We Believe
We believe… the bell rings and you see it. Santa Clause Easter Bunny Tooth Fairy Great Pumpkin Did you hear the bell ring? What a brilliant marketing strategy that was. We believe what we want to believe. Santa came to Read More …
Category: art
It Doesn’t Exist
Rather than not actually being for sale, it is worse when it doesn’t exist. So, get on it all you clever inventors, you entrepreneurs who have the brilliant ideas. There are things out there that we want to have in Read More …
Not For Sale
When I was in college, home from school for break, working to earn as much as I could…I was stuck driving my dad’s antique boat of a car. For those interested it was a 1967 Crown Imperial (in essentially mint Read More …
Successful Weekend
I hope that it was – overall – a successful weekend. We snuck out to one of our favorite big box retailers today, not to buy Christmas gifts, but instead to pick up a prescription that was ready. We probably Read More …
Shop Till You Drop
Did you do as they wanted you to do? Shop till you drop… it may have not been their motto for the day, but it IS what all the retailers who were open today, wanted. They have been promoting their Read More …
FaceTime With Face
I just can’t help but follow up yesterday’s post with this one, which is aptly titled (I think): Face Time with Face. FaceTime – the fun little apple app that let’s us video chat at a moment’s notice with anyone Read More …
There’s An App For That
Chances are, if you want to try something new, there’s an app for that. The question is…does it do everything (and I mean everything) that you want it to do? Furthermore, whether or not there’s an app for that, does Read More …
Lesson of Love
There is a significant lesson of love that comes from marketing. Big time, big business marketing. Yes, you know the company and the brand I mean… Disney. Formerly known as…Grimm or even Greek and Roman mythology. Ironic, isn’t it, that Disney Read More …
Pensive or Even Obsessed
There are many words for being thoughtful. I am not talking about being polite and saying “hello, thank you” to those you meet in retail settings. I am, instead, thinking of pensive or even obsessed. It is a good thing Read More …
Overdone
I have this recurring conversation with people lately… the same, essential belief that the holidays have become more than they should be. Retail holiday decor coating the stores 2 to 3 months in advance of the holiday is just one Read More …