For full effect.. this post should be read whilst listening to Morrisey singing ‘The more you ignore me, the closer I get’ The More You Ignore Me… The recent case from Brasil of the Brastemp customer who created his own one man social media campaign against the company for their poor level of service and [...]

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What are those products and shopping moments that you just don’t want to share with anyone else – inside or outside of social media???? I keep reading so many articles about Recommender Culture and the role Social Influencer Media is having on consumer behaviour I had to retaliate – lest ye forget – dead fish [...]

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I dont know about you but it seems like a long long time ago that the World Cup finished. Just about enough time for us to start to feel nostalgic and forgive Dunga, Rooney and Ronaldo for ruining the months of June and July… OK maybe not. It is however an apt time to announce [...]

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There is some fascinating literature about Dirt as a metaphor for Social Distancing – Susan Sontag’s work specifically. I spotted this at a bus stop today and was wondering if this is part of the Cidade Limpa / Clean City campaign and more importantly … whether anyone actually believes that a clean city is a [...]

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an interesting story taken directly from ther Guardian newspaper last week about how mobile companies are targetting residents of the periferia in Rio “When Alan Roberto Lima was growing up in Vila Aliança, a notoriously violent favela on the western outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, only the community’s elite could afford mobile phones. “The bandits [...]

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Cellular owners in Brazil pay more for the use of their mobile telephone than any other country in the world. The data comes from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). According to the criterion of Purchasing Power Parity (PCC), which has reference to the price of a basic package offered by the operators – which includes [...]

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As noted frequently on this blog, recent years have seen the expansion of the middle class (Classe C) in Brazil. At the end of 2008, this “slice” has already totaled 53.8% of the population, according to research from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), which, with a greater purchasing power, began to consume more and helped [...]

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International Women’s Day yesterday saw the annual collection of articles across the Americas about the role of women in society. In Brazil, Folha de Sao Paulo reported the findings of a number of different studies which emphasise the implications  the changing position of women in society, the workplace and within families and the household.  Increasingly [...]

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This weeks Veja magazine has devoted a large segment to a report on today’s Brazilian youth. Whilst the report contains some interesting background and insight on young people – much of which relates to trends observable in young middle class people (not just limited to teenagers) across the globe the general tone of the piece [...]

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