Archives for the 'Trends in Entertainment' 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.
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 Most Important Products of 2007
According to an article published in Business Week, many of the most important products of 2007 were cell phones, monitors and cars. The top player seems to be Apple, which had four of the most important products, including the iPhone, a new Mac, Apple TV and Apple Leopard.
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 […]
