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Notes from the connected product edge.

What we’re learning from a million-odd taps a month — regulation, data, and the unglamorous mechanics of putting identity on physical things.

Regulation · 28 July 2026 · 8 min

The EU Digital Product Passport: what actually changes for brands

Most of the coverage is about compliance deadlines. The more interesting question is what happens when every product you sell is legally required to carry a data layer customers can read.

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Field notes · 6 min

Why loyalty programmes reward the wrong thing

Points-per-krone measures the wallet. Connected products let you measure use — and use is a far better predictor of whether someone buys again.

14 June 2026

Data · 5 min

The thirty-second window

There is a brief moment when someone unwraps a product and wants to know everything about it. We looked at 1.2 million taps to work out how long it lasts.

30 May 2026

Product · 7 min

Serialisation without the spreadsheet

Giving every unit its own identity sounds like an operations nightmare. Here is how the registry works, and why the tag never needs to change.

2 May 2026

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