Monthly Archives: December 2008

I’m getting worried about Nike.

By DavidSCohen | Published: December 23, 2008
I’m getting worried about Nike. A little holiday shopping led to this observation: There’s too much Nike at Nordstrom’s (hey I don’t spend all my time at Walmart). While Julie tried on shoes it occurred to me that Nike is proving that it is possible to over-emphasize the new. They are competing as a fashion […]
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Cool hunting in a recession

By DavidSCohen | Published: December 19, 2008
In my last post I left off as I sped on my way to Walmart with a short, but important shopping list. Well, sped isn’t the right word. I kind of puttered around a bit and eventually got around to it. The problem was the list. There wasn’t a sexy thing on it. Nothing to […]
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Diapers are recession-proof

By DavidSCohen | Published: December 19, 2008
Diapers are recession-proof.  Even cat diapers. Yes I’m a cat person.  It may not be macho, but there it is.  I could blame the girlfriend, but it would be a fib. I’m a bona fide cat person, and these days, I’m afraid to say, I am cat-with-diapers person.  It’s a drag.  Trixie, is quite old […]
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Twitter goes mainstream – will it survive?

By DavidSCohen | Published: December 18, 2008
Just an observation: Twitter is in the the process of “crossing the chasm”.   Once accused of being the playground of narcissists and navel-gazers, the popular micro-blogging service is now going mainstream.  How do I know?  Well a few months back I used Twitter’s contact feature to see if there were any Twitter users in my […]
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