We are finishing up a major global study for our friends at PRIMIR which digs deep into Packaging in Emerging Markets. The results will be unveiled at a presentation at their Winter Meeting in Chicago on December 10th. Members Only I’m afraid, but if you ARE a member; hope to see [...]
Have your say on the Index & Trend
As a lot of folks know, twice a year we research and publish the Index & Trend report for the Tag and Label Manufacturer’s Institute (TLMI) and right now we are in our own pre-Thanksgiving rush, hard at work on putting together the Winter edition which will be out in [...]
(Our) Pride & Prejudice
Lessons are everywhere, insight also, but most of the time we’re not everywhere. Instead we’re just where we want to be, safe at home, in our (comfort) zone. Quite normal, nothing wrong with that. It is also normal (wherever you are) to believe or want to that we’re pretty good [...]
The Nose Knows…
It might be said (not by me, never by me) that while there must be an average nose in size or spread or even the ability to make scents of things, the object in the middle of my own face is at the longer or larger end of the available [...]
Why I Believe in Industry Associations
It’s a puzzle. They say that man is a herd animal, but that also great entrepreneurs should be independent beasts. So which is it? I believe that people are essentially good. There are exceptions (of course), but for the most part, most of us want to do the right thing [...]
We need to talk about press releases
You guys write press releases, right? Some people seem to think that PR actually stands for ‘press release’ and maybe that’s not such a bad thing, because most of the time the first weapon in your public relations effort probably should be a press release. You do write them though, right? Or [...]