While this past Sunday’s Grammy Awards featured plenty of exciting water-cooler moments—from finding out or telling someone who Bon Iver is to whatever Lady GaGa and Nicki Minaj Read More »

The 2011 Super Bowl was the most-watched program in American television history, and 2012′s is primed to break the record with legal streaming to computers and mobile devices Read More »

When you think of a national chain with 122 retail stores and $1.66 billion in sales, you probably don’t associate it with the words “community” or “sustainability.” But Read More »

While visiting Carsten Höller’s “Experience” exhibit at the New Museum, we noticed something far more interesting: a display in the front window designed by MakerBot Industries. MakerBot is Read More »

Over the last month in this series, we have attempted to offer up alternative strategies for rebranding Japan to the West. We have established a clear need for Read More »

While doing our holiday shopping this season, we noticed that alternative forms of payment are starting to make their way into consumers’ everyday lives. Macy’s was one of Read More »

2011 has been, to put it mildly, a challenging year—from revolutions in the Middle East to economic upheaval in the EuroZone to natural disasters in Japan, people around Read More »

CScout’s CEO Florian Peter was featured in the latest issue of Business Punk, a modern business-lifestyle magazine from Germany. The article “Das Geschaeft mit der Zukunft” (The Futures Read More »

Over the weeks since posting the first in this series, we have had chance to speak and gauge reactions from a number of different people working in various Read More »

Last month, CScout hosted the first annual LaFutura in New York. Designed to unite professionals from the trend research, futures, and innovation consulting industry, the summit was an Read More »