Fascinating discussion on influence, organization, and the spread of ideas.
All about change: Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.
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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Retail Sales in Jan rose .4% headline m/o/m, .7% ex auto's, .6% ex auto's and gasoline and .7% at the core. The headline figure was less than expected while the rest were slightly better. But, with respect to non headline sales, because Dec figures were revised lower, taking the two months together were about in line with forecasts overall. Sales rose in electronics, building materials, food/beverages, clothing, sporting goods, dept stores and restaurant/bars and fell interestingly for online retailers, health/personal care, furniture and motor vehicle/parts. Bottom line, headline sales were below expectations due to the greater than expected fall m/o/m...
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January 9th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I might be mistaken but I think the folks over at Casey Research mention this.
January 9th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
This is soooo old news. Maffesoli, 1970s…
January 10th, 2010 at 5:10 am
Fascinating…
January 10th, 2010 at 8:13 am
I would say Facet-nating because Godin picks out little facets of (more or less) contemporary social trends and gives talks about them and how ideas grow to become something more. Each talk is like a different flavor, a bite-sized confection about a different facet of the emotional connections we have to our favorite values and ideas, our favorite people, and our favorite brands and products, our favorite technology. He is the rabbai of the global village.