23 2016 December
Hasbro Saves Families, Amazon’s Uber Idea, CES 2017 and Marketing Lessons From Hatchimals
Given it is the end of the year, this week’s stories include several holiday themes, including an inside look at the PR strategy behind Hatchimals,...
Read Now
16 2016 December
Glow-In-The-Dark Hair, Secret NYC Trains, Nike’s Anti-Social Ad, and Citibank’s Flawed Strategy
First of all, thank you for indulging me for the past two weeks as I shared my favorite books of the year and also announced...
Read Now
09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
Are you a member of the media? Visit our media kit to download a trend summary and more information about requesting an interview with Rohit...
Read Now
14 2016 October
Yoga Backlash, IMAX Announces VR Centers & How To Get Verified On Twitter
The past week featured no escape from the 24/7 US election commentary and it’s clearly going to get worse over the next several weeks, but...
Read Now
23 2016 September
How Netflix Predicts Watching Habits, Awful Magazine Covers & The World’s Spiciest Tortilla Chip
This week the Internet went crazy talking about how Brangelina split. Despite how important that “news” might be – it’s clearly not the kind of...
Read Now
15 2016 July
5 Stories That Explain Pokemon Go And Other Non-Obvious Insights
Based on the dominating news this past week about Pokemon Go, it was tempting to devote this entire newsletter to the subject – but that...
Read Now10 2016 June
4 Brilliant Exposés, The World’s Ugliest Color And Other Non-Obvious Insights
This week I was intrigued by a combination of fascinating new research and refreshingly honest exposés. The ANA published a controversial report on media rebates...
Read Now12 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...
Read Now29 2016 April
Google’s Stealth Incubator, Buzzfeed’s Secret, Apple’s Woes And The Color Of The Year
My mind has been on startups and new ideas lately, as I spent most of this past week at Collision in New Orleans learning about...
Read Now