Trendwatch: Point and know

This brief article looks at how 'Point & Know' has developed over the past few years, and how marketers may be able to utilise it in the future.

Trendwatch: Point and know

David MattinTrendwatching.com

In a world that is caught in a relentless quest for the new and improved, it's easy to overlook the relevance of past trends. But trends don't simply spring into being and then disappear: they evolve, spawn sub-trends or combine with others to form hybrids. So it's always worth looking back to look forwards.

Take Point & Know. In February 2012, trendwatching.comhighlighted the rise of a new kind of instant, visual information search: that is, Point & Know consumers who point smartphones at anything to retrieve and find related information. Fast...

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