Travels in time: The Apple Watch and its implications for the future of online and offline commerce

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Before the launch of the Apple Watch, every Apple product launch followed a similar pattern: a product announcement on stage in March, June or September; a shipping date announced some days to a couple of months later; and usually about a week before the launch, lines of people starting to form in front of all of Apple’s stores.

There is always a CNN report interviewing the first person waiting in...