17 Mar
We recently saw a whole batch of great innovations while we were covering the RetailTech 2010 conference for a client. Over the next few days we are going to introduce a selection for you all on this blog.
These days we are weighed down by our numerous
17 Mar
Over the last couple of years there has been an explosion in face-shaping tools and other life accessories that claim to help you change your body (or just your butt) through simple means.
While exploring shops the other day I came across the Calorie Breath, a device that claims that if you use it once [...]
16 Mar
Currently on platforms 5 and 6 of JR Ikebukuro Station there are vending machines dispensing free cans of a new UCC Coffee drink. At random times twice a day for one hour each lucky people visiting the pop-up shop “mediacure” booth on the Yamanote Line platforms can receive samples.
This campaign is hoping to build up [...]
16 Mar
Since fashion market watcher David Marx hit the bulls eye perfectly with his assessment of Abercrombie’s new Ginza flagship store, we have very little to add to the story besides the tweet we blurted out while in the midst of the most traumatic shopping afternoon ever. Actually, we were scouting the store for a client [...]
16 Mar
Ryoma Sakamoto (坂本龍馬) is one of the most mythologized of Japan’s modern heroes. The Shikoku samurai was assassinated in Kyoto at the age of thirty-three, but not before helping to start the Meiji Revolution. He’s always been extremely popular but the current NHK Taiga Drama “Ryoden” has turned things supernova.
Everyone you go there are Sakamoto [...]