Nellie's Shopping Trends 2006

Nellie Lide has another terrific shopping trends list for 2006, better than last years and full of examples and links.

1. Shopping for a Better World - Shopping as societal force.
2. Men come into their own as shoppers.
3. Celebrity Wannabe Shopping
4. Social Shopping
5. Shopping for Temporary Ownership

She's done all the research, gathered all the links, so take advantage and read the whole thing at the New Persuasion blog.

The rules change so quickly, we need all the help we can get.

Report from Le Web 3

Two thoughts from Hugh McLeod's wee talk  at Le Web 3, he of the Gaping Void.

This new media is both intimate and intuitive.
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This market and communication transition we're going through is not about technology, and it sure as hell isn't about marketing. It's about Love. Love enabled. Love re-asserting itself in the business between people.