Flooring the Customer: Retail 2.0, The Rebirth is Coming
Flooring the Customer: Retail 2.0, The Rebirth is Coming “High expectations are the key to everything” – – Sam Walton On a recent shopping trip, I went to three separate stores and had difficulty finding what I was looking for. On each of these occasions I...
28 Major Trends for 2012 and Beyond – Part 2
28 Major Trends for 2012 and Beyond – Part 2 Understanding trends is more of an art form than an exact science. But for those who can read the tealeaves, and make bold moves, leveraging trends can give them a serious competitive advantage. As an example, LinkedIn just...
28 Major Trends for 2012 and Beyond – Part 1
28 Major Trends for 2012 and Beyond – Part 1 We are in for a very exciting year ahead. 2012 is a year where many competing trends will collide, and through those collisions we will see new pathways emerge. At the same time, many new trends are forming, some with...
Are Floating Incubators a Precursor to Floating Countries?
Are Floating Incubators a Precursor to Floating Countries? Between 1990 and 2005, immigrants created 25% of all the publicly traded companies in the U.S. These included some of our best-known businesses such as Intel, Sun, eBay, Yahoo, and Google. This same group of...