Description: The future of the auto industry isn’t horsepower or style when it comes to autonomous vehicles and ride-hailing services. It’s a box.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Jan 23, 2020
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Description: How companies like Google and IBM plan to profit from quantum computing
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Jan 23, 2020
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/01/17/how-quantum-computing-works-google-ibm-dwave-amazon.html
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Description: German high-performance car manufacturer Porsche has revealed that 2019 was a record year for global sales.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Jan 09, 2020
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/13/porsche-logs-record-global-sales-ahead-of-2020-tesla-showdown.html
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Description: The September 2019 survey found that nearly one-third of US podcast listeners tune in daily, and a similar figure listens weekly. But the study also found a difference in purchasing patterns between the two groups. Thirty percent of daily listeners ages 13 and older said they had purchased an item after hearing a sponsored ad for it. One in five weekly listeners reported the same.
Source: eMarketer.com
Date: Jan 13, 2020
Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/a-majority-of-us-podcast-listeners-tune-in-regularly?ecid=NL1001
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Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #705 – Host: Mitch Joel. If you want to better understand how your business might be impacted by trends that are happening today (and growing bigger and bigger), you should pay attention to the work of Rohit Bhargava. Rohit is on a mission to help the world be more open-minded by teaching others how to be non-obvious thinkers. He is the founder of the Non-Obvious Company and an entertaining, original and “non-boring” keynote speaker on innovation and trust. He previously spent 15 years in leadership roles at two renowned ad agencies: Leo Burnett and Ogilvy. Rohit is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of many books (including Personality Not Included, Likeonomics, Always Eat Left Handed and many more). Rohit is a popular Adjunct Professor of storytelling at Georgetown University and also writes a monthly column for GQ magazine in Brazil. His Non-Obvious book series is an annual look at the trends that are our shaping the world today (and tomorrow). He just published his tenth (and last) edition of the series, Non Obvious Megatrends. His work isn’t just about the trends, but how anyone can be better at spotting and curating them. Enjoy the conversation…
Source: SixPixels.com
Date: Jan 12, 2020
Link: https://www.sixpixels.com/podcast/archives/spos-705-how-to-see-the-future-with-rohit-bhargava/
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Description: Potential end of Bombardier’s involvement in the A220 program combines with new stumbles in its rail business to undermine a once-great name in manufacturing
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: Jan 17, 2020
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Description: How American Apparel came back from the brink of death
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Jan 16, 2020
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Description: For six years, between 2011 and 2017, Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s stock looked as if it was tapped out. The yogawear company was already an incredible success for investors, who backed it from its US$14 IPO in 2007, but further growth was a concern.
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: Jan 16, 2020
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Description: The much-heralded measurability of digital led to an advertising revolution. eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman joins host Nicole Perrin to talk about its excesses, and why it’s time for marketers to wake up from the dream of perfect measurement.
Source: eMarketer.com – podcast
Date: Jan 09, 2020
Link: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-the-ad-platform-mismeasuring-digital-advertising
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Description: While most people today know Daymond John as the creator of the clothing brand FUBU and an investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” in the early 2000s, John worked closely with the Kardashian family.
Source: CNBC.com – video report
Date: Jan 09, 2020
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