Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution partners. Why should they give away their profit margins?

My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.

I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will be too many of all of them. The strongest ones, the ones who offer the best customer experience, will survive.

Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'

I envision a day when a businesswoman will be having lunch, and then her phone will ring. When she opens it up, she will see an image of the latest Marc Jacobs coat that just arrived in stock. With a click of a button, she can purchase it and then find it waiting for her when she gets back to her office.