nodes primarily serving different geographic areas can network together to find the ''nearest'' provider for a given item, when it is not available within the scope of a particular note
−	* decentralization:
−	** if one node experiences technical difficulties, this will only affect a relatively small number of people
−	** other nodes should be able to "fill in" for a node that is "down", allowing people affected by an outage to continue doing business in some capacity
−	~~==Future Problems==~~
−	~~Target businesses might see the co-op as competition rather than a mutually beneficial project, and be reluctant to suggest it to their customers.~~
−
−	At some point, this project will likely face stiff opposition from the [[unsustainable business community]]. This will probably take the form of everything from regulatory changes to surprise government inspections or even arrests of members on trumped-up charges, depending on the level of government corruption in various areas served by the co-op.
−
−	~~==Implementation==~~
−	~~There are three main aspects to implementation of this idea:~~
−	~~# business plan (for the first node, anyway)~~
−	~~# software (design and coding)~~
−	~~#* a standard for business data exchange is probably the first design requirement~~
−	~~# people interfacing (i.e. getting people interested in using it)~~
−
−	{{~~user\|Woozle~~}} has the ability and experience to make substantial progress with software (having already written a [[htyp:VbzCart\|centralized e-commerce package]] from scratch twice) and come up with details of how business operations would work, but is less good at dealing with any bureaucratic issues that may arise, and definitely not much good at getting people interested in anything new.
−	~~==Links==~~
−	* [http://valuenetwork.referata.com/wiki/Main_Page Value Network] (wiki)
−	* [[Worker's Self-Directed Enterprises]] - [http://www.democracyatwork.info/learn/?topic=form How do I form a WSDE?]
−	* [http://p2pfoundation.net/Phyles Phyles] are "business-empowered communities: they are not companies linked to a community, but transnational communities that have acquired enterprises in order to gain continuity in time and robustness"
−	* [[htyp:Bazar\|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."
−	* '''2012-12-11''' [http://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralize-big-retail-how-to-uproot-walmart-and-bring-jobs-back-home/5315125 Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home]
−	** '''2012-12-25''' [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decentralizing-big-retailers-in-a-systemic-p2p-way/2012/12/25 Decentralizing big retailers in a systemic p2p way]

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 {{user|Woozle}} has the ability and experience to make substantial progress with software (having already written a [[htyp:VbzCart|centralized e-commerce package]] from scratch twice) and come up with details of how business operations would work, but is less good at dealing with any bureaucratic issues that may arise, and definitely not much good at getting people interested in anything new.
 ==Links==
 * [[Worker's Self-Directed Enterprises]] - [http://www.democracyatwork.info/learn/?topic=form How do I form a WSDE?]
 * [http://p2pfoundation.net/Phyles Phyles] are "business-empowered communities: they are not companies linked to a community, but transnational communities that have acquired enterprises in order to gain continuity in time and robustness"

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 ==Links==
 * [[Worker's Self-Directed Enterprises]] - [http://www.democracyatwork.info/learn/?topic=form How do I form a WSDE?]
 * [[htyp:Bazar|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."
 * '''2012-12-11''' [http://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralize-big-retail-how-to-uproot-walmart-and-bring-jobs-back-home/5315125 Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home]
 ** '''2012-12-25''' [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decentralizing-big-retailers-in-a-systemic-p2p-way/2012/12/25 Decentralizing big retailers in a systemic p2p way]

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 {{user|Woozle}} has the ability and experience to make substantial progress with software (having already written a [[htyp:VbzCart|centralized e-commerce package]] from scratch twice) and come up with details of how business operations would work, but is less good at dealing with any bureaucratic issues that may arise, and definitely not much good at getting people interested in anything new.
 ==Links==
 * [[htyp:Bazar|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."
 * '''2012-12-11''' [http://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralize-big-retail-how-to-uproot-walmart-and-bring-jobs-back-home/5315125 Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home]
 ** '''2012-12-25''' [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decentralizing-big-retailers-in-a-systemic-p2p-way/2012/12/25 Decentralizing big retailers in a systemic p2p way]

