Late last year, I released my annual list of predictions for 2012. In Trend #3 on “Augmented Political Reality” I wrote: “a new wave of social media political consultants will monitor live Twitter streams and use the feedback to adjust candidates’ teleprompter speeches in real time.” To this end, this article (Why Viewers Could Soon [...]
I speak to a great many retailers and retail associations and in the past year I’ve delivered keynote presentations to Target, HEB Grocery, Hy-Vee, the Food Marketing Institute and, early next month, I’ll be traveling to Chennai, India to speak on future trends to a small group of executives at PepsiCo’s Asian Region President’s Leadership [...]
Watch this recent video from Tesco about its innovative approach to entering the South Korean retail market and I believe you might see a glimpse into the future of retail: Related posts by retail futurist Jack Uldrich: Oh Say Can You See … the Future of Retailing Get Algo-”Rythm”
What if we could end childhood diabetes, fight world poverty and engage in a more sustainable form of agriculture just by tricking our taste buds? Sounds farfetched–if not impossible–doesn’t it? After watching this insightful TEDx talk by Homaru Canto and Ben Roche, two innovative chefs from Chicago, I think you might have a more open [...]
Data mining is going to be big business in the near future. To understand why, consider that the food retailer, The Schwan Food Company, has used data mining to bolster its revenue by 3 to4 percent. That might not sound like a lot but in the retail industry, it’s huge. According to this insightful article, [...]
“Necessity is the mother of invention” or so it is said. I believe “necessity is the mother of innovation” and if U.S. and Western European companies wish to remain competitive in the future they’ll need to look to China, India, Brazil and Africa not just for new markets but for new ideas! In the food [...]