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.

There is no doubt that methods of finding suppliers are shifting.  Thomas Global Register (online), recently closed its doors and will discontinue publishing IEN, a magazine it has published since the Great Depression Era.  While the company cites...

The video above is the story of William Kamwamba, a young man born in Malawi, one of Africa's poorest nations, who pieced together a windmill from scrap parts at the age of 14 (from Wired Magazine's Teen's DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New...

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....