Archives for the 'Lifestyle Trends' Category
Michael Tchong TrendShow
Interesting video about trends with trendspotter Michael Tchong.
Impressive Video about the Consumption Society
Here is “The Story of Stuff”: an excellent video about the consumption society and about how we are destroying our planet. It criticizes specially the United States.
At least the end is kind of positive because it mentions some “green” trends taking place…
The Adaptation of Music Stores to the Times of Internet
An interesting article in Business Week talks about this adaptation, with the example of Other Music.
Inteview with Don Tapscott
A very interesting conversation with Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics.
Some of the topics covered:
The relationship between technology and business.
“The Perfect Storm”: The changes in technology (Internet), demographics, society, and economics.
The paradigm shifts.
Music should be a service, not a good.
The power of mass collaboration.
Opening the boundaries of the companies.
Google is a digital conglomerate with software, advertising, […]
An interview with Kevin Roberts
An interview with Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi, has been published by Knowledge at Wharton.
Kevin provides very interesting concepts. For example:
Brands were invented to charge premiums.
The power has switched from the big companies (such as P&G) to big retailers (such as Walmart) to the consumer.
There are three things that we think make a […]
Great article about Freeconomics
A great article about businesses that are free has been published by Wired. One of the most remarkable concepts is that free is very different from charging one cent.
The story about Gillette is very interesting too.
Other authors that have talked about the free economy are the writers of Funky Business and Karaoke Capitalism.
The Middle Class is Growing
With the growth of China and India, the middle class is growing in the world. One of the consequences of this growth is the increasing price of food and other products. This great article explains this phenomenon with more details.
The Declination of the CD
An interesting article published in The Economist talks about the transformation of the music industry. It says that “In America, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the volume of physical albums sold dropped by 19% in 2007 from the year before—faster than anyone had expected. For the first half of 2007, sales of music on CD and […]
“The Rise and the Fall of the Shopping Mall”
The Economist published a very interesting article about how Shopping Centers are disappearing in the US, or at least changing their public. It seems that the changes in the habits of the different social classes and races of the US, are having an influence on the development, the nature, and the declination of Shopping Malls.
New Website With Opinions: Hey! Nielsen
A new website where you can monitor trends by reading opinions on TV, movies, music, personalities, web sites and more: Hey! Nielsen. An interesting idea.
Excellent Interview With Steve Jobs And Bill Gates
In this joint interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs talk about trends in technology and business: the past, the present, the future, mobile devices, Apple and Microsoft, entertainment, advertising, internet, and so on.
Here we include a video with the highlights of the interview, but in total it is about […]
Americans Spending More On Pets
Expenses on pet products are increasing in many countries. One of the reasons is the lower birth rate per family. In many homes, there are less children and more pets.
Business Week includes an article about increasing expenses on pets in the US.
