“Oh, look at the cute mice in the maze” is what they’ll say… Do you need that new item at the store because you really want it? Or do you have to have that new item because retailers have learned more about you than you know about yourself? More and more, the collected data and [...]

The Buggles, a 1980s one-hit wonder, had a song titled “Video Killed the Radio Star” and created an iconic and catchy jingle that still tells the story of technology and advancement even today! Today’s remake might sound more like “digital killing the print media industry” but nevertheless, technology continues to evolve and change the way [...]

In the past I used to be a sales associate who sold electronics. Electronics in particular is a market that doesn’t come too easily to Mr. and Mrs. Everyperson. (How weird would it be to have that name?) I remember having difficult conversations trying to give technical support on the simplest of items, but a [...]

I don’t think anyone would argue that the newspaper industry is caught in a downward spiral they will be hard-pressed to recover from. According to Nielsen, U.S. ad spending dropped 12% in the 1st quarter of 2009 with the largest drop being Local Sunday Supplements at 37.7%. We have our own theory on how this [...]

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