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	* [[htyp:Bazar\|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."		* [[htyp:Bazar\|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."
	* '''2012-12-11''' [http://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralize-big-retail-how-to-uproot-walmart-and-bring-jobs-back-home/5315125 Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home]		* '''2012-12-11''' [http://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralize-big-retail-how-to-uproot-walmart-and-bring-jobs-back-home/5315125 Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home]
		+	** '''2012-12-25''' [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decentralizing-big-retailers-in-a-systemic-p2p-way/2012/12/25 Decentralizing big retailers in a systemic p2p way]

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	==Links==		==Links==
	* [[htyp:Bazar\|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."		* [[htyp:Bazar\|Bazar]] "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."
		+	* '''2012-12-11''' [http://www.globalresearch.ca/decentralize-big-retail-how-to-uproot-walmart-and-bring-jobs-back-home/5315125 Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home]

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 ==About==
-The [[distributed co-op]] is a business concept intended to serve the following goals:
+[[Federated retail]] (aka [[distributed retail]]) is a business concept in which independent retail operations work together like stores in a retail chain using distributed software nodes in order to gain many of the advantages posessed by larger retail chains while providing a number of additional benefits.
 * increasing [[local autonomy]]
-* increasing [[economic resiliency]], especially on a local level
+The core idea is to provide resources that will enable certain types of less-privileged businesses to be able to better compete against larger businesses that use more exploitative practices.
 * [[starving the corporate beast]]
 * encouraging open, [[democratic]], [[accountable]], [[transparent]], and [[sustainable]] processes in every aspect of public life, especially business
 * encouraging awareness of alternatives to [[business neo-standard]] practices (e.g. big-box retail, chain stores, bottom-line worship)
-* locating needed items (products and services) that are created and delivered in a sustainable way, and drawing attention to those items
+* encouraging the manufacture and delivery of products and services along more sustainable lines
-* providing support services to those who conduct business in a sustainable way (e.g. legal support for dealing with regulations designed to favor large-scale enterprises over smaller ones)
+** providing support services to those who conduct business in a sustainable way
-* exploring the use of new tools for commerce, especially those that the mainstream have been reluctant to adopt (e.g. [[In-store search station]]s)
+*** e.g. legal support for dealing with regulations designed to favor large-scale enterprises over smaller ones
+** rating products and services according to their sustainability using [[supply-chain sousveillance]]
-The core idea is to provide resources that will enable certain types of less-privileged businesses to be able to better compete against larger businesses that use more exploitative practices.
+* exploring the use of new tools for commerce, especially those that the mainstream have been reluctant to adopt (e.g. [[in-store search station]]s)
 ==Qualifications==
 The types of businesses this concept would aim to support would include:
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 # business plan (for the first node, anyway)
 # software (design and coding)
 # people interfacing (i.e. getting people interested in using it)

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	{{user\|Woozle}} has the ability and experience to make substantial progress with software (having already written a [[htyp:VbzCart\|centralized e-commerce package]] from scratch twice) and come up with details of how business operations would work, but is less good at dealing with any bureaucratic issues that may arise, and definitely not much good at getting people interested in anything new.		{{user\|Woozle}} has the ability and experience to make substantial progress with software (having already written a [[htyp:VbzCart\|centralized e-commerce package]] from scratch twice) and come up with details of how business operations would work, but is less good at dealing with any bureaucratic issues that may arise, and definitely not much good at getting people interested in anything new.
		+	==Links==
		+	* [http://garumfundatio.org/bazar Bazar] ([http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fgarumfundatio.org%2Fbazar Google translation]) "is like a social network. Each company has its tab, publish your news for businesses that may be interested in their products or provide you with reliability at higher prices." ... "has a structure used to generate distributed markets. .. The Bazaar distributed structure makes it possible that multiple Bazaars interconnected. You can download the software , and integrate businesses in your environment or you can offer business services and develop, based Bazar, your own business model."