Last week, The Economist reported some interesting research in an article titled, "Who are the biggest bullshitters?". The ‘who’ refers to nationality. I made my logical guess, then read on. Imagine my surprise to see that Canadians topped the list of the world's biggest bullshitters! [...]
The Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) and Ipsos collaborate on a long-running survey titled, The Canadian Digital Marketing Pulse. 2018 results were released last September [1]. It’s an annual assessment of the digital marketing landscape from both an agency and marketer perspective. One component of this [...]
Estimating this is akin to predicting anything about the current POTUS. Too many degrees of freedom, as the statisticians say. Too many moving parts, as the rest of us say. We recently looked at the cannabis market in the Canadian context (see: THE CANNABIS CRAZE). [...]
We repost from Mark Ritson’s blog more than any other [1]. That’s because he’s usually on the right side of marketing issues (in our opinion) and he’s entertaining to read. On the downside, he’s very, very long to read. And the potty mouth gets old, [...]
Fully-automated driving will kill the sports car as we know it. Beyond the structural elements (two seats, light construction, aerodynamic styling), the point of the sports car is that the driver interacts directly with the vehicle and the road it’s on. When the driver is [...]
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 [...]
