Daily Archives: June 19, 2012

French salon offers all-you-can-primp beauty passport

June 19, 2012 – 1:19 pm

by Lindsay Paterson WHAT’S HAPPENING The Ethnicia chain of beauty salons in France is the first to offer a “beauty passport”, allowing members unlimited access to services tailored to their specific needs (SortirAParis.com, 27 May 2012). Users sign up for the passport that best suits their needs, ranging from €79 per month for unlimited hairdos, […]

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Digital divide? What about the time-wasting divide?

June 19, 2012 – 12:54 pm

by Amber Davis WHAT’S HAPPENING There’s a new dimension to the push to get more low-income consumers digitally connected, particularly African Americans and Latinos: making sure that access goes beyond entertainment. According to a new Kaiser study, children from low-income families spend more time watching TV, playing videogames and engaging with social networks than their […]

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Media companies consider their brainprint

June 19, 2012 – 12:42 pm

by Jana Branch WHAT’S HAPPENING Carbon footprint, water footprint and … brainprint? Yep, that’s a way to talk about the impact that content has on the global awareness of sustainability — from environmental issues to the triple bottom line. And communicating these ideas is a big deal for media companies. While brainprint is actually unquantifiable, […]

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SHOPPING IN THE MOMENT

June 19, 2012 – 12:38 pm

by Nissa Hanna Uh-oh. I was running late for dinner with a friend. When I arrived at the restaurant with apologies, she looked up from her phone, smiled and said, “That’s OK; I was just shopping.” She’s not the only one turning delays into shopping head starts. Her savvy use of that downtime is reflective […]

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