About a decade ago, I came up with an “idea” of opening a shopping mall filled with stores I loved that have gone out of business. Of course, I…
Consulting our crystal ball as the ’09 clock starts to tick
While the current economic crisis is creating a great deal of uncertainty, there are definite trends developing in our industry. We put our heads together to come up with our…
The Grounded Consumer: now what do we do with our weekends?
A few years ago, I stopped at a Wal-Mart on my way to a weekend of camping in Virginia. As I walked in, a young woman walked out yelling to an…
Driving the Brand
The recent appearances of the CEOs of the “Big Three” automakers before Congress offer fascinating lessons in public relations and brand image. Major news outlets seized on the fact that…
President-elect Obama, what are you doing?
President-elect Barack Obama has started a social media movement among world leaders. Among those tweeting are Great Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former Vice President Al Gore and Israel’s former…