13 2024 June
The Unpredictable Gamble of Collecting Vintage Toys
If you are a child of the 80s, this week’s story of the latest vintage toy to sell for over half a million dollars (a Star Wars...
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25 2024 April
Detroit Rides “Post Bankruptcy Energy” To Become America’s Most Unlikely Boomtown, According to WSJ
About ten years ago, no one would have said the city of Detroit would be sitting at the perfect crossroads of multiple urban trends. Around...
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24 2024 April
Why Amazon Is Filled with Garbage Ebooks and How They Could Fix It
An article from Vox this week explored why exactly Amazon is filled with so many garbage ebooks, and the answer is infuriatingly straightforward. AI makes it...
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05 2024 April
The Disturbing Truth About How Trader Joe’s Sources New Products
Trader Joe’s doesn’t seem like an evil brand. Their personality-driven backstory offers an irresistible underdog mentality that drives rabid brand fans who celebrate every new product arrival. Unfortunately,...
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04 2024 March
Getting Ready For The Dynamic Pricing Future Of All Things
This week Wendy’s unintentionally stirred up some trouble as headlines popped up online that the fast-food chain was testing “surge pricing” similar to Uber where...
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10 2024 February
New RXBands Offer a Secret Stretch Code and a Marketing Case Study
Here’s something you probably haven’t seen before … a protein bar company launching a discount code promo that only appears once on an exercise band...
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New Program at Supermarkets Will Use Facial Scanning to Check Age
Welcome to a case study on why facial scanning is a bad idea. Supermarkets in the UK have been experimenting for the past year with...
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How Sound Boxes Are Accelerating Digital Payments Across India
Digital payments are easier than ever in India, but what if you’re a street vendor who accepts them but doesn’t read or write? How could...
Read Now09 2023 December
Microsoft Turns the “World’s Most Viewed Picture” into an Ugly Holiday Sweater
“It looks good on a monitor, but better on you.” That’s the legendary tagline for this soon-to-be iconic ugly holiday sweater featuring the “world’s most viewed picture,”...
Read Now27 2023 November
Cyber Monday: 15 Non-Obvious Holiday Gifts
Economists predict consumers will be in a bargain hunting mindset this season, ready to overspend on cheap stuff they don’t really need. Still, this season does bring...
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15 Non-Obvious Holiday Gifts To Buy This Black Friday
Today is Black Friday, a day that has earned a negative reputation as an unnecessary celebration of excess consumerism. Economists predict consumers will be in a bargain...
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How Barnes & Noble Is Winning by Rethinking the Usual Retail Conventions
The Barnes & Noble store location in Oviedo, Florida may be a bit harder to locate than others because it has a different name. As...
Read Now28 2023 October
Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment
Self-checkout is not a delightful experience. Goods don’t always scan properly. The system stalls if you don’t put a scanned item in the right place. Double scanning...
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