“High expectations are the key to everything” – – Sam Walton
Futurist Thomas Frey: 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 talked with a staff person and they told me about an option that either wasn’t apparent to most customers, or that I hadn’t considered.
Continue reading… “Flooring the customer: Retail 2.0, the rebirth is coming”
A game using augmented reality.
2012 will be a very busy year in all things digital, but there will be just a handful of big, memorable trends. Here are five such movements that are likely to make a big impact in our technologically-enhanced lives.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: 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.
Continue reading… “28 Major Trends for 2012 and Beyond – Part 2”
Futurist Thomas Frey: very exciting year ahead. 2012 is a year where many competing trends will collide, and through those collisions we will see new pathways emerge.
Continue reading… “28 Major Trends for 2012 and Beyond – Part 1”
“Artisanal” foods are springing up everywhere.
If you are in the restaurant, foodservice or food manufacturing business you know that no matter how tough the economy is, people still need to eat. In the past few years foodservice entrepreneurs have shown a lot of creativity. You could almost say the recession has sparked a renaissance of restaurant industry creativity. Beyond food trucks, burgers and beer, here are some of the hot food trends for 2012.
Continue reading… “Top 10 food trends for 2012”
35 percent of meals eaten by millennials are really snacks.
If you are a “millennial” (born somewhere between 1980 and 2000), when is the last time that you sat down to eat three square meals a day? Chances are you haven’t sat down for even two or one square meal a day.
Continue reading… “Food trends of the millennial generation”
Futurist Thomas Frey: If you listen closely you can almost hear the armaments of battle being rolled into place. The stage is set with warring parties getting organized and the frontlines prepared. 2012 is destined to become the most turbulent year on record, a battleground of epic proportions.
Continue reading… “Eight Colliding Forces of 2012”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Today, our best and brightest are drawn to elite colleges like Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, and Yale. As they attend these institutions they are surrounded by some of the most talented people in the world.
Continue reading… “Accomplishment-Based Education”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Would you buy a product that was advertised as “Naturally grown, completely organic, printed food?”
Continue reading… “The Coming Food Printer Revolution”
Twitter tracks your emotions.
A large-scale study of posts on Twitter has found that no matter how grumpy people are when they wake up, and whether they stumble to their feet in Madrid, Mexico City or Minnetonka, Minn., they tend to brighten by breakfast time and feel their moods taper gradually to a low in the late afternoon, before rallying again near bedtime.
Continue reading… “Twitter study tracks our mood”
U.S. falls to 5th place in world ranking.
The United States has fallen further down a global ranking of the world’s most competitive economies. The U.S. has landed at fifth place because of its huge deficits and declining public faith in government, a global economic group said Wednesday.
Continue reading… “America drops to 5th place in global ranking”
Obesity will worsen by 2030.
Obesity is most widespread in the United States and Britain among the world’s leading economies. By 2030, about half of both men and women in the U.S. will be obese if present trends continue, health experts warn.
Continue reading… “Almost half of Americans will be obese by 2030”
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