Robot avatars
Coca-Cola’s recent “Social Robots” initiative allowed some teens who couldn’t attend the brand’s annual Summer Love Festival in Israel to participate via robots (see today’s post on our sister blog,...
View Article3D printing sprouts up in stores, marketing
In July, we wrote about 3D printers moving into the mainstream as costs come down, with several major retailers now selling 3D printers or providing 3D-printing services. Shortly after that post, UPS...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Twitter’s big moment, food gods and ‘Instagram envy’
Read our roundups in magazine form on Flipboard, via the iOS and Android app or online; click here to find our magazine collection. -An FT special report on South Korea includes a look at the growing...
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Stylus outlines ‘Future Fast Consumption’
At its Future Fast Consumption forum in New York last week, trend research group Stylus explored how the digital age is shaping consumer expectations. Consumers are demanding more seamless,...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Coarseness in culture, burgers in Africa and fitness in China
Read our roundups in magazine form on Flipboard, via the iOS and Android app or online; click here to find our magazine collection. -In a graphic, Roper Reports Worldwide compares what was on the...
View ArticleBrands paint a more inclusive portrait of America
While some brands have long painted a portrait of the U.S. as a society that’s both equal and inclusive, the mere existence of a multicultural marketing industry seems to suggest otherwise. Now, as...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: Mega-messaging apps, smart toys and ‘soda wars’
Read our roundups in magazine form on Flipboard, via the iOS and Android app or online; click here to find our magazine collection. -Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition “signals the arrival of an intense...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: The future of money, Millennials’ sexual revolution and fake...
Read our roundups in magazine form on Flipboard, via the iOS and Android app or online; click here to find our magazine collection. -A New York Times section on the future of money includes a look at a...
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Q&A with Richard Pierson, co-founder, Headspace
Mindful Living, one of our 10 Trends for 2014 and Beyond, points to consumers developing a quasi-Zen desire to experience things in a more present, conscious way—that is, more mindfully. As part of our...
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As sugar gets demonized, brands seek alternative sweeteners
Sugar is getting an increasingly bad rap. It’s “the new tobacco,” says one of the founders of Action on Sugar, a recently formed U.K. group. The new documentary Fed Up takes this stance as well, with...
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