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From what’s going on in the marketplace to what’s going on in the world. Here are 14 inspired predictions for 2013 from the d.trio staff – ranging from business to pop culture. How do they match up with yours?
Jordan
Serious
Tablets and laptops will finally find a way to coexist; a viable hybrid will enter the market in 2013.
Crazy
Justin Bieber reveals he is a Canadian spy and has been using his popularity to extract crucial U.S. secrets from C.I.A. fans.
Maureen
Serious
Apple will regain its status as the worlds most valuable company with the introduction of an amazing new product that we do not yet know we need.
Crazy
Reality shows will nose dive as we realize that we need much more fiction and much less reality.
Sheryl
Serious
Marketing budgets and property values will increase.
Crazy
Tensions will develop between the United States and Great Britain as battles erupt over media and merchandising competition for Kim Kardashian’s baby and the new royal baby.
Beth
Serious
Design firms and designers will continue to become more and more responsible for problem solving and proposing solutions, rather than just executing within traditional boundaries.
Crazy
The reflective, gradiented bevel technique will finally die. Hooray!
Fred
Serious
Apple will rediscover it’s “core” and restore its stock value.
Funny
Jesse Ventura will announce he’s making a run for the 2016 presidency.
Tina
Serious
No more one-off projects — campaigns are the thing this year. It’s is a “must” to incorporate multi-channel marketing to reach your audience, using traditional and new with synchronized messaging.
Funny
For all the foodies, this is the year of the bacon wrapped bacon. In the exercise world, treadmill rollerblading will be in every gym soon…be a trendsetter in your gym and try it first!
Andrey
Serious
BlackBerry will jump back into the Smartphone competition with a new phone/announcement.
Funny
An app will be created for your car that allows you to drive it through your iPad.
Megan
Serious
Marketers will need to rely more and more on original content creation and really good researchers and writers will therefore be hard to find. Jobs in the writing and marketing technology categories will grow in 2013.
Crazy
Politicians will learn to work together and figure out a compromise that stabilizes our economy creating healthy job growth and low inflation.
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