The New York Times: Babies wearing emeralds? Well, why not? In the last year, two categories in retailing seem to be doing well: infants and luxury. Witness the success of Babies “R” Us, even as Toys “R” Us struggles. On the luxury end, see how Neiman Marcus’s sales and stock price keep going up and up. So it figures that […]
More Than Just a Silver Spoon
Whims!
PRNewswire: Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated, the leading premium baker in the U.S., today announced the launch of Whims(TM) cookies, a unique line of bite-sized cookies that continue the company’s heritage of innovation. Whims, which come in two varieties, clusters and waves, provide consumers with a new munching experience, a sweet poppable treat that can be eaten at home, at work or […]
Technologies for 2025
CFO.com: When CFO began publishing, back in the primordial ooze of 1985, each issue contained a sizable amount of technology coverage. The editorial slant made sense. The arrival of IBM’s original personal computer just a few years earlier, and the subsequent release of Lotus 1-2-3, had turned the finance function on its head. Suddenly liberated from the drudgery of manually […]
Dynamic In-Game Advertising
CNet: Be prepared for such moments to become a regular occurrence, thanks to a new service that inserts dynamic ads into video games. After several months of beta testing, New York start-up Massive is set to launch its in-game advertising network on Monday, with support from several major game publishers and mainstream advertisers such as Coca-Cola and Intel. In-game advertising […]
Game of Life
Entrepreneur.com: Victoria Gatling, 36, started to notice a disturbing trend in her family’s funeral-home business: “They were burying more and more young people, [victims] of so many violent, senseless crimes.” Believing there was a connection between those violent crimes and today’s video games, this mother of game-loving children decided to take matters into her own hands. Starting with $50,000 from […]
The Ring That Wakes You Up Gently
We Make Money Not Art: One of my first stop yesterday at the Salone del Mobile in Milan was at Promise Design, New Design from Israel, at the Triennale. Tomer Sapir’s “Concept for a bedroom unit” integrates a table, a reading lamp and an alarm clock. The alarm clock provides a fresh awakening by synchronizing with the user’s sleep cycles. […]
Targeting Blogs
NetImperative: Carat Interactive in the US has launched a new practice dedicated to using blogs as an advertising medium. The practice will focus on three key areas including: planning and buying ads on blogs and blog networks; “blog initiation”, which is thought to be a contract blog operation; and blog monitoring, which will track comments on key brands throughout the […]
Why I Bank With Umpqua
FastCompany: The residents of northern California got their first taste of Umpqua Bank last July when the ice-cream trucks rolled in. Only days earlier, the little-known Oregon community bank with the weird name had made headlines when it announced the acquisition of a local 27-branch bank. Now, here came Umpqua’s advance guard: trucks filled with free ice-cream sandwiches. Corny? Maybe. […]
Mood-Lites
Yahoo! Finance: Move aside, dull, ordinary light bulbs — Mood-lites, http://www.mood-lites.com, the ultimate lighting to enhance the spa lifestyle, dubbed a “must have” by The New York Daily News, has arrived to brighten your world! Kathryn Goetzke White, the creator of Mood-lites, believes that Mood-lites is a holistic compliment to the spa lifestyle. “Mood-lites offer a variety of light-bulbs that […]
High-Tech Threads
New York Times: A knitted bag holds a weakened heart, helping it pump blood. Electricity flows through the threads of a battery-powered fleece jacket, keeping the wearer warm. Carbon fibers are braided into structures that look like mushrooms, but are actually prototypes of automotive engine valves. Other fibers are shaped into bicycle frames and sculling oars. Textiles are no longer […]