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Popular This Week1. Bankruptcy Gift Certificates - Circuit City Continues to Sell Gift Cards (GALLERY)  Gift cards were the hottest present for a while, but the recession has a lot of people wary about buying them this year. Surprising to many, Circuit City is still selling gift cards, despite having filed…2. Suspended Car Parking Lots - The LIFT  Space is getting tighter in urban areas, and one of the most obvious places this is being witnessed is in parking lots, or the lack of them. The LIFT hopes to solve this problem with the creation of a…3. Jailbirds as Cover Models - Keifer Sutherland in ‘Men’s Vogue’ (GALLERY)  Bad boy Keifer Sutherland is the last cover boy for ‘Men’s Vogue.’ The magazine will be folded into ‘Vogue’ and show up just twice a year.
Kiefer Sutherland hopes his appearance on the cover of ‘Men’s…4. Seasonal Interior Decor - Design From 'Beyond The Valley' (GALLERY)  Beyond the Valley is a fabulous multi-store situated in London’s Newburgh Street. Besides running a lush boutique and gallery selling their own interior design, fashion clothing and accessories, they… |
Popular This Month1. Black Friday Ad Hoaxes - Best Buy, Future Shop, Circuit City Gift Card Email  Black Friday ads have bargain hunters in a tizzy this week, but it was a Circuit City, Future and Best Buy hoax that ruffled the most feathers.
A viral email falsely stated that Future Shop and Best…2. Drastic Holiday Price Cuts - Black Friday Ads Indicative of Harsh Recession (GALLERY)  How has the economic recession shaped Black Friday ads this year? For those who don't know, the Friday following American Thanksgiving is marked by tremendous sales which generally function to lure people…3. 57 Odd Liquor Bottles and Unique Beverage Packaging (CLUSTER)  Gone are the days where bottled water is contained in a plain plastic vessel and wine bottles are either brown or green. Today’s packaging presentation is far more attractive, eco-friendly and even elegant.…4. 35 Things You Can Rent - Better Deals Than Black Friday Ads! (CLUSTER)  Black Friday ads have you ready to reach for your wallet? STOP! Could you rent it instead? Before you shell out cash just because you spotted a “good deal,” consider if you actually need that item, or…5. 62 GM Innovations - Insight Into What Happened to General Motors (CLUSTER)  General Motors Corp. was been hit with a $2.5 billion loss in the third quarter, and now the automotive giant fears bankruptcy, as early as the beginning of 2009.
General Motors is going so far as to…6. Spoof Black Friday Ads - Contest Pokes Fun at Economy (GALLERY)  I love these Brutally Honest Black Friday Ads. They were created for a contest hosted by Gizmodo who challenged their readers to do some clever Photoshop work to lighten up the gloom and doom people are…7. Supercar Dealership Shutdowns - Lamborghini OC is Economy’s Latest Victim (VIDEO)  Heaven forfend: Hollywood stars will have to find a new place to buy their Lamborghinis, and the Lamborghini Girls of Orange County are out of work!
Lamborghini Orange County is closing its doors for…8. Soliciting Logo Subversion - DIY Shirts at the Burger King Studio (GALLERY)  Talk about branding: Fast-food giant Burger King has launched their Burger King Studio, which allows users to create their own personalized Burger King shirts using preselected BK icons.
The DIY shirts…9. 117-MPG Eco-Cars - Volkswagen ‘2-Liter’ Microcar (GALLERY)  Volkswagen’s ‘Two-Liter’ eco-car is angling to be the best in its category, boasting a killer 117 MPG. The microcar is based on the Up! concept, and its name is derived not from the engine it contains…10. Green Brides - Earth-Friendly Wedding Gowns (GALLERY)  Weddings are a big business. So big, in fact, that there are niches within the industry that are booming. Green weddings are one of them.
There are a lot of things that can be swapped out for environmentally-friendly…11. Footwear Crossovers - YOU by Crocs (GALLERY)  When most people think of Crocs, they probably don’t think of the shoes featured in this gallery. These designs are part of Crocs’ new line, YOU by Crocs, which blends stylish footwear with the comfort…12. Credit Crunch Cell Phones - Cricket Launches MOTO VE240 (GALLERY)  Cricket Communications launched their latest budget-friendly cell phone, the MOTO VE240, in the Tulsa, Oklahoma market today. The candy bar-sized phone is geared specifically at the cost-conscious set,…13. Recession-Proof Fashion Houses? - Hermes Opens New Flagship in India (GALLERY)  Hermes recently launched their new flagship store in India in the high end Oberoi Hotel in Delhi. The French fashion house is attacking full-force at a time when most brands are cutting back, on their…14. Auto Industry Cutbacks - NASCAR Job Cuts Imminent (GALLERY)  Between the stagnant economy and fluctuating gas prices, NASCAR is facing imminent widespread job cuts.
