K-pop Smartphones. Cars. Now South Korean pop music is a global export, with cute performers, catchy beats & elaborate choreography. Population of 51m is world’s 8th-largest recorded-music market, by sales. 2012 Gangnam Style video was 1st to surpass 1bn, then 2bn, views on YouTube. Guessed the Word? Series 10 (8/8) [photo: Public_Domain_Photo]
Red tape A bonfire of red tape would reduce the burden of regulation on law-abiding firms, and level the playing field against those who never play by the rules. Guessed the Word? Series 10 (7/8) [photo:manolofranco]
Attention The average person’s attention span is now 8 seconds; shorter than that of a goldfish. A “dopamine loop” starts when we seek something online, we feel a “reward” when we find it, then crave the next hit Guessed the Word? Series 10 (6/8) [photo:stux]
Hemline index Women’s skirts get shorter in an upturn, but revert to more conservative lengths when things aren’t so good. George Taylor’s 1920s economic measure still holds up Guessed the Word? Series 10 (1/8) [photo: Alba_Benavides]
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 10 starts soon. 1st letter of each post Title (in a Series) spells a business word (spelt correctly, backwards, jumbled up or as an anagram). Previous answers: Series 9 spelt B-U-G-T-E-D (BUDGET) Series 8 spelt R-A-T-E-D (TRADE) Series 7 spelt P-A-L-N (PLAN) Series 6 spelt D-F-A-R-U (FRAUD)…
Drive Half of Saudi Arabia’s 32m population permitted to drive from Jun 2018. Vehicle demand, taxi services, immigration, advertising & fashion will change Guessed the Word? Series 9 (3/6) [photo: Robert_z_Ziemi]
Emoji Emoji is one of the fastest growing languages. Doesn’t discriminate against age, accent, colour, culture, gender, race, syntax. Most popular 2016 emoji was ♥ Guessed the Word? Series 9 (5/6) [photo: DWilliams]
Tax Window tax reshaped British architecture in the 18th century. Abolishing Inheritance tax impacted Australia’s death rate, as people clung to life in 1979. The only certainty in life and death is tax. Guessed the Word? Series 9 (6/6) [photo: Toa Heftiba]
Gender Mx (pronounced “Mix”), the gender-neutral title, now on official UK documents. Unilever removing gender stereotypes from its marketing of €8m per year. Will impact global advertising. Guessed the Word? Series 9 (4/6) [photo:injanuary]
University Britain has 7 of the world’s top 30 universities, but none have the commercial focus of Harvard. Britain hasn’t created a tech giant like Apple, Amazon, Facebook or Google Guessed the Word? Series 9 (2/6) [photo: vloveland]