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  • The new frugal and greener consumer

    Trendwatching.com , an Amsterdam-based consumer trends analysing service, has included something called Econcierge in its outlook for 2009. This involves a new breed of less conspicuous consumers, straitened by the credit crisis or maybe feeling guilty for the wallops of cash that they made during the...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-19-2008

  • A drowning man will clutch onto anything

    A drowning man will grab hold of any floating debris - even a plastic bag made from standard-grade Chinese polyethylene (PE). Hence, last Friday a statement by Wang Tianpu led to a few days of excited speculation about the cancellation of several Chinese cracker projects . The president of Sinopec Corp...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-12-2008

  • Uncle Sam back from the dead?

    A very interesting report by McKinsey (you can sign up free for their online newsletter which only takes a minute) expands on the theme of reverse globalisation which I talked about last week. The cost of shipping a standard 40-foot container has tripled since 2000 and labour cost increases have risen...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-10-2008

  • Get off your backside!

    Click here for some positive thinking - Energy%20Carta%20Conference%20Executive%20Summary_general%20150808.pdf The Asian Energy Youth Summit - organised by the non-profit organisation Energy Carta - is an example of doing something about the climate-change challenge. Speakers at the event which takes...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2008
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