Businesses are using the powert of the internet and sites like pinterest to increase sells. A pinterest board with real people wearing a company's clothes will be repinned and show where the outfits were bought. It makes online shopping seem more real

This article talks about how a business that sells makeup, something you inherently want to do in person to get just right, has found a place in the digital market.

I think Jackthreads does an amazing job of targetting their audience. It's an app for men in their 20s-30s that shows popular clothing items and provides the ease of buying from a phone. It's quick and doens't overwhelm anyone with too many options

We've all seen it: ads that show up on your side bar of some product you just googled 10 minutes ago. This is the age of digital advertising and businesses pay big money to target you in that way.

This article pen points the differences of a retail experience from just five years ago to now

It's interesting to see how these windows change from year to year reflecting its audience. This year, high tech was defintely a trend.

I think Netflix was the biggest game changer in the movie world. They're company was the first and one of the only to offer you movies instantly. We're a very "instantaneous" want it now kind of generation and Netflix fills that idea

The internet has really taken over the retail world. I grew up walking to BlockBuster on the weekends and getting a couple of movies for the weekend, now I just log onto Netflix and can watch instantly

Article that shows how the job market decline also has a tremendous effect on even big businesses like walmart and the likes.

E commerce is the thirds highest of consumer markets. I thought it was funny that baby clothes were amongst the highest in items bought.

The examples listed in this article are my favorite types of advertising. I love when a company makes their campaign into some type of art display. I think if they do that to, I am more likely to dig in and see what their message is. Thus, more likely to buy their product.

I had to read past the opinion of this article. (Writer doesn't seem to like advertising much) But I was able to find many truths in it. It talks about the way we now receive ads. Many times without even noticing it. It's on our favorite tv shows, movies, etc. It's also wonderful events that are put on for the community, and then sponsered by "so and so" company. This article does pinpoint just how advertising is everywhere and how it's being shown.

I hate facebook ads. There are about 5 completely random ones on a page, but then their is that one of something you googled about 10 minutes ago or even last week. It's pretty creepy, but I also hate to admit that it works. A bike keeps popping up on my facebook ads side bar, and I really may break down and buy it if I see it again.

This article is talking about how advertising is striving to make brand more human. Social media has been a game changer. But so has the way we advertise. Commercials try to pull on our heart strings first and then introduce us to the product that their selling

In a way the onion has promoted receiving real answers to news story by reading their fake interpretations. It's witty and cringe worthy comedy and one of the top read medias by 20 somethings. They also come up with completely random stories that are often an opinion on our culture. The writers actually have to understand the true stories first to come up with the satire. I argue that the onion is great and if a story is just biting enough, I'll go look up the true story it was based off of.

Here's some insight in how marketers use social media. You notice things like a company will reply to a tweet, but I never knew the extent of how closely they follow these conversations. And then come up with the right answer with respect to the brand and who they are tweeting at.

Buzzfeed is huge among 20 somethings. Not a day goes by that I don't see a buzzfeed article on my newsfeed. They know how to reach their target audience. We like gifs, a fair amount of wit, something short and to the point, and something that's opinionated. Buzzfeed has nailed it.

Advertising made its made to Vine this last year. A lot of times they're pretty funny videos to watch. It's a cheap (free) for of advertising and if it's funny that a plus.....if not, well it was only 5 seconds.

Here are some of the top product placements. I thought they were really witty, especially Colbert's that was listed. Advertising has always targeted celebrities, but I can appreciate when they are willing to do something totally out there, even making fun of their brand.

Almost all news story are learned about through the internet, usually a social media account. It's has a quick response time. A tweet is short and to the point and kind of the way our culture likes to hear about things.