The Focus Group

Sloped toilets get workers back on the job in the UK, and a list of things people put in their bodies in 2019—and that's just Caught Your Eye! Pierre du Pont is our Business Birthday and the Boys in …

A new advert from the Chinese e-commerce website Tmall that includes a same-sex couple, has won widespread praise and been hailed as a small but significant win for China’s LGBT community. Google Map…

The Focus Group is back for another fun filled year. Oracle moves a convention out of San Francisco due to "poor street conditions" and “visual futurist” Syd Mead is remembered as part of Caught Your…

Delta Airlines employees have filed a class action suit against outfitter Lands' End. The lawsuit claims that wearing the uniforms caused skin rashes, headaches, fatigue and