I’m very excited to once again be invited to attend and provide coverage for the 12th Annual Shopper Insights in Action conference sponsored by IIR USA next week in Chicago. And since I’m on the conference’s Speaker Review Board I can tell you they have a terrific lineup including Billy Beane, General Manager of the […]
I’m preparing another overview of Idea to Market (I2M™) to share with companies in the food industry. If you don’t know what I2M™ is, it’s the route ideas take to get through the value creation funnel and get monetized in the marketplace: New Product Development, Commercialization, Innovation, lots of names for it. In most companies, […]
Overview Last Monday night, June 11, I was honored to unveil the newly renamed and repositioned Authentic Home Furnishings Association (formerly Unfinished Furniture Association). This small segment of the furniture industry represents several hundred independent retailers and manufacturers across the country all of whom, along with the rest of the furniture industry, have had a […]
Live scoring is available for today’s McMasters at https://www.gtggolf.com/events/yktv/leaderboard .
There have been some nice articles the last few days in Furniture Today® and Furniture World covering ThinkWay’s work and the upcoming Unfinished Furniture Association trade show event in Orlando, FL June 11-13. I’ll be there Monday night, June 11 to share the results of the industry analysis and repositioning recommendations. Even in difficult economic […]
Our first ever McMasters Golf Tournament will take place June 3 at Deer Valley sponsored by ThinkWay Strategies. Just check out this cool logo that will adorn tournament gear (along with our logo, of course). I know you’re envious… Of course, it is only a five person family tournament…
I’ve been saying this in my presentations to supply chain leaders: from mid-sized businesses to Fortune 100 companies and I’ve written about the insufficiency of continuous improvement here. Now Gartner releases data to confirm the growing concern. Sustainable innovation (i.e., continuous improvement) is not enough. Supply chain leaders have typically squeezed as much blood from […]
I’ve written before about the direct correlation between crude price and the price at the pump. So with crude now down below $90 per barrel, why are we still paying an average of $3.67 per gallon? Well, one reason will be the lag time between crude price and pump price which is about a week […]
