“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.” John Wanamaker, 1838-1922 This is a quote generally attributed to John Wanamaker, an American department store magnate, US Postmaster General, religious leader and politician, born in 1838. Yes, [...]
Last November, we reported on Porsche’s first ‘alternative ownership’ initiative, Porsche Passport [1]. In summary, we believed the subscription service didn’t make sense for the Porsche brand. Seven months later, Porsche announced Porsche Drive, essentially a valet-enabled short-term rental service, in several European countries and [...]
Earlier this month, Rob LoCascio wrote an interesting article for techcrunch.com [1], which caught my attention for two reasons: He makes an audacious prediction: ‘In 2018, we will see the first major [e-commerce] brand shut down its website’. His point-of-credibility is solid, given his professional [...]
The title of this post was going to be ‘THE POWER OF CREATIVITY REDUX’, but preparatory research inexplicably led to Marshall McLuhan, and there you have it. To save readers from going down that same rabbit hole inadvertently, all Marshall McLuhan content is relegated to the [...]
As everyone knows, the big news at the end of this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity was Publicis Groupe’s announcement that they are suspending all creative awards participation for the next 12 months, including the 2018 Cannes Lions. The stated purpose was to [...]
We’re referring to artificial intelligence-enhanced digital assistants (AI-DAs) here. They seemed to start as quirky little chat bots like Microsoft’s Tay (see CHAT BOTS JOIN THE CONVERSATION). Now they are everywhere. Apple’s Siri was at the forefront of AI-DAs with consumers way back in 2011, [...]
