A huge sea change in consumer products: six points of evidence
Although I trained as a designer, my work is always based on cultural anthropology. Any disruptive business model innovation has to be based on enduring, seismic…
This is not an attack on Stuart Weitzman
If this post comes off as a rant against a brand I will have missed the mark. I am using a recent experience with Stuart Weitzman…
It’s not just for man caves. Your neighbor’s garage might be an R & D powerhouse.
I’ve been struggling to get a simple stat that adequately captures the explosion of “garage-works” R & D we at Daily Grommet see originating from regular…
Catapulting young companies to soar high (and avoid splatting)
Three plus years into it, Daily Grommet has become the leading place to launch a product (and often a company) in the USA. Delivering numbers (which…
These 99% are doing something about it
The New York Times reports today that “A Town in New York Creates Its Own Department Store.” In Saranac Lake, a picturesque Adirondacks town, the 5,000…
It’s not your imagination…those fake ghosts are multiplying like rabbits.
I have some new neighbors. They moved to Massachusetts from DC. Last weekend,as I was out in our front garden planting tulips (Eco Tulips!) the new…
Cool Crowdsourcing Infographic
Fun to see Daily Grommet’s logo in the orange “Community Building” section. I am discovering a lot of new companies from this busy splay of logos.…
What does the price of tomatoes have to do with anything?
My eyes perked up when I saw this headline “Farm workers to pressure Stop & Shop.” (Stop & Shop is the most prominent Massachusetts grocery chain.) …
Let the Revolution begin
On an otherwise unremarkable January morning, the US Government recently made my day. Specifically, a public servant named David J. Kappos. He’s Director of the United…
A Glasgow barber puts Daily Grommet on the map, and vice versa
We’re launching a Scottish board game in the US today…the only place you can get Numenko is at Daily Grommet. It’s like Scrabble with numbers. (Click…
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