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What Brands Occupy Your Phone Screen

As a society we are tethered to our cell phones. The apps we download hold exceptionally valuable real estate if they make it on the first few screens of our phone. Familiarity breeds content so the more we stare at the apps on our phones, the more subliminal brand love we are building.

What Brands Occupy Your Phone Screen

As a society we are tethered to our cell phones. The apps we download hold exceptionally valuable real estate if they make it on the first few screens of our phone. Familiarity breeds content so the more we stare at the apps on our phones, the more subliminal brand love we are building.

Brand Expert Discusses Demographics and Holiday Spending

Amid the holiday shopping season, we can’t talk about consumer spending without talking about demographics. At each part of our lives we spend differently,...

Brand Expert Discusses Demographics and Holiday Spending

Amid the holiday shopping season, we can’t talk about consumer spending without talking about demographics. At each part of our lives we spend differently,...

Black Friday versus Cyber Monday Holiday Sales: Consumers are the Winner

In the spirit of the holiday season, I would like everyone to repeat this stat a few times out loud: “Estimated holiday sales for 2019 are expected to be roughly $143 billion,” according to Adobe Analytics.

What Brands will be the Winners this Holiday Season?

It’s Black Friday and let the holiday shopping games begin! American shoppers are expected to spend an average of $1,048 during the 2019 holiday shopping season. And how will they pay for it?

Brand Investor Discusses the Five Most Important Investment Themes for the Next Decade

As a thematic investor, my job is to identify the most important and prevalent trends here and around the world to invest in through the leaders or “brands” that are most relevant. When I look at the world currently and into the future, here’s the most important investment themes an investor can invest in today.

Growth Stocks: From Darlings to Goats and What Happens Next?

Growth companies have been significantly outperforming value companies since early 2007 with just a few periods of value relative performance. There are many reasons for this, one of which is the simple concept that when something is scarce — economic growth and corporate growth — people are willing to pay up for it.

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