Displax.com: Displax® projects itself in a transparent, holographic display, with high definition, visible at daylight, captures the customers attention, bonds with the reality of the business of any kind of organization and has customized sizes, witch allows its placement in window stores of banks or telecommunications store, with the certainty that, whoever passes by, will not be indifferent to it. […]
The Displax Interactive Window
For the Rest of Us
WSJ.com: Glitzy television advertising, long the mainstay of marketing, fell out of vogue this year on Madison Avenue. In its place: frill-free commercials. Reflecting the proliferation of reality television, agencies embraced ads that used real people or looked like home videos. Typical of the trend was an ad for Vonage Holdings Corp., the Internet phone service provider, which used a […]
Selling the Retailing Experience
BusinessWeek: Light years apart in brand image and market appeal, both shops are targeting “the to die for” position which retailers the world over are striving to reach, the point at which a store becomes “a destination,” a place where people choose to linger, learn, and be stimulated or simply have fun. The best shops have always aspired to be […]
Scented Phones
Iconoculture: Your phone is reeking. Japan’s Keitai KunKun smelltones release subtle (yet unmistakable) aromas like Berry and Wild Nature. There’s even a special blend for Hello Kitty. The smelly celly accessories are triggered by the signal of an incoming call, e-mail, or text message. Keitai KunKun isn’t the only tech company following its nose: Singapore’s Nice Smell Kaori-chan Perfume Straps […]
Labour Free
The Green Head: I don’t think anyone likes mopping floors, but it appears that robots do! iRobot, maker of the cool robot vaccuum Roomba, have developed the perfectly named Scooba – Floor Washing Robot. The Scooba is truly a revolutionary new hard floor cleaning system. It’s programmed to prep, wash, scrub and dry the floor automatically. Using the AWARE robot […]
Custom Walls
Springwise: There isn’t a single industry that’s immune to innovation. Taking this very literally is German Single Tapete (‘singles wallpaper’), which sells photographic wallpaper, featuring photos of whoever/whatever. Customers upload an image via the company’s website, which is then processed and produced as numbered rolls of removable and reusable wallpaper. The company also offers a choice of patterns and even […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 23
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 23: 05/12/05 – 18/12/05 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: MARKETING Closer to the Consumer Reality marketing – observe eating habits, jotting down notes, compiling video clips and examining neurolinguistic word maps. FASHION Smart Ass Underwear Smart Ass underwear flashes a saying at its back T-bar every time she bends over in her low-cut jeans. Yoga, […]
Kid Tracking
Shiny Shiny: Hang on a minute, this looks strangely familiar. Remember those Mymo mobiles that were withdrawn from the market after everyone suspected that phones turn children’s brains to frappuccino? Well, mTrack’s i-Kids phone certainly bears a resemblance. Obviously now everyone’s forgotten that nasty business about kiddie brain pulping, it’s time to try again with the children’s phones. This one […]
Custom-ers Made
Yenra: Consumers spend hundreds of dollars for custom jeans that shape the body to show off their best features. “Ten years ago premium denim was anything over a hundred dollars a pair, today it starts at anywhere from a hundred fifty to an excess of five hundred a pair and in some cases even a thousand dollars,” advises Kenneth Wengrod, […]
Walking Music
Popgadget: Remember when people carried huge boomboxes on their shoulders before walkmans were invented? You don’t see that too often and now it’s all about how small your mobile music device can get. The Digital Sound Bag lets you slip your personal music player into a clear acetate pocket and plug it into built in speakers if you ever get […]