Trends: Weekly Recap
Weekly Recap – January 18, 2019
You Do You Just move it. Research suggests that a mere 20% of Americans are meeting federally recommended guidelines for physical activity, amounting to $117 billion in annual healthcare costs (NPR.or … 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
Weekly Recap – December 28, 2018
Demanding Healthcare consumers will expect more from providers in 2019. Frustration with the healthcare system will prompt more consumers to advocate for themselves, according to Gartner Iconoculture … Read more
Weekly Recap – December 21, 2018
Power Suite Target’s latest fashion collaboration targets socially conscious. Target has long focused on the fashionista, partnering with the likes of Mizrahi, Missoni and Victoria Beckham. Now the re … Read more
Weekly Recap – December 14, 2018
Answer Me When consumers post comments, they expect a response. In a recent survey of 532 U.S. social media users, most participants expected companies to use social media to respond to consumers’ soc … Read more
Weekly Recap – December 7, 2018
Tube Tied YouTube’s algorithm invites you to keep on watching and watching… It starts with a simple ask, a clip from a talk show you missed or maybe a tutorial to get that beachy wave look. Before l … Read more
Weekly Recap – November 30, 2018
Tech Peaks Consumers’ use of digital technologies has plateaued. The growth of U.S. consumers using cellphones, smartphones, social media, the internet and computers has stalled, according to Pew (Pew … Read more
Weekly Recap – November 16, 2018
Parental Optimism Doing better than your folks was once a standard benchmark of American life. But that hasn’t been the case for a while. About 50% of consumers born in 1984 were earning more at age 3 … Read more
Weekly Recap – November 9, 2018
Feels Like Happiness Wealthier consumers find happiness in experiences, while less affluent prefer stuff. Experiential marketing is what Instagram Stories are made of. Look at me, I’m skydiving into a … Read more