Archive for 'new product introduction' Category
CES is coming once again…
CES is less than two weeks away, and we’re expecting a strong emphasis on Health and Wellness this year. There’s a new and larger Digital Health Pavilion, where we will be exhibiting at booth 3031 in North Hall. (By the way that last link is worth clicking for the quite satisfying animation!). Also we’ll be taking [...]
Consumers showing growing appetite for health and wellness devices
A recent research report from IBM shows consumers are looking for information to help them lead healthier lives, and says that the corresponding market for devices that do this is relatively untapped. This trend explains why a slew of consumer product companies are looking to launch ‘health and wellness’ devices in the near future. As [...]
From Caffè Culture 2011
Yesterday Edd and myself visited the Caffe Culture show in London. It’s the largest coffee show in the UK and has a good variety of stands in everything from roasting equipment and espresso machines through to small foods suppliers and ancillary support companies. It’s good to see coffee machine innovation continuing. In the espresso machines [...]
Front End of Innovation, Boston day 1
Here in Boston, the first day of Front End of Innovation was an interesting mix of case studies, practical advice and book plugging. Much of the early session discussion was centred on how Social Media can help drive the innovation process. Dawn Lacallade of ComBlu told interesting stories from her time at Dell, and had wise [...]
Bathtub to Warehouse Tour continues to Cambridge University – Innovative Product Development Discussion Group
After taking the ‘Bathtub to Warehouse’ event to London twice in 2010 and to MIT in January we were delighted to make a ‘home’ appearance and bring ‘Bathtub to Warehouse’ to Cambridge, UK earlier this week. The event was part of the Enterprise Tuesday Programme organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at Cambridge University, [...]
Bathtub to Warehouse – innovative product development experts – on tour at MIT!
Braving the snow and the threat of freezing rain Duncan Smith and Ruth Thomson from the Consumer Team at Cambridge Consultants headed to MIT in Cambridge, MA to take our ‘Bathtub to Warehouse’ seminar on the next stage of its tour! ‘Bathtub to Warehouse’ is our name for an event where we explore how the product development [...]
CES is only two weeks away….
…. it seems hard to believe at the moment, as we prepare for a brief chance to enjoy taking consuming our products at Christmas, but in two weeks we’ll be setting up the stand for another exciting Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. As Rachel mentioned, we’ll be showing two of the innovative consumer products [...]
Our innovative consumer product developments hit the market – Christmas present anyone?
We are delighted that two of our product innovation projects have made it to market in recent months. The Q2 Cube radio is based on our Iona internet radio platform implemented in a really novel way; it’s got no dial, no buttons and no display. Instead you tip it, tilt it or roll it to [...]
IFA 2010 – The end is near for consumer products companies
I’ve been predicting the demise of the consumer products company for a while now. It doesn’t make a particularly happy message for most of our clients, who are indeed consumer products companies. But, the industry is changing and firms can’t rely on innovative consumer product developments alone any more. The focus on growth by selling [...]
IFA 2010 Friday – Anyone for green, 3D coffee?
First day of IFA today, and we seem to be on-trend with Kevin the frog peering out from our stand. He is promoting our Leapfrogging – Radical Eco-innovation process and seems very at home, with the smart home hall next door, and Philips, LG, Sharp, Samsung, Miele and Bosch Siemens all making announcements about their green eco-design initiatives today.
