Ken Block...YouTube Sensation
Ken Block, former owner of DC shoes became a YouTube sensation in 2009 with the filming of the hit YouTube video "Gymkhana 2", making the most viral video of 2009, as well as selling more DC shoes with this "informercial". After Ford Performance and Hoonigan Racing Division announced their withdrawal from the World Rallycross Championship after the 2017 season, Block and Hoonigan began to focus on YouTube content for promotion. Today he is a one man promotion sensation on You
The Post COVID19 Restaurant
Tim Hand and Bruce Reinstein are partners with Kinetic12 Consulting, a Chicago-based Foodservice and general management consulting firm. The restaurant of the future will be quite different. As restaurant brands evaluate their post COVID-19 strategies, they will be forced to adjust, on the fly, and try to satisfy new consumer expectations while driving as much revenue as they can. How will they do this? What will restaurants look like? There is no common blueprint available f
Tesla is Now the World’s Most Valuable Automaker
Elon Musk proves the saying "If you don't promote yourself, nobody else will." Tesla is marketed almost exclusively though his the Musk Twitter feed. Even in the midst of a pandemic, Tesla continues to reach new heights. The company, which began as a problem-plagued upstart a little over 15 years ago, has now become the world’s most valuable automaker – surpassing industry giants such as Toyota and Volkswagen. This milestone comes after a year of steady growth, which only hit
Post COVID19 Office Design
Andy Cohen is CEO of Gensler, An integrated architecture, design, planning and consulting firm. We’re working on a lot of offices right now. We have 10,000 clients around the world, and they’re all coming to us saying, “What does Day One look like in the office?” We’ve got guidelines that talk about what you can do to morph your space. One major change is to use technology to make a touchless, frictionless environment. [In addition to] decals on the floor and separation of se
Building Design Post COVID19
Joseph Allen is assistant professor at T. H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, coauthor of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. For the first time in history, everyone around the world is recognizing how the indoor environment influences our health. Right now, the focus will be on infectious disease, as it should be. But I think it will morph into a conversation about “what else is happening in this building?” And “how does this buil
How We Live and Work in Cities Post Covid19
Janette Sadik-Khan is a principal at Bloomberg Associates and former commissioner of NYC DOT This pandemic is challenging us, but it also offers a once-in-a-century chance to change course and undo some of the damage from the traffic and congestion and pollution. Cities around the world are turning to car-free streets as part of the recovery. Not because it’s fun or because of any political agenda, but it’s because streets that are accessible are better for business and bette
The Latest COVID19 Retail Forecast
Everything about the 2020 retail and eCommerce landscape has changed during the pandemic. Prior to the public health crisis, forecasts had anticipated general softening of growth across retail channels as recessionary headwinds gathered. But instead, the economy ran into a depression-like buzzsaw that brought sectors of retail to a standstill as consumer demand for nonessential goods plummeted. Current forecast look for a total US retail sales decline of 10.5% to $4.894 trill
"Dad How Do I?' YouTube Channel
Rob Kenney wanted to step in to fill the void whenever a kid needed to learn how to do something—like change a car’s oil, put up a shelf, use a stud-finder, and even iron a shirt or shave your face. His YouTube channel, called ‘Dad, How Do I?’, aims to teach youth the valuable lessons a father is meant to teach. Launched only two months ago, his DIY channel already has more than two million subscribers. Fans can now count on Mr. Kenney whenever they get into a jam, using his
Who Owns Your News?
It’s no secret that news media is a tough industry. For various reasons — from tech disruption to changing media consumption habits — the U.S. has seen a net loss of 1,800 local newspapers over the past 15 years. As regional newspapers are bundled together, and venture-backed digital media brands expand their portfolios, the end result is a trend towards increased consolidation. Today’s graphic is a broad look at who owns U.S. news media outlets. The Bottom Line While news me
