July 20, 2012
Weekly Roundup: The ‘screwed’ generation, ‘maximizing mobile’ and wearable tech
Posted by: Marian Berelowitz - New York in North America
-The Economist takes a look at slowing growth in emerging markets.
-The New York Times examines how “striking changes in family structure” are helping to drive America’s income divide.
-A new study on carbon footprints finds that the average Chinese person is now almost on par with the average European, reports The Guardian.
-The Wall Street Journal looks at the rise of collaborative consumption and outlines the issues that sharing-focused businesses are grappling with.
-A Fast Company blogger outlines how businesses can tap into new consumer attitudes toward ownership.
-Newsweek wonders whether Millennials are the “screwed generation.”
-According to new research, the obesity epidemic is the latest threat to global food security.
-The Wall Street Journal spotlights moms who are fanatical about fitness, a growing cohort that’s “emerging as a tantalizing target for consumer-product marketers.”
-The World Bank report “Maximizing Mobile” looks at trends shaping and redefining mobile, and its potential to drive development. The Atlantic spotlights some notable findings.
-An Interactive Advertising Bureau study explores “Mobile’s Role in a Consumer’s Media Day.”
-Half of all adult cell phone owners now incorporate their phones into their TV-watching, according to a Pew Research Center study on the “connected viewer.” Fast Company spotlights some of the more notable stats.
-A new study finds that an increasingly significant proportion of American shoppers are using mobile and social channels to shape their in-store shopping.
-“It is getting simpler to be slothful,” says The Wall Street Journal, now that there are so many apps to take on our tedious chores.
-TheNextWeb asks a range of experts to weigh in on the future of communications.
-As more malls add service-oriented elements to better compete with online shopping, The New York Times examines how one firm is overhauling its retail mix.
-A Mashable columnist showcases nine innovations in the supermarket category.
-Wearable technology represents “the next wave” of computing, says The Guardian, reporting on how this futuristic idea is coming to fruition.
-An annual survey of publishers shows e-books continuing to power ahead, becoming the top format for adult fiction in 2011, says The New York Times.
-A new report forecasts that up to half of existing retail bank branches in developed markets will be obsolete by 2020.
-The New York Times reports on how higher education is changing with the advent of online courses from top-notch universities.
-More American schools are offering hybrid summer programs that combine education and recreation, reports USA Today.
-A new study reveals that although British people prefer face-to-face interaction, most of the time they text instead.
-Time spotlights Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century, a book by UCLA anthropologists that examines the inside of American homes and finds them overstuffed with consumer goods.
-The cosmetics industry is finding inspiration in all things India, reports The New York Times.
-The Danish government is building bike “superhighways” in an effort to encourage people to cycle to work, according to The New York Times.
-More countries are cracking down on indoor tanning, reports the Los Angeles Times.
