Dec 1, 2011 | buy positively, Musings
Need new frames? Want to change the world? Look no further. David Gilboa and his Wharton School pals are redefining how businesses think about value. Warby Parker is “an unapologetically for-profit business with an ambitious social mission”. Learn more...
Nov 30, 2011 | buy positively, Musings
Do you ever wonder about where food in the grocery store comes from? Do you ever find yourself asking, I wonder how this grows? Or, I wonder how all these pomegranates got here? We live in a boundless food culture that refuses to be bound by seasons. Packaged food...
Nov 30, 2011 | buy positively, Musings
What a great way to recycle! Triggered by the financial crisis of 2008-09, in 2010 Droog began purchasing items from liquidation auctions—unused items that are functional yet for whatever reason left behind. Ranging from handkerchiefs to dog baskets and ceramic cups,...
Nov 29, 2011 | buy positively, Musings
Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2010 said it best when they helped introduce GoodGuide to the world – “Horizon Organic Milk has a worse environmental track record than Nesquik Strawberry Milk? Nature’s Gate Baby Soothing Shampoo is more toxic than Suave...
Nov 28, 2011 | buy positively, Musings
Slow Food aims to connect the happiness we feel from food with a promise to community and environment. And while the movement got its start way back in the late 80s, I’d argue that its message is thriving today more so than ever before. Today’s macro trends are...
Nov 25, 2011 | buy positively, Musings
Today, a Black Friday counterculture is rapidly evolving. Admittedly, I love a good deal and while a boost in consumer spending is hard to argue, being trampled in a Walmart is something I hope to never experience. To me Black Friday is a good day, but mostly because...
