Men shop quickly, women love to search

Men shop quickly, women love to search

According to researchers at Brunel University, when it comes to shopping we revert to evolutionary roles – men are the hunters, women are the gatherers.  Women like searching and finding the best values – they enjoy the process of shopping. Men, on the...
Turquoise 2010 colour of the year

Turquoise 2010 colour of the year

Pantone are pretty good at picking colour trends or perhaps its just that people follow what they say and therefore create products in those colours.  Either way we’re likely to see lots of turquoise in 2010, both in products and retail outlets. “Turquoise...
Psychic Retail

Psychic Retail

Running all weekend at 303 Grand is a whole new pop up retail concept. Subports, an SMS purchasing system is presenting a shop of unique gifts that will be wrapped up so that buyers won’t know what’s inside. An on-site psychic will help shoppers decide...
Atlanta Airport opens Sleep Rooms

Atlanta Airport opens Sleep Rooms

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has introduced sleep rooms operated by Minute Sleeps. The rooms are compact (2.13m x 2.44m) and come equipped with a daybed sofa, pillows, blankets, a noise reduction system which reduces outside noise, desk, phone,...
jetBlue’s Christmas Campaign

jetBlue’s Christmas Campaign

Nobody can say jetBlue lacks either a sense of humor or creativity.  They recognise that many people don’t fly jetBlue and even though they’re expanding routes, passengers can’t always fly with them.  So they designed a series of products to assist...

TSA can’t win it seems

Image by Getty Images via Daylife The TSA really can’t win a shot. From acknowledging that print-at-home boarding passes are a huge airport risk to missing 20 out of 22 hidden weapons at the metal detectors during a Newark security drill – they just...