https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6 Can you spot a societal trend that helps identify a new product? en-us 2017-09-07 20:13:24 UTC 2017-09-07 20:33:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693703 For the six trends that were listed Uber is a service that uses the just in time trend by it being a service that allows the user to instantly obtain a ride to wherever they want to go.]]> 2017-09-07 20:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693703 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693736 Patagonia is widely known as a clothing and outdoor apparel/equipment company. They have recently introduced a new product line. It is called Provisions. The line includes organically sourced food that is made with fair trade practices. The line has beef jerky, beans, salmon, and other foods. This product line is connected with trend 4: In Search of "Enoughness". Patagonia emphasizes that food be produced with as little impact on the environment as possible. They are also trying to convince people to change their bad habits and eat healthy. This push is to promote fitness as well as conservation. ]]> 2017-09-07 20:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693736 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693776 This would correspond to the 5th trend because it is related to the virtual economies. This product allows users to connect their smart phone to the headset and wander around "in the game".]]> 2017-09-07 20:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693776 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693792 Co-Creation, a lot of companies are offering the addition of monogramming their products. From water bottles to shoes to sweaters. ]]> 2017-09-07 20:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185693792 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694070 Trend 4: In search of "Enoughness"
Giving a simpler life by delivering food for you to make]]> 2017-09-07 20:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694070 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694157 Are a just in time product, they mainly had connected headphones but they saw a trend in the wireless headphone market and produced their own after they bought Beats]]> 2017-09-07 20:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694157 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694161 For example, Toyota manufacturing plants are a means of meeting customer demand with minimum delays. Toyota realized that this segment would only work if everyone in the organization was involved and committed to it.  ]]> 2017-09-07 20:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694161 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694318 Trend #4 focused on less plastic waste.]]> 2017-09-07 20:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694318 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694551 For example, Amazon's whole foods acquisition allows you to buy food online. Trend #1: Just in Time]]> 2017-09-07 20:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694551 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694886 In a variety of formats, there is a growing market for products that help locate things you have lost, misplaced or is simply too far away to get a hold of easily. For example, there are apps that help locate your car if you are in the intercity or a large parking lot.]]> 2017-09-07 20:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694886 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694953 The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices. Trend #5]]> 2017-09-07 20:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185694953 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185695480 Bitcoin is a type of digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank. This is an example of Trend 4: Virtual Made Real.]]> 2017-09-07 20:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185695480 https://padlet.com/SB_teaching/t24pilu0o6v6/wish/185695882 As the minimum wage continue to raise in some states more fast food restaurants are converting to using kiosks to do the work for employees. This trend would be a virtual made real because taking something from a virtual world and bringing it to life. Less jobs and more efficient than actual people working.

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