Family Ties Jun 13, 2016 ... even easier to achieve amidst their hectic lives. As follows, they’re prioritizing quality interactions with their immediate family, rather than the quantity of minutes together in one instance or day. In our qualitative research, parents revealed that just talking to their children for even five minutes at a time is one of the main ways they feel close to them and making time to do so has become of particular significance. Parents feel they can deepen their relationships with their children by ...
Try Before You Buy Mar 17, 2014 retail technology shopping virtual reality Try Before You Buy ... Retailers are addressing young consumers' penchant for pre-purchase research by introducing both physical and digital home trial initiatives.Generations Y and Z are discerning shoppers and diligent researchers who are highly cautious of their spending. In fact, 54% of Cassandra Report respondents say they do more pre-purchase research than they did just five years ago. To cater to these careful consumers and alleviate their uncertainties about purchasing online, retailers in rising numbers are ...
Health Hackers Jun 05, 2015 health & wellness technology apps quantified self Health Hackers ... often find themselves going down an Internet wormhole when they start researching topics (whether health-related or not). From news articles to documentaries to podcasts about new medical studies and emerging health trends, the number of resources they have at their fingertips seems infinite. They are so keen on becoming their own health experts that they are even going directly to medical research studies to read and interpret them for themselves. When they seek an answer to a particular wellness ...
Over Stimulation Sep 20, 2019 ... is echoed in Jenny Odell's recent book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, in which she argues that people should take time during the day to do activities without considering whether or not they're "productive." Her research into the attention economy—and how lucrative it is for companies—dovetails with the idea of "attention merchants," which Tim Wu wrote about in his 2016 book of the same name. He defined the concept as companies whose business models were built on ...
Parental Advisory Jun 15, 2016 family parenting spending children ... online to research and weigh options to arrive at their answer, just as parents do. When Boomers were growing up, it was generally true that “mother (or father) knew best” because parents had the resources and experience necessary to evaluate the question at hand. Fast forward to when Ys were kids; their Boomer parents rebelled against their upbringing in which they had little input. They invited their children’s opinions and found that sometimes the child did know best, such as when choosing ...
State Of The Art Sep 15, 2018 ... network could produce a portrait that fooled the Discriminator network into thinking a human produced it. The painting is forecasted to sell for $7,000-$10,000, which Obvious will then use to perfect the algorithm.“Gradient Descent” India’s first A.I. art exhibit, “Gradient Descent,” opened this past August. The show was created by an A.I. art curation and research collective called 64/1 in an effort to showcase global artists who are utilizing artificial intelligence within their creative process to ...
Glutton Goals Jun 14, 2017 food & beverage gen z body image social media soda ... up observing this. That’s why when they choose to indulge, it bears greater significance than in the past, when snacking and sloth were considered par for the course for adolescents. Since health and wellness messages have surrounded Zs throughout their lives, it’s a rebellious move to go against the grain. Some even approach it with the same secrecy that earlier generations approached sneaking alcohol or drugs. In our qualitative research, one young man from California reported using the on ...
Pairing Off Dec 02, 2015 global relationships apps dating ... ' everything. LAIZ, 24, BRAZILA theme that emerged throughout our qualitative research is “swipe fatigue.” So pervasive has Tinder become that young singles are starting to tire of it, a mindset that’s beginning to evolve what was once perceived as a utility into a novelty. As a 27-year-old woman in the U.S. put it, “there’s no endless swiping in the real world. It’s getting exhausting.” And while it’s rare to find a young single person who doesn’t have Tinder (or a similar app) on their phone, those who ...
Home & Away Retail Trends Dec 05, 2018 ... stress. Malls, the once-hot hubs of shopping and leisure, are also getting in on this action, capitalizing on the increasing amount of physical retail vacancies they’re facing—which real estate research firm Reis reports achieved a six-year high this summer, hitting an 8.6% vacancy rate in the year’s fiscal second quarter—by repurposing otherwise-unused space for companies to set up physical co-working operations. For the brands and workers who settle into these spaces, the opportunity is ...
Asking Price Sep 12, 2017 money retail spending deals shopping ... ). Beyond businesses such as Ebay, Priceline, and OfferUp that are designed for consumers to name the price they’re willing to pay, peer-to-peer platforms for shopping such as Etsy and Instagram also allow for negotiating between the seller and buyer. This behavior is creeping into their habits with traditional retailers: many young people feel emboldened to demand discounts at the counter. As 19-year-old Alistair from Australia noted in our qualitative research, “One of my favorite shopping activities ...