Maybe 4 year old boys know something we don't. I've recently seen a few lads of this age run outside in the wee hours of the morning when the garbage trucks come and stare in exuberant wonder as...

So what if you're not the NBA in the Chinese market? (Not that NBA jerseys are flying off the shelves in China anyways). In southern China earlier this week, I had several conversations with locals about the domestic consumer market.

What do blankets with arm holes, robotic hamsters, and magnifying glasses have in common?  Imports of all of these products are WAY up for this holiday season.  Apparently, in America, it's important for people to stay cozy while maintaining mobility...

I've recently been reading a bit from IDEO founder, Tim Brown, on design thinking and the importance of prototyping in IDEO's design culture.  IDEO is one of the leading product innovation and design companies in the world. I posted the above video...

Hat tip to Michael Lamoureux of Sourcing Innovation for his post covering a recent article in Industry Week on Collaborative Innovation.  Let's start with the meat that gets everyone's mouth watering: Increase profits 15% to 20%. That's correct....

We're currently in the midst of several projects moving through the final design to tooling stages--a very iterative process in which companies are finalizing their product designs based on playing with prototypes, buyer/market feedback, and getting...

I saw an article in Business Week last week about Sony bringing in Executive Deputy President Yutaka Nakagawa, a proven cost-cutter, to reduce Sony's supply chain costs.  Over the next two years, the company is aiming to halve the number of its parts...