[Originally posted on CNBC.com.] I recently came across some survey data that suggests 2013 will be a tough year for CEOs—or, at least, many of them believe that it will be. Now that the economy’s “green shoots” of recovery are starting to bud into potential blossoms, expectations are up in terms of performance. It’s no [...]
Feb 19, 2013 | Categories:Brands, Features, Social Media | Tags: board of directors, brand, brand building, branding, CEO, CEO Snapshot Survey, chief executive, CNBC, corporate brand, economic recovery, Facebook, Harris Interactive, human, human brand, Humanize, identity, Jamie Notter, leadership style, Maddie Grant, management, Mark Zuckerberg, personal brand, personal values, profile, recession, RHR International, Richard Branson, Social Media, stakeholder activism, strategy, team, the economy, Thomas Saporito, Tony Hsieh, transparency, Virgin, Zappos | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on the Huffington Post.] This is the fourth in a series of 14 posts expanding on Salzman’s forecasts for 2013 in her annual trends report, a program of global communications group Havas Worldwide. This year’s book, What’s Next? What to Expect in 2013, will be published on 12/12/12 and available at 120MBooks.com. Salzman [...]
Dec 13, 2012 | Categories:Features, Trends | Tags: alternative currencies, alternative economies, bacon, banks, bartering, BerkShares, black economy, Bristol Pound, Brixton Pound, currencies, Dumpster diving, Europe, financial crisis, freecycling, freeganism, gray economy, Greece, International Reciprocal Trade Association, Internet, ITEX, Ithaca Hours, Josh Sankey, Latin America, Spain, sub-Saharan Africa, the economy, the Huffington Post, Trends, trendspotter, trendspotting, What's Next? | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on the Huffington Post.] This is the third in a series of 14 posts expanding on Salzman’s forecasts for 2013 in her annual trends report, a program of global communications group Havas Worldwide. This year’s book, What’s Next? What to Expect in 2013, will be published on 12/12/12 and available at 120MBooks.com. Salzman [...]
Dec 07, 2012 | Categories:Features, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: austerity, Collaborative Consumption, college, consumer confidence, debt, double dip, education, Europe, food stamps, frugal consumption, Greece, millennials, poverty, sharing economy, Spain, Technology, the economy, the Huffington Post, Trends, trendspotter, trendspotting, unemployment, virtual, What's Next? | Leave A Comment »
If there is a bright side to the world’s economic struggles, it’s that it seems to have reminded everyone of the importance of saving money. ING Direct has led the banking industry in taking advantage of this savings boom with its tagline “Save Your Money” and by pushing its Orange Savings Account. The recent wave [...]
Dec 05, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Marketing, Trends | Tags: grocery auctions, ING Direct, LivingSocial, money, Orange savings account, Quidco, saving money, Schoola, Starbucks, the economy | Leave A Comment »
With our fast-paced lives and the current economic uncertainty, it’s no surprise that a new study shows that work-related stress is on the upswing. Living in this digital age and its expectation of constant reachability is partly to blame; a report from the University of Michigan said that most college students are physically unable to [...]
Nov 21, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Social Media, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: addictions, cellphone, digital addiction, digital age, digital devices, Magic Mind, stress, the economy, University of Michigan, Windows 8, work-related stress | Leave A Comment »
Designers might be showing off their news lines of the season, but as the economy continues to recover so very slowly, fashion-forward consumers aren’t able to afford what they used to. This has meant making the newest high-end designers as affordable as possible, with such businesses as Rent the Runway, where users rent designer clothing [...]
Nov 14, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Fashion, Trends | Tags: & Other Stories, designers, Fashion, H&M, high fashion, JCPenney, Joe Fresh, Maison Martin Margiela, Marc Jacobs, Neiman Marcus, Oscar de la Renta, Rent the Runway, the economy, Versace | Leave A Comment »
No one used to love shopping in stores on Black Friday more than I did. It was a ritual that started with my mother on Thanksgiving morning, before the turkey and stuffing even made it into the oven. Getting the morning paper was like Christmas Day, with the anticipation of shopping. We’d map out our [...]
Nov 06, 2012 | Categories:Advertising, Features, Marketing, Media, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Amazon, Best Buy, Black Friday, cloud, Deloitte, holiday sales, holiday shopping, IBM, mobile, mobile apps, mobile shopping, National Retail Federation, online shopping, retail, retailer, shopping, shopping stampede, SOASTA, the economy | Leave A Comment »
[Originally posted on PRWeek.com.] This is the first in a series of three posts that will discuss what I see as a PR émigré managing in a world where evolution meets revolution. You’ve heard it said that the future is now. That’s much closer to the truth than it was even a half-decade ago. I [...]
Oct 24, 2012 | Categories:Brands, Features, PR, Technology, Trends | Tags: Apple, future, Havas, iPhone, Media, newscrafting, normal, place making, PR, PR tools, PRWeek, public relations, supercities, Technology, the economy, The End of Normal, tools, trendspotting | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on the Huffington Post. Remember that stress-envy thing we were all feeling in the late ’90s? You know, talking about how much we were working, how tired we were and how there were simply not enough hours in the day? We wore our stress with a badge of honor. And there was a [...]
Aug 30, 2011 | Categories:Features, Politics, Social Media, Trends, Youth | Tags: Barack Obama, British riots, David Cameron, devotion, disconnect, euro rscg, Facebook, Great Depressionr, indulgent, Internet, millennials, Nicolas Sarkozy, recession, smartphone, Social Media, stress, the economy, the Hamptons, vacation, work, work-life balance, workforce | Leave A Comment »
It might be early August, but a part of me is already fixated on one month from today: 9/11. My head tells me it’s an important milestone, but my heart is telling me I must somehow rise to the occasion and make Sept. 11 this year something more. It’s hard not to think what a [...]
