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Keynote: Pepsi, Muskoka – Future Trends in Consumer Products: Innovation at the Shelf
Jim Carroll delivered a keynote for Pepsi in Muskoka, in April 2015. As health-conscious consumers, e-commerce, and rapid product-cycle demands reshaped the beverage aisle, Jim…
Consumer Goods & Technology Magazine: 2015 Innovation Outlook
I'm thrilled that I've again been cover in CG&T Magazine's annual outlook. This marks 4 years in a row! This year my comments are short and sweet - I continue to believe that…
Being Agile: How Innovators Thrive in the High Velocity Economy
I did a keynote a few weeks back for a leading North American food company. It was a highly customized keynote, built around the theme, "Being Agile: How Innovators Thrive in the…
Article: Going fast? The Future Will Be Faster
A few weeks ago, I was the closing keynote speaker for Potato Expo 2015 in Orlando, with a talk titled "Big Trends in Agriculture: What Ag Will Look Like in 2045." It was quite a…
Trend: Mobile is Eating Retail
Keynote: Land o' Lakes, Phoenix - Keynote: Fast Consumers and the New World of Retail
How do you innovate when everything is faster still? The typical consumer scans some 12 feet of shelf space per second. A goldfish has a longer attention span than a human. Snack…
Keynote: ProSource – Future Trends in the Connected Home
Jim Carroll delivered a keynote for ProSource in January 2015. As smart-home technology moved from novelty to expectation, Jim explored what the connected, IoT-enabled home of the…
Speed and agility in the retail sector
The rate of change in the retail sector is going from 'fast to furious' if you pardon the cliche. I'll be outlining this issue when I speak to a small group of folks in the retail…
Trend: ".....they recognise me and run a customised commercial on an in-store TV...."
Some months back, the folks at Retail NewsAgent in the UK sent me a series of questions asking about the future of retail. They were busy preparing for their 125th anniversary…
"....ask Siri where you can buy a dozen eggs...."
The folks at the UK's Retail News publication recently interviewed me on the future of retail; I'll be featured in their upcoming 125th anniversary edition coming out in mid-July…
Keynote: Flavor & Extract Manufacturers Association - The Acceleration of the Science of Food
New taste sensations used to take 5 years to go from a high-end restaurant to the mainstream - but can now just take a matter of months, driven by the impact of social media…
Trends: Restaurants - "...we'll be processing payments from our car dashboards..."
A few weeks ago, I was the opening keynote speaker in Las Vegas for the 2014 Multi-Unit Restaurant Technology Conference (MURTEC). In the room were folks responsible for the…
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