Monthly Archives: June 2009

Postracial America

A compendium of articles published this week on the topic of “postracial” America provide a range of suggestions, opinions and research data. From CultureLab, posting after the Ypulse Urban/Multicultural Conference: Yes, Multicultural and inclusion are now more relevant than ever,

Postracial America

A compendium of articles published this week on the topic of “postracial” America provide a range of suggestions, opinions and research data. From CultureLab, posting after the Ypulse Urban/Multicultural Conference: Yes, Multicultural and inclusion are now more relevant than ever,

Drugstore Beauty Cowboys

I’ve been thinking a lot these days about recently acquired consumer spending habits, how many of them will stick beyond the immediate crisis, and most of all, what sort of psychological impact this will have on young consumers as they

Drugstore Beauty Cowboys

I’ve been thinking a lot these days about recently acquired consumer spending habits, how many of them will stick beyond the immediate crisis, and most of all, what sort of psychological impact this will have on young consumers as they

A Brief History of Loyalty Marketing

A fun Friday afternoon tidbit, courtesy of Euromonitor International (with my links added in if you’d care to know more of the story): The concept of customer loyalty marketing has been around for many years, but is only since the

A Brief History of Loyalty Marketing

A fun Friday afternoon tidbit, courtesy of Euromonitor International (with my links added in if you’d care to know more of the story): The concept of customer loyalty marketing has been around for many years, but is only since the

Young American Women’s Role Models

I think a campaign led by our First Lady and Tyra Banks could accomplish just about anything. Add Angelina to the mix and the effects could be felt to Uranus (poor Pluto.) My real point here is that these women

Young American Women’s Role Models

I think a campaign led by our First Lady and Tyra Banks could accomplish just about anything. Add Angelina to the mix and the effects could be felt to Uranus (poor Pluto.) My real point here is that these women

Bright Spot in Ad Spend Numbers

Nielsen released first quarter numbers and they are just as horrid as you’d expect. Overall U.S. advertising expenditures fell 12 percent to $27.9 billion in Q1, compared to the first three months of 2008 Three of the worst ad performers

Bright Spot in Ad Spend Numbers

Nielsen released first quarter numbers and they are just as horrid as you’d expect. Overall U.S. advertising expenditures fell 12 percent to $27.9 billion in Q1, compared to the first three months of 2008 Three of the worst ad performers

Thoughts on ‘For Sotomayor and Thomas, Paths Diverge at Race’

This story ran on the front page of the New York Times a couple of days ago. As I read it on the subway, I was struck by what I felt was missing. I waited a day or so and

Thoughts on ‘For Sotomayor and Thomas, Paths Diverge at Race’

This story ran on the front page of the New York Times a couple of days ago. As I read it on the subway, I was struck by what I felt was missing. I waited a day or so and

The World of Beauty, Online

You already knew this in your gut but here are some numbers to help you talk the talk…. Women do their research and share their opinions with others Nearly 41% of adult Internet users worldwide have reviewed a cosmetics product

The World of Beauty, Online

You already knew this in your gut but here are some numbers to help you talk the talk…. Women do their research and share their opinions with others Nearly 41% of adult Internet users worldwide have reviewed a cosmetics product

Stepping Away from My Assumptions

I think I fell in love last night with an Italian actress. A friend graciously offered me a ticket to the opening night of Lincoln Center’s New Italian Cinema Festival and I jumped at the chance for a free glass

Stepping Away from My Assumptions

I think I fell in love last night with an Italian actress. A friend graciously offered me a ticket to the opening night of Lincoln Center’s New Italian Cinema Festival and I jumped at the chance for a free glass

The Year of the Gardener and Home Cook

If you grow it and cook it, they will eat it…and like it. (Fingers crossed) Plans to Garden Continue to Grow – it’s not only Michelle Obama out there in the dirt A confluence of factors including the economy, food

The Year of the Gardener and Home Cook

If you grow it and cook it, they will eat it…and like it. (Fingers crossed) Plans to Garden Continue to Grow – it’s not only Michelle Obama out there in the dirt A confluence of factors including the economy, food

Online Dating

Apparently, this guy did. In 2005. Remember the “Shift Happens” presentation? The wiki that grew out of it has a log of many, many versions that I have now spent over an hour twiddling through. I might even be inspired

Online Dating

Apparently, this guy did. In 2005. Remember the “Shift Happens” presentation? The wiki that grew out of it has a log of many, many versions that I have now spent over an hour twiddling through. I might even be inspired