At the same time we’re all experiencing the amazing acceleration of gadgets, internet disruptions and new ways of getting social, there is a resurgence in the old: 1960s because of Mad Men and a re-do of “muscle cars” from U.S. automakers; the ageing of the population and their interest in nostalgia; accessibility of on-demand streaming playback of old TV shows like The Mod Squad; and so on.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:
- Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles and Apple expected to expand store-within-store presence at Walmart, Target and iPad Renews Tablet Dominance as Kindle Fire Sales Drop Like a Rock
- With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits and The phone market in 2012: a tale of two disruptions
- Tablet market: NPD says Apple will lose quarter of tablet market by 2017
- Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary
- Best Buy Deathwatch: Best Buy marketing exec Barry Judge resigns and Executive in charge of China becomes latest to leave Best Buy and Best Buy to Expand Bloomington Facility, Add Workers
- 93% of in-store app users make purchase in physical location
- The $399 iPad 2 boasts better battery life, says report
- Tokyo “virtual” shopping and Near Field Communication
- Michael Arrington, CEO of Yahoo?
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