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From the Stage: Cardboard People and Plasma People
At a conference of the people who design in-store displays, I went to the cocktail party the night before. On one side of the room, a group was deep in conversation about trends…
From the Stage: The Dive-In Movie
One summer, with the kids running out of things to do, I set up an LCD projector and surround sound by the pool and we held a dive-in movie for the neighbourhood. I blogged about…
From the Stage: Upside-Down Innovation
When I spent time with Disney, they described how their old innovation model worked for a new movie: design the toys, plan the merchandising, then do the branding. Then they…
The Future, Sector by Sector — Retail & Consumer: The Store Became a Showroom
Tenth stop: retail.jimcarroll.com is live, with a companion PDF — The Future of Retail & Consumer. Here's the shift I put in front of every retail audience: we've moved from…
Megatrends One Year Later – #20: Physical-Digital Retail Integration – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“The future isn’t online or in-store; it’s a personalized, phygital experience where every interaction builds a lasting connection.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July…
Megatrends One Year Later – #19: Temporal Commerce – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
“The future of commerce isn’t about selling products, but selling time. The winners will deliver value before it’s requested.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One year ago, in July 2025, I…
The Trends Scorecard: Retail & Consumer - What I Predicted, and What Actually Happened
"Retail was never about the store. It was always about the shelf coming to you." — Futurist Jim Carroll This is the Trends Scorecard series, where I go back into my own archive…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - Retail: "In a world of four-second attention spans, you are no longer competing for a share of the wallet..."
"In a world of four-second attention spans, you are no longer competing for a share of the wallet—you are battling for a share of the moment. Stop selling products and start…
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