Travelers’ Century Club
I recently discovered the Travelers’ Century Club which was first organized in Los Angeles in 1954. In order to be a member, you have to have visited 100 territories. Here is their full list of 321 territories. Here are the seven rules for inclusion. As a comparison, there are 193 official UN member states. I’ve (mostly) kept track […]
Holiday 2012: Part V
I’ve being covering the holiday outlook here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV NRF released a holiday sales forecast of 4.1 percent for 2012. This is below the 5.6 percent growth seen in 2011, but is above the 10-year holiday sales growth average of 3.5%. NRF also […]
Holiday 2012: Part IV
This is my fourth installment on the 2012 Holiday season. You can see my previous comments here, here, and here. Christmas stocking is underway (and had been more weeks in some cases). The Consumerist has photos of Christmas displays going up in some Kohl’s and Walmart stores as early as September 21st. As I wrote […]
More Frequent Updates….
My colleague Angela Titone (one of the most insightful people I know), recently sent me an article outlining a few tips for more regular writing. It is a topic I struggle with frequently. To some degree, my struggle is not uncommon to most I imagine – time constraints. The only time I get something written […]
On Innovation: The Importance of Hybrids
In the past I’ve talked about the importance of hybrid phases in innovation and innovation diffusion. Rarely (and perhaps never) does a technology jump from one phase to another without first working through a hybrid phase (or series of hybrid phases). One could even argue that each innovation cycle is simply the process of stepping […]
Holiday 2012: Part III
My first two posts on the 2012 holiday season can be found here and here. News out this week suggests things are looking “ok” as we head toward the holiday season. I recognize the term “ok” is not a highly technical term, but I’ll publish my finalized retail sales forecast shortly and I don’t want […]
More on Holiday 2012
I wrote some of my early holiday expectations here. Here are few additional thoughts and things of note: In my previous post, I mentioned ShopperTrak’s forecast suggesting retail sales would be up 3.3 percent while store traffic would be up 2.8 percent (after being down 2.2 percent last year). In their same forecast, ShopperTrak estimates […]
A First Glimpse of Holiday 2012
Last week, ShopperTrak was the first out of the gate with official holiday projections. ShopperTrak is expecting holiday retail sales during the November/December period to grow 3.3 percent and foot traffic to increase 2.8 percent over the same period a year-ago. In other holiday-related news, a survey by the consulting firm Hay Group suggests some retailers […]
Bucket List: Bora Bora
Add this hotel to my bucket list:
Next Steps for Big Data: Personal Health and Jobs
I’m not crazy about the term “Big Data.” I think it is overused, but not sufficiently understand. Two recent articles of interest: one on personal health and one on jobs.
