Microtrends 小趋势
分類: 图书,进口原版书,经管与理财 Business & Investing ,
作者: Mark Penn著
出 版 社: 艺洲
出版时间: 2009-6-1字数:版次: 1页数: 608印刷时间:开本: 32开印次: 1纸张:I S B N : 9780446536431包装: 平装内容简介
From "Soccer Moms," the legendary swing voters of the mid-1990s, to "Late-Breaking Gays" such as former Gov. Games McGreevey (out at age 47), Burson-Marsteller CEO (and campaign adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton) Penn delves into the ever-splintering societal subsets with which Americans are increasingly identifying, and what they mean. For instance, because of "Extreme Commuters," people who travel more than 90 minutes each way to work, carmakers must come up with ever more luxury seat features, and "fast food restaurants are coming out with whole meals that fit in cup holders." In a chapter titled "Archery Moms?", Penn reports on the "Niching of Sports": much to the consternation of Major League Baseball, "we don't like sports less, we just like little sports more." The net result of all this "niching" is "greater individual satisfaction"; as Penn notes, "not one of the fastest-growing sports in America... depends substantially on teamwork." Penn draws similar lessons in areas of business, culture, technology, diet, politics and education (among other areas), reporting on 70 groups ("Impressionable Elites," "Caffeine Crazies," "Neglected Dads," "Unisexuals," "America's Home-Schooled") while remaining energetic and entertaining throughout. Culture buffs, retailers and especially businesspeople for whom "small is the new big" will value this exercise in nano-sociology.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
目录
Introduction
1. Love, Sex,and Relationships
Sex-Ratio Singles
Cougars
Office Romancers
Commuter Couples
[nternet Marrieds
2. Work Life
Working Retired
Extreme Commuters
Stag-at-Home Workers
Wordy Women
Ardent Amazons
3. Race and Religion
Stained Glass Ceiling Breakers
Pro-Semites
Interracial Families
Protestant Hispanics
Moderate Muslims
4. Health and Wellness
Sun-Haters
3D-Winkers
Southpaws Unbound
DIY Doctors
Hard-of-Hearers
5. Family Life
Old New Dads
Pet Parents
Pampering Parents
Late-Breaking Gays
Dutiful Sons
6. Politics
Impressionable Elites
Swing Is Still King
Militant IIIegals
Christian Zionists
Newly Released Ex-Cons
7. Teens
8. Food, Drink, and Diet
9. Lifestyle
10. Money and Class
11. Looks and Fashion
12. Technology
13. Leisure and Entertainment
14. education
15. international
conclusion
Acknowledgments
Sources
Index