Aug 11, 2011 | Categories:B2B, Features, Insights, Social Media, Youth | Tags: 9/11, Aspen Ideas Festival, engaged, enraged, Facebook, global warming, high school, Paris, pessimism, Sept. 11, September 11, Shanksville, terrorism, TFWNF, the economy, The French Will Never Forget, Time, TV, Twin Towers, Twitter, U.S., United States, YouTube | Leave A Comment »
As the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, we remember those who died, we try to give voice to the collective emotions we felt then and still carry today, and we consider how the decade since the attacks has shaped us. But it is especially enlightening to realize what it all means to today’s 20-somethings, [...]
Jul 22, 2011 | Categories:Features, Youth | Tags: 20-somethings, 9/11, 9/11 anniversary, Afghanistan, Call of Duty, CNN, college, economy, entrepreneurs, fallen soldiers, Fast Company, gaming, Generation Y, Ground Zero, Iraq, joblessness, Middle East, military, millennials, Navy SEALs, Osama bin Laden, Sept. 11, student loans, terror attacks, the economy, The Wall Street Journal, unemployment, video games, Youth | Leave A Comment »
Originally posted on Fuel the Future. It’s hard not to feel stressed, and all the time. For starters, there’s global weirding and the many unknowns (and knowns!) of the economy. As PR people, life moves so fast because of how quickly media is changing; what exactly is news today, and how can we possibly keep [...]
Jun 29, 2011 | Categories:Features, Health and Wellness, PR, Social Media | Tags: Arthur W. Page Society, Brands, CareerCast, CNBC.com, communications, euro rscg, global warming, Julia Hood, millennials, New York, PR, public relations, scanxiety, social networks, stress, stress envy, stressful, the economy, work, work-life balance, workforce | Leave A Comment »
This is the fifth in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. If you’ve been searching for parenting advice on the Internet lately, you might have noticed the huge number of pontificating papas. With the male [...]
Jan 31, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Marketing, Social Media, Trends | Tags: American male, American men, At Home Dad, Brands, CBS, Dad Blogs, daddy bloggers, Discovering Dad, Garrison Keillor, Internet, Justin Halpern, Lotus Esprit, male, male bonding, marketers, Marketing, men, Mocha Dad, mommy bloggers, online communities, parenting, portals, Real Men Drive Minivans, shitmydadsays, stay-at-home dads, The Daily Show, the economy, women | Leave A Comment »
This is the fourth in a series of five. See Euro RSCG Worldwide PR’s latest white paper, “Male in U.S.A.,” for more analysis about the state of men in America today. If you are a female who does some traveling, maybe you have noticed a complacency on the part of men when it comes to [...]
Jan 28, 2011 | Categories:Features, Insights, Trends | Tags: Adam's Rib, American male, American men, battle of the sexes, daddy bloggers, DIY, double standard, gender, gender equality, gender gap, gender stereotypes, Hillary Clinton, John Boehner, male, men, stay-at-home dads, the economy, women | 1 Comment »
The European financial headlines have been nothing but bleak: defaults, a $1 trillion bailout, speculation that the euro might disappear, and discontent and strife in countries from Greece to Germany. The news is definitely not good, but the tone of the media messaging might be making it seem even worse. SmartMoney warned investors that “market [...]
May 25, 2010 | Categories:Features, Insights | Tags: Europe, Google, Media, recession, the economy | Leave A Comment »
This is the sixth in a series of six. When Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and Euro RSCG Life decided to put a finger on the pulse of the nation, we commissioned two surveys: one of the United States in general, and one of Connecticut. Connecticut is one of the strangest states in the Union—precisely because [...]
Apr 12, 2010 | Categories:Features, Health and Wellness, Politics | Tags: change, Connecticut, Obama, the economy | Leave A Comment »
This is the fifth in a series of six. When Barack Obama swept into power, he promised the American people change. Consciously or not, Americans are experiencing a wholesale change, even if its sources are not the landmark legislation and brand-new institutional ideas that, some believed, would quickly usher in a new era. Although there [...]
Apr 09, 2010 | Categories:Features, Health and Wellness, Politics | Tags: Media, Obama, recession, the economy | Leave A Comment »
This is the third in a series of six. Americans wanted change. With the passage of the health-care reform package, they got it. And with a March 25 Rasmussen poll saying 55 percent of Americans want the bill repealed, they now seem to want to give it back. At a glance, the American people seem [...]
Apr 07, 2010 | Categories:Features, Politics | Tags: change, Health and Wellness, men, the economy, women | Leave A Comment »
This is the second in a series of six. “If cousin Pookie would vote, get off the couch and register some folks and go to the polls, we might have a different kind of politics.” So said candidate Barack Obama in a 2007 speech. It was this quintessential message about activism that helped send him [...]
Apr 06, 2010 | Categories:Features, Politics | Tags: change, Obama, the economy | Leave A Comment »
This is the first in a series of six. Things should be looking up. Officially, the recession is over, with economic indicators showing strong upticks in growth in many sectors. The first African-American president, voted in on an overwhelming wave of popular support, holds the highest office of the land. Technology continues to make leaps [...]
Apr 05, 2010 | Categories:Features, Insights, Media, Politics, Social Media, Technology | Tags: change, Connecticut, Haiti, Health and Wellness, recession, the economy, Trends, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Forget about the Hiltons (Paris and Perez, that is). Americans don’t have time anymore. They’re too busy looking closely and critically at public issues that affect them. A new study from Euro RSCG Worldwide reveals that people are losing interest in celebrities and paying more attention to serious matters such as the economy and health [...]
Feb 15, 2010 | Categories:Features, Politics | Tags: Euro RSCG Worldwide, Health and Wellness, the economy, women | Leave A Comment »
