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Menu trends analyst Nancy Kruse and NRN senior food and beverage editor Bret Thorn revisit the ‘year of the menu mic drop’ 
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Weathernews INC. (Head Office: Mihama-ku, Chiba City; President and Representative Director: Chihito Kusabiraki; hereafter referred to as "Weathernews") and Toyota Motor Corporation (Head Office: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture; Representative Director: Akio Toyoda; hereafter referred to as "Toyota") began a verification test in Tokyo, Osaka, and Aichi on November 1, 2019 in which the conditions of roads and their surroundings are ascertained using the operating status of windshield wipers, as well as weather data. This is part of a joint research effort to increase the accuracy of weather observation and forecasts, and improve driver safety using Weathernews' weather data and the vehicle data obtained from Toyota's connected vehicles.
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Innovation at the Verge
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The ‘easy’ years of customer experience are behind us. Yes, we’ve seen truly spectacular changes in service levels in the past two decades, but I foresee even bigger challenges in the next ten years.
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In a “first-of-its-kind” pilot, travellers can now order food from the airport’s restaurants and have it delivered to their gate…
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Workplace issues that kept business leaders awake at night in 2019 are sure to cause more angst in 2020.
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For every robot bartender that robotics company Makr Shakr sells, it pledges that it will fork over a $1,000 monthly stipend to a select person in a field likely to be impacted by automation. How exactly will it work? These are the details of the scheme as we understand them.
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Interesting trend in itself with an even more interesting HR twist.
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The Chinese have been using AI, predictive policing, social credit monitoring, and other technology to throw people into 'vocational training ... Via Joel Barker
Joel Barker's curator insight,
December 3, 2019 1:01 PM
Powerful example of technology being used for bad reasons, Technology is neutral, Tech users add the values. JB
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Sidewalk Labs, a sister company of Google, has a wildly ambitious plan for Toronto’s waterfront. But concerns about Big Tech and privacy are only growing.
James Schreier's insight:
I posted one of the original stories about this project -- mostly the positives about this new "future." Here's the other side -- and the important point that both the positives and negatives of these ideas should be explored
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Lawsuit first shot in expected battle with environmentalists over push to go all-electric to stave off climate change
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I've posted multiple stories from the restaurant/food sources because I see it as a great source of ideas, innovations, customer responses with applications of AI, delivery, apps, etc. But here's another interesting issue that lands the industry into the middle of a controversial environmental issue.
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Amazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster. It'll spend more than $35 billion on shipping costs this year, more than twice what it spent two years ago.
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Important because it's Amazon -- but equally important because of the implications it has for competition.
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San Francisco-based firm releases hospitality predictions including Food Trend of the Year and Cuisine of the Year
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An interesting combination of specific items and broader trends.
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Poki Time is closing its three brick and mortar stores to become delivery-only “hubs”
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This is fascinating -- identifies some of the key aspects of tracking emerging trends, thinking about the implications (Interrogating) -- possibilities and alternatives!
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When it comes to their customers, retailers are racing to implement technologies to track their customers wherever they shop, either at the stores or online. In our recent free personalizing the customer journey research paper we highlighted all the different ways that retailers plan to track you by the end …
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Both interesting and prompts the question: What are the implications of this clearly emerging trend?
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Organized retail crime affects almost all merchants and more than two-thirds of those surveyed have seen an increase in the past year, according to th
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A very negative trend for retailers -- and shoppers!
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NRN editors weigh in on what restaurants can expect in the year ahead from menu development to delivery to sustainability.
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The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years.
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Interesting, disturbing -- does it need to be better understood?
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“The difference was statistically significant. In addition, you are almost 50% more likely to find an outstanding restaurant while on a street compared to when you are on an avenue,”
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Interesting from several perspectives -- data, planning...
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Olo and Pilot Brands Experiment with In-Car Ordering Trial
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A new process has been developed that mixes recycled plastic bottles with ground-up asphalt from existing roads to re-pave them without adding new asphalt to the mix. Best of all, the resulting pavement is actually stronger than the original hot mix.
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This subject has fascinated me for a long time -- in part because of miles driven -- wondering why innovation hasn't yet come to road construction. Here's one developing...
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Welcome to 2020 … well, almost. For a very long time, 2020 seemed to be in some mythical Orwellian future. Not anymore. As we step into the third decade of the 21st century, there are a few things we can anticipate with confidence. The next 12 months will be characterized by uncertainty, driven by theRead More
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As we approach the end of 2019, it’s time to take a look at key B2B marketing trends that will…
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You’ve heard the mantra a million times: rising numbers of consumers now prioritize experiences over objects.
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Yup, you heard me right. Things Are Changing, Changing, Changing… On this blog. In your world. Everywhere around you. Change is constantly happening. You cannot stop change. You can only try to hold off change for so long before it overcomes you. That’s okay. You and I need to learn how to be okay with …
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Everything in this great post explains the reasons for our T.I.P.S. Tracking program.
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The Miami-based Reef Technology parking facilities company is launching Reef Kitchens: a hub for delivery-only ghost kitchens
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Interesting: "ghost kitchens" plus parking lots = ???
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Regular readers know the score, but the secret to watching trends is to relentlessly ask yourself: which innovations are raising expectations among our customers? Are we well-placed to ride the following wave?
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The innovation is interesting -- but the highlighted note is a very relevant example that is identical to what we speak about in the T.I.P.S. Tracking program -- monitoring -- interrogation!!!
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An important part of monitoring trends is following what happens to them as they appear -- and as they continue, change, or...