25 2017 May
IKEA’s Secret Insights, Google Explains Syria And The “Avolatte”
What is the most hipster-centric product you could imagine? The answer is just one of the six interesting stories curated for you in this week’s...
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09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
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28 2016 October
Google’s Touchscreen Whiteboard, Sweden’s Brilliant Tax Break and Honda 3D Prints An Electric Minivan
I took a tour through many different industries and sites this week to bring you my selections for the most underappreciated stories of the week...
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03 2016 June
What Whole Foods New Brand Says About You (And Other Non-Obvious Insights)
In my quest for interesting ideas to share with you this week, I found several stories that really got me thinking. Dos Equis’ new search...
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12 2016 May
Game of Thrones Fights Piracy, Why Writing Skills Matter, and Lockheed Martin’s School Bus To Mars
I am sitting in an airport lounge in Zurich and putting the final touches on my selections for the most under appreciated stories of this...
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06 2016 May
Why Ugly People Make Less, Emoji Sculptures, CBS Bets On Star Trek, And Jet Blue’s Amazing Mother’s Day Ad
I have been on the road again this week, first in Miami speaking to a smart group of senior marketers at The Marketing Forum –...
Read Now31 2016 March
Microhotels, Holographic Toys & Why CVS Walked Away From $2B Dollars
The news of this past week was filled with highly anticipated announcements like Oculus Rift finally launching its first consumer VR headset and the expected fanfare...
Read Now18 2016 March
Why Instagram Reinvented Its Newsfeed, Racist Zip Codes and New Release Movies For $50
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Read Now19 2015 August
The Death Of Gender (And What It Means For Marketing)
There are plenty of signs that the way we have typically described gender may be dying before our very eyes. In Austria last year, the...
Read Now23 2015 June
How Amazon Might Accidentally Kill Creativity
I rely on books. As an author of five books, I believe in the power of them and as a trend curator and University Professor...
Read Now10 2015 April
Is Your Consumer Experience Is Full Of Jitneys?
Imagine you are on your way to JFK airport in New York to take a short flight from NY to Chicago. Once you make it through security, you...
Read Now05 2015 January
The One CES 2015 Trend Marketers Should Care About
If there is one thing that is dramatically clear from this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it is that the future is definitely...
Read Now25 2014 November
Black Friday And The Rise Of Retail Prostitution
Imagine we lived in a world where love didn’t exist. Every day would be filled with people moving from interaction to interaction – only investing...
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