2013 Trends Library

The report highlights the top 10 hospital technology issues for c-suite leaders to watch for during the year ahead.

The healthcare and wellness industry has had quite a busy and interesting past year, certainly highlighted by the Supreme Court's upholding of the Affordable Care Act this past June. The changes this law will spur, coupled with advances in technology and consumer empowerment, will continue to drastically reshape our healthcare and wellness landscape.

As the Mobile World Congress rapidly hoves into view Forrester Research has published fresh analysis of the sector to identify the 10 key...

Photo by Tony Fischer Photography By Andrea Simon, Ph.D. I talk to CEOs weekly through my company, Simon Associates Management Consultants, and at speeches and conferences. As leaders of mid-market companies responding to changing times, these CEOs are touchpoints highlighting what's evolving in the business world. They might not answer a survey or [...]

Costa Mesa, CA (PRWEB) February 09, 2013 Americans are now carrying nearly $3 trillion of consumer debt, a record high. But there's mixed news in that number. Credit card debt has actually dropped in recent years, all while student loans and auto loan debt have soared.

It's traditional this time of year to take stock of where we've been and to look ahead to where we are going. A lot of consultants and organizations have already dusted off their crystal balls and opined about the healthcare trends that will be important in 2013.

Sure, some things about business and marketing never change, but in 2013 there are some important changes brewing. You can jump on board with them, or watch from the tracks, as the caboose recedes into the distance, and you're left limping to the next town.The consumer landscape is changing fast.

2013 is more about developing instant, personalized & bookable services. For destinations and tourism companies, what matters is offering customized and relevant information by gaining access to large amounts of data from multiple sources. Consumer technology is changing traveler behavior and expectations.

The hotels group surveyed around 1,200 UK and US families in June and July this year on their holiday habits and desires, and has now put together the responses in its report released on 27 th September 2012.

With 2012 receding in the rear-view mirror, what are the major trends shaping the mobile narrative this year? We at BI Intelligence looked over the year-end data to highlight the trends we think will underpin the mobile industry in 2013. We've posted the deck below. We hope you enjoy it.

For more than 16 years, Buzz Marketing Group has been a leader in identifying Millennials' trends and insights. Each January, we publish our trend predictions for the coming year. Our biggest trends in the past have included Wharholism, Instanity, Massclusivity, and Conscious Consumption. Below is our list...

Tech PR often leads the industry in adopting new communications ways and means. This, combined with the frequency of M&As, looming IPOs and constantly changing market dynamics, has forced tech PR to be among the most nimble practice areas in the industry.

The consumer PR business has remained relatively robust throughout the lingering economic downturn, thanks to a more central role that rewards storytelling, content creation and direct relationships with consumers, often via social media. Against that backdrop, the Holmes Report invited consumer marketing experts from around the world to help us compile a list of five key trends that determine the consumer PR outlook for the year ahead.

These have been dramatic years for the financial PR sector, buffeted by a perilous downturn and assailed at every turn by consumer criticism and regulatory penalties. Meanwhile, IPO and M&A work remains in short supply in the, forcing specialist PR firms to adapt or die.

Curious about how other nonprofits are communicating in 2013? Want to see where the trends are? You can download your free copy of the 2013 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report now. The trends you'll find in this report come from an online survey of 1,435 nonprofits.

Is there anything more important than your brand? It's your face to the outside world. As far as what you need to know to help shape your brand in 2013, Landor, the brand strategy firm responsible for creating the famous FedEx logo, saves us that trouble in their look ahead..

At this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the auto industry made gestures toward smarter navigation and entertainment systems, and streamlining the SUV category. NAIAS and the Consumer Electronics Show occur close together each year, and the connection between the two shows grows stronger as well.

With the New Year comes new predictions, and the same is true for social media in the business world. Many brands, both big and small, pour time and resources into the implementation of social media strategy to connect with audiences and manage communities. For example, at Cisco, we have more than 100 communities on social media channels.

Written in my Seattle Hotel and despatched to Tech Republic @ 10.5Mbit/s from coffee shop free wifi service. Here we are in a world that is far faster, chaotic, and reactionary than just five years ago. Where is it going in the long term? No one knows!