James Forr

billow926 / Unsplash Thanks to Jerry Olson for sharing this article about the gentrification of thrift stores.In short, it has become fashionable for people who are relatively well-off to shop…

Our perceptions are not etched in stone. For example, at no point in history would anyone have considered addressing the US Congress while wearing a sweatshirt. But, in December, Ukrainian President…

 UK retailer John Lewis is known for its annual holiday ads. Those ads boast somewhat of a cult following in their home country – and in advertising circles, for that…

What is with the Liver King?Cultural theorist Matt Klein suggests it is no coincidence that a guy who promotes a carnivore diet is popular now, in a time when meat…

What is the future of crypto and how does it recover from the FTX debacle and other recent dramatic implosions?Jerry Olson shared an article in Fast Company that critiques crypto…

The quirky 2021 documentary, The Automat, recalls an interesting slice of Americana.  In the film, Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell, and others recall growing up on the East Coast and…

John Long, formerly the executive creative director at Ogilvy and now in the same role at LG’s in-house agency, is an entertaining and insightful advertising critic.He has a thread going on Twitter called…

Here is life imitating art.Thanks to Olson Zaltman friend-of-the-family Nancy Cox for calling my attention to a partnership between the dating app Bumble and the Apple TV+ hit show, Ted Lasso. Bumble has…

It’s election season, so here is a branding lesson from President William Henry Harrison. If you know him at all, it is probably as the dude who caught pneumonia during his inauguration…