The New Consumer: How Shopping Has Changed For Good Candy & Snack TODAY, September/October 2010 Cheryl Perkins, founder and president of Innovationedge, LLC, a brand consultancy, expands on this notion: “Private label continues to be a focus for innovation. We’re seeing retailers figuring out how to deliver quality products while still maintaining lower prices for…
I travel quite a bit, and I always appreciate the extra mile hotel personnel will go to in order to make my stay excellent. So it’s no surprise to me the lengths the hotel industry goes to in the name of great customer service. These days hotels are looking to social media to improve service…
In two more days Cisco is unveiling its vision for Borderless Networks, along with a cool new video that shows end-users what the future of shopping might look like very soon. Here’s a sneak peek Cisco is showing the world today: 5533D95C-8E7F-642D-4E37-A338F9B1024A 1.02.28
Today I am over at San Diego State University where I’m teaching executive MBA classes. Along with cities like Madison, Austin, Raleigh Durham and Boston, San Diego is a key player in a field that may be more of a hotbed for innovation than any other: biotechnology. Genetic engineering, genomics, and molecular drug development are…
A number of people have commented about a recent story on Andre Geim, the inventor of graphene and new Nobel Laureate in physics, and his decision to not pursue a patent. One widely read recent tweet linked to a discussion on Slashdot that allegedly “Puts the lie to the claim that patents help small inventors.”…
What most companies don’t know about using low-cost intellectual asset strategies pdma Visions Magazine, October 2010
Innovationedge is pleased to be playing a role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship for chemical engineers at the AIChE 2010 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday, Nov. 10, Innovationedge’s Jeff Lindsay will chair a session featuring four outstanding speakers on topics that should be of interest to many chemical engineers. If you are…
Facial recognition systems are not new, but you may be surprised at how far the technology has come over the past decade. A facial recognition system is a computer application that verifies a person’s identity from his or her digital image. That image can be your driver’s license, a single frame from a store’s surveillance…
Here’s a trend that I find interesting: The ability to purchase gold through ATM-like machines branded Gold To Go. We first saw these machines appear this spring in Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel and in Germany. I remember wondering about the kind of investors who would seek out these machines. As it turns out, the…
Cheryl Perkins will present the following session at Georgia Institute of Technology’s FutureMedia Fest 2010 at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2010: Collaborative Experiences Creating Business Value Opening up organizations to outside ideas has led to commercial success for many organizations. Innovation in the social and mobile media space has relied heavily on innovation…
