Trends: Digital
Weekly Recap – May 17, 2019
Text-To-Door Walmart attempts to get ahead of the curb with text-to-door purchasing. Walmart is creating a new text-to-door shopping experience in hopes of beating competitors to the porch. The retail … Read more
Weekly Recap – April 26, 2019
The Golden Gripes Boomer Boomers and Matures want to retire offensive tropes. The Greatest Generation never complained about being called “elderly” or “geriatric,” but they didn’t complain much about … Read more
Weekly Recap – April 19, 2019
Sit & Slurp 7-Eleven is upgrading its menu and inviting consumers to dine-in. Convenience-store brand 7-Eleven is testing a café concept at select Dallas stores featuring an upgraded food and beve … Read more
Weekly Recap – March 29, 2019
Brick & Mobile Most shoppers don’t check out before opening an app. In a recent study, Yes Marketing learned that 57% of consumers consult retailers’ mobile apps while shopping inside stores. Apps … Read more
Weekly Recap – March 8, 2019
Data Divide Americans want better digital privacy but aren’t willing to pay for it. According to a study by the Center for Data Innovation, Americans want stricter data privacy but not if it comes wit … Read more
Weekly Recap – February 15, 2019
Digital Darlings Black Millennials are digital media favorites, and enjoy talking tech. A 2018 Nielsen report finds that a majority of African-Americans (54%) have grown up entirely within the digita … Read more
Weekly Recap – January 11, 2019
Pretty Please You forgot to say “please.” Technology hasn’t been especially kind to manners. Something about high tech triggers primal human behavior. Observe the mobile phone community as they wanton … Read more
Weekly Recap – January 4, 2019
Bachelor’s Pad Student loan debt is costing grads a lot more than they bargained for. Carrying too much debt makes it hard for recent grads to save for retirement, and to lessen the load, some strive … Read more
Shoppers want help from technology and social media, not sales associates.
When I’m shopping (in stores and online), I’m also having a full-on fashion show. I’m sending photos of potential purchases with texts like, “Do you like this?” and “Where could I wear that?” But for … Read more
Healthcare Checkup – December 2018
Siri can help you say goodbye to E. coli and salmonella? Why aren’t patients using your patient portal? You don’t have to sell pizza and wrapping paper for the PTA fundraiser? Find out why and view th … Read more






















