From the category archives:

retail

Apple sez “We don’t lie, but you’re a fool to believe us.”

December 3, 2008

I love my iPhone, but it is not everything it’s cracked up to be. Twice as fast for half the price? Not really. I wanted to believe that, but was skeptical. Nevermind that if you upgraded to the new iPhone, you also committed to an additional $15/month in ATT costs to keep keep your data [...]

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Window Shop Is A Really Nice UI from Amazon

November 6, 2008

Here’s a really nice UI design for Window Shop from Amazon. Unlike many pretty-but-useless designs I’ve seen, this actually gives you the experience you expect from the name. I’m impressed! It’s also the first solid answer I’ve seen to Apple’s Cover Flow. Check it out: www.windowshop.com

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If Cars Could Vote…

November 3, 2008

Your choice in automobile can say a lot about your voting habits, says Kelley Blue Book. If cars could vote, what would they say? The company says that Sen. John McCain leads among owners of domestic and luxury cars, including GMC (61 percent of owners prefer McCain), Chevrolet (60 percent), Buickand Dodge (58 percent), Ford (57 percent), Lexus, BMW and Lincoln (52 percent). Kelley’s research also finds that 66 percent of [...]

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A Manga Hero Changes the Wine Market

October 23, 2008

It’s always amazing to see art & culture turn the tides of commerce. SIPPING a 2001 Bordeaux from Château Mont Perat, a bead of sweat trickling down his left cheek, Shizuku Kanzaki is suddenly overwhelmed with images of a turntable, guitars and Freddie Mercury. “It’s powerful,” he says of the wine, “but it also has [...]

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Traditional Recession Tactics Are Doomed To Fail … Management Can Be a Tool of Holistic Design

October 22, 2008

Corporations who play this game of economic musical chairs are in for a rude awakening – because the music just stopped. This, a pithy line from Umair Haque’s take on the world financial crisis happening right now, sums it up. To put a finer point on it, he says this: the macro crisis isn’t really [...]

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Shoptopia Launches

October 21, 2008

Shoptopia launched this month. What is it? Shoptopia is an online social shopping experience where members can share their love for their favorite brands, discover new products, seek shopping advice from a community of friends, family and peers, and receive exclusive benefits from local shopping centers. Why is it? “When using more than one channel [...]

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Mervyn’s Mstyle

August 10, 2008

Seems Mervyn’s is doing what they can to stay relevant with young people. Their corporate Web site section Mstyle features a “look of the week,” trend report, brand spotlight, Mervyn’s top 10, “ask eric & julie,” and Mblog.

And how do they do? In a word: contrived. In two words: good enough.

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