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Virtually every category of consumer is spending less on physical products and more on non-physical ones such as digital products, online education, and personal experiences.

Entrepreneurs developing senior-focused products.  Are museums paying enough attention to this demographic?

...consumer product companies that have relied on developing new features, improved customer service and product innovation to drive growth, now see a future where competitive advantage will be based on the customer experience. What of museums in this environment?

Axiva Sichem Biotech manufactured high quality air vent filters and inline filters. These are offered at feasible price. We serve our clients with best quality products to ensure that each and every unit of product is primal quality standard.

moveable furniture...small spaces for thinking...areas that promote collaboration...lighting...silents...plants

The world according to the Extrapolation Factory, a group of New York designers using a mixture of expert reports and crowd-sourcing to create products anywhere from 10 to 10,000 years in the future.

Cafes, then, are both a product of modernity and, through the space they provide for new ideas to develop, a driver of modernity.

When we went from a production economy to an information economy, the asset of physical strength was no longer valued. It became a knowledge economy-the single advantage that men have over women, which is strength, was no longer a defining job necessity.

it is estimated that 70% of all new product innovation is based on materials with new or improved properties.

"transmedia" productions are being designed to engage viewers by crossing the boundaries between screen, phone, and tablets and turn viewers into players. "if they are successful, it will open a new channel for media that can stand alongside movies, television, musci and books." 

"Purpose" is emerging as a powerful new driver of attraction, retention, and productivity. on average, 57 percent of respondents (64 percent Germany, 58 percent US, 48 percent UK) said they would favor joining an organization that has a clearly defined Purpose. Moreover, an average of 65 percent of respondents claimed that Purpose would motivate them to go the 'extra mile' in their jobs and 64 percent claimed it would engender a greater sense of loyalty towards the organization they work for.

big data can help businesses offer much more precisely tailored products or services through an ever-narrower segmentation of customers lots of data points in this article

72 percent of firms that give their staff flexibility over where and when they work say there is a direct link to greater productivity

This kind of "third space" is really a workplace that is not home and not a coffee shop.  Alternative workspaces that draw people out of the homes and give them more and better access to workplace amenities can help people be more productive and create community.

A new program prints folded shapes to achieve large finished products that move like fabric

Interesting commentary from some who have tested Google Glass. Overall, it seems that GG is not as close to being able to be a widespread consumer product as the hype might have us believe.

If this is true, do museum stores have an obligation to stock more American-made products?

An amazing array of materials.  For example, Ecor is a 100% USDA-certified bio-based material composite that ...transforms abundant, low cost cellulose fiber resources such as paper, newsprint, cardboard, or agricultural fibers into finished products. Ecor is both a flexible and durable material with a variety of potential applications across multiple industries, including interior design, exhibition design, theater, arts and crafts, and packaging.