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IN THE EXPECTATION ECONOMY, THE ULTIMATE LUXURY IS FREEDOM FROM THE GUILT SPIRAL.
David Mattin • Trend-Driven Innovation
Merchants have played a role in societies since ancient times, and in so many ways, acted as de facto ambassadors across continents and cultures. The ‘merchant class’ represented the one of the earliest versions of the middle class; people with little or no inherited wealth who managed to cultivate status through their adventurous personas, access ... See more
Amanda Greeley • Retail Romanticism Revivalism
The challenge to being ahead of the trend—which I have been for most of my life—is to find a way to start a dialogue with the consumer. Perhaps you want to provide a solution to a problem they don't yet know exists. So you need to ask: how does this problem touch their lives and what they care about? Solving that problem can be difficult, time-cons
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Is the Algorithm Making Us LESS Stylish, LESS Interesting, LESS...ourselves?
Beth Bentleypatternrecognitionbytomorrowism.substack.com