Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Roku’s 2025 Predictions: The Year Ahead in Streaming
The article discusses the expected impact of the shift to streaming on the sports fan experience, predicting enriched interaction through personalized content, gamification, and sports betting directly accessible during live games next year. Fans will be able to engage more deeply, placing bets and buying tickets via remote control or mobile phone with interactive overlays…
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Insights to Own the Future
The article discusses Activate Consulting’s annual technology and media outlook, which is their 10th report, and offers profound insights into the technology, internet, media, entertainment, e-commerce, and sports industries. The report is based on extensive research, including large-scale consumer insights, industry and economic analysis, and is complemented by Activate Consulting’s proprietary knowledge and experience. Summary:…
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Making Sense of Four Holding Companies: WPP, Omnicom, IPG and Publicis (Corrected)
From 2016 to 2023, IPG and Publicis saw revenue growth with IPG’s employment increasing by 20.2% and sales by the same percentage, while Publicis grew its headcount by 29.1% and sales by 48.7%. In contrast, WPP and Omnicom experienced declines, with WPP’s employment down by 14.6% and sales by 5.3%, and Omnicom’s headcount and sales…
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Walmart made a whole Christmas movie just to sell you stuff
Walmart has partnered with Roku to release “Jingle Bell Love,” a Christmas movie that allows viewers to purchase products directly through their TV during the film. The initiative simplifies the buying process by linking Walmart and Roku accounts for easy payment, following feedback from a previous shoppable content experiment, and stars Joey McIntyre, who released…
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TV manufacturers selling sets at a loss for advertising rewards
The article discusses how TV manufacturers are selling television sets at a loss with the strategy of compensating for these losses through advertising revenue. The specific details such as opinions, statistics, dates, and locations were not provided in the given text, therefore they are omitted from the summary. Summary: TV manufacturers are intentionally selling their…
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Rtfkt — an early Web3 fashion success story — is folding
Rtfkt, a Web3 streetwear brand acquired by Nike in 2021, announced plans to cease operations by January 2025, described as a “new chapter” for the company. Despite pioneering digital and physical creativity fusion and generating $185.3 million in NFT sales revenue in less than three years, the future of Rtfkt’s team within Nike remains uncertain…
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OP #278: I’m The Grinch of BFCM
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A parking lot hotel
Niko Krauseneck addressed hoteliers’ concerns about high cancellation rates associated with fully flexible rates by invoking the Endowment Effect, which suggests that guests who book a stay are less likely to cancel because they start to value the booking more once they envision themselves enjoying the hotel’s amenities. This psychological principle indicates that a sense…
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B2B is dead, long-live business-to-human
Rikke Wichmann Bruun of Cheil UK highlights the shift from B2B to B2H (Business-to-Human) marketing, where personalized experiences are created by combining data and technology with authentic human connection and storytelling. This approach caters to the desires of a workforce increasingly populated by Gen Zers, who prioritize personalization, technology, and empathy, and it has been…
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Issue 47: A Bulletin for Big Ideas and Better Business
Opinion. News_01. News_02. And New_03.
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