Nearly 30,000 thousand people gathered at the National Retail Federation’s Retail BIG Show 2013 to hear from thought-leaders on the challenges and opportunities in retail. Here are key tenets from the conversations. Nine Retail Tenets for 2013 by Denise Lee Yohn from Denise Lee Yohn, Inc. […]
“Health and Fitness Gadgets Reign at CES” declared a headline from the Wall Street Journal about the International CES earlier this month. Check out cool products and money quotes from speakers in this highlight video: The Digital Health and Fitness Buzz at CES 2013 (by Denise Lee Yohn) from Denise Lee Yohn on Vimeo. more on […]
For the healthcare industry to succeed in the CE frontier, companies need expertise in health, technology, and consumer brand-building. Listen to this 5-minute podcast. (Article originally published in Vision Magazine, November/December 2012.) […]
Digital health and fitness are going to take center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show this week and in 2013 overall. In my latest article, I spotlight some of the trends fueling the innovations in digital health and fitness. On my list are: remote patient monitoring crowdsourced care self-monitoring multi-sport tracking social influence easy eating smart cars […]
On December 1, 2012, over 600 people gathered for the third annual TEDxSanDiego. Our theme: Cause & Affect; our goal: to highlight and emphasize the ability for individual’s to have an impact on some part of the world. […]
If we all don’t die falling off the fiscal cliff, 2013 will prove to be an interesting year for brands and businesses. The following are five (well, actually six) brands I’ll be keeping my eye on next year. Importantly, these are not necessarily brands that I think will fare well (predicting the future is not […]
2012 did not disappoint in terms of exciting brand developments. (I wrote about the seven fast food chains making headlines in my latest QSR Magazine column. Check out my recap of the news at Burger King and Pie Five among others.) Among the brands in a range of categories making bold moves in 2012 were […]
If you judge a restaurant’s success by how long a line of customers it attracts, then Shake Shack is surely a winner. The popular burger and shake chain attracts multitudes of devotees to its nearly 20 units in the U.S. and abroad. What’s its secret? CEO Randy Garutti joins us to share: how Shake Shack […]
brand-as-business bit: It’s clear the digital health and fitness market holds tremendous opportunity. What’s not so clear is who is best positioned to take advantage of all the growth potential. I meet lots of bullish tech folks, given my involvement with the Sports and Fitness Tech Summit (I’m leading a couple of sessions this year) at […]
While Microsoft’s new Windows 8 has received an unexpected share of positive press, many skeptics aren’t convinced that the new operating system has been designed or is being launched properly. Of all the criticisms leveraged against Windows 8, the one that resonates most strongly with me was a comment in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek piece: […]