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Global Home & Away Trends

... that can be traced to the government’s relaxation of visa requirements for visitors, particularly from China and Southeast Asia, and the decline of the yen. While these measures made travel to Japan cheaper and easier—and boosted Japan’s economy in the process—the Japanese media have used the term “tourism pollution” to describe how lately tourists have “overrun” Japanese cities. - China: College Tourism - College-bound teens in China are responsible for the boom of the global ...

Innovation Marketing Tips

... advancements. This will help build create greater consumer trust and boost public knowledge, which can lead to greater adoption. Visa Visa has created 10 innovation centers around the world specifically designed to teach people about Visa's role as a payments technology company. As retailers increasingly offer contactless payment, these education spaces explain how the innovation works in simple ways and highlight the benefits, such as quicker shopping and the ability to be untethered by a bag or ...

The FUND-amentals

... app is connected to a Visa card that works much like a prepaid credit card. Parents can make transfers into their children’s Spriggy accounts both as routine payments (such as an allowance) or one-time payments (such as for special occasions). Children have the freedom to spend their money on their own as they see fit, however parents can track their children’s spending and lock the card if they have any concerns.Ernit Funded via a successful Kickstarter, Ernit attempts to make digital ...

Video Game Time

... experience, we expect to see new products and services from companies and brands, such as gaming lessons and training akin to little league programs, new tools and peripherals, vitamin supplements to improve reaction times, and even adjustments to government immigration rules to provide visas for pro gamers much as they do for pro athletes. The opportunities stretch far and wide because the sport is young and ripe for development. Brands that take the time to fully understand the needs of players and the ...

Off-Roading

... .William Paid allows Ys to build good credit without racking up debt by paying their rent through an online platform.SmarterBank’s online checking account filters cash-back rewards directly into users’ student debt.The Sallie Mae Cash Back Visa card lets people use their rewards to reduce their student loan balance. The website Ready For Zero lets college graduates manage their monthly expenses, including their credit card and student loan payments, in an online tracking system, and helps them ...

GPS (Global Positioning Success)

... hope for the future. Show them what a better world could look like and inspire them to bring about peace themselves. Google saw viral success with its ad “Reunion,” which depicts the tear-jerking story of two friends, now elderly, who finally reunite after being separated by the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition. While the partition remains a divisive issue among those affected by it, and strict visa procedures still prevent many from traveling across the border, the ad momentarily overshadowed the ...

The Protest Selfie

... by posting powerful selfies in which they’re holding handwritten messages about what they want from their country, all banded together via the #notamartyr hashtag.In protest of the government’s immigration bill that proposed a healthcare levy that would require at least £200 per year for international students and would grant landlords greater power to check visas, students and staff at the University of Sheffield in the UK took selfies with friends of different nationalities, along with a brief ...

POP Trends

... growing audience for arena gaming, the professional gaming leagues that participate in live tournaments are achieving new heights of public validation. The League of Legends eSports tournament was recognized as a professional sport by the US State Department, and foreign gamers are now awarded the same type of visa as traditional professional athletes. The game developer Wargaming.net has announced plans to invest $10M in eSports gaming tournaments moving forward. And the gamers already participating ...

Surprise & Delight

... unusual spacesAdidas celebrated the launch of its new Stan Smith collection with a pop-up-shop located in what appeared to be a life-sized shoebox. The short-lived retail space featured a 3-D printing machine for fabricating custom lace locks, as well as a digital ‘Stan Yourself’ station where shoppers could imprint their own visages on the sneakers’ tongues.Invite customers to participate in an artistic statementComedy Central’s Nathan Fielder (Nathan For You) opened a parody Starbucks store, called ...