It’s thought that the bulk of these cuts will come after the NASCAR season closes next week, after…15. Manga Money Troubles - Anime's ‘Ecomic’ Crunch (GALLERY)  A major anime producer, GDH, is making huge cuts to its operations and restructuring anime production, meaning cutbacks in anime art.
The bosses are taking gigantic pay cuts, staff is being transferred… |
Popular Last Month1. Clever Busvertising - 10 Creative Bus Billboards (GALLERY)  In the city-chic world, bus advertisements are amazingly valuable. They help companies everywhere really make a statement about their products. Bus billboards are seen by everyone walking and driving,…2. 16 Icelandic Innovations - How Will The Global Financial Meltdown Affect Iceland? (CLUSTER)  After reading about how the global financial meltdown is affecting Iceland and causing an unprecedented banking failure that has driven the UK into threatening to take legal action against Iceland to recover…3. Celebrity Tradesmen - Who is Joe the Plumber? (VIDEO)  Who is Joe the Plumber? Well, the times online is calling him "the real hero of the debate" last night, and as a result, he's become an overnight celebrity.
So who is Joe the Plumber? Well, his real name…4. 16 Credit Crunch Casualties and Benefactors + Circuit City Store Shutdowns (CLUSTER)  The financial crisis and corresponding credit crunch has had a severe impact on businesses; this week alone, Circuit City has announced a bevy of store closures and employee layoffs. Unfortunately, they’re…5. 37 College and University Trends - Things Wachovia Could Have Funded (CLUSTER)  Wachovia pulled out of a major college funding program, leaving many post-secondary students scrambling. Wachovia's merger with Wells Fargo could end up resulting in decreased educational funding, specially,…6. Censoring in Real-Time - USPTO Grants Microsoft Patent (GALLERY)  In 2004, Microsoft filed for a patent on an automatic censoring filter that would bleep out profanity in real-time audio streams. The patent has just been approved, immediately reinventing the concept…7. Disappearing Dye Fragrances - Wode 'Paint' for Boudicca (VIDEO)  Wode Paint perfume by Boudicca is a true revolution in fragrance. The scent comes not in a fancy glass atomizer bottle, but rather a silver spray can, dressed up with a black ribbon. It looks like the…8. 27 Casinovations + Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" (CLUSTER)  Lady GaGa's video for "Poker Face" just dropped, and to celebrate her fabulosity I've amassed 27 casino innovations.
Who knew we were so obsessed with gambling? In 2007, gaming revenue to Las Vegas alone…9. Movie Theaters of the Future - The Pusan Cinema Center in Korea (VIDEO)  An Austrian architectural company, Coop Himmelb(l)au, revealed their plans for a spectacular movie theater in Korea. The Pusan Cinema Centre is the Viennese firm’s second largest project to date.
The…10. Hitler Memorabilia - Auction Market Strong Amid World Woes (GALLERY)  Sell gold, buy Nazi memorabilia. That’s the word coming from an auction house in the U.K. Despite the economic downturn, the sales of Nazi remnants from WWII remain strong. Interest is very high for an…11. Voice Synthesizer Overload - 10 Auto-Tune Abusers (VIDEO)  Antares Audio Technologies has created a monster with its ubiquitous Auto-Tune technology. This audio plugin is a pitch correction tool that has been used and abused by modern music acts in every genre.…12. 23 Economic Innovations - Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (CLUSTER)  Paul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was commended for his research on the effect of globalization on international free trade, a work titled New Trade Theory.
Paul…13. Credit Crunch Fashion Ads - Donna Karan Opts for Runway Images as Spring 2009 Ads (GALLERY)  We’ve seen plenty of credit crisis cutbacks and cheap-innovations. In fact, our chief Trend Hunter Jeremy Gutsche recently did an interview with CBC about this subject. I didn't expect, however, that the…14. Swank Conference Spaces - Meet at the Apartment (GALLERY)  Meet at the Apartment in New York City is a conference room any Trend Hunter would approve of. Rather than sterile, boring hotel meeting rooms and all-purpose conference centers, Meet is a two-floor loft…15. Electric Luxury Cars - Rolls Royce to Follow in MINI's Footsteps (VIDEO)  Follow this logic. The Rolls-Royce CEO says because the electric Mini Cooper is getting such high interest, he thinks the public will clamor for an electric Rolls-Royce.
He says it makes perfect sense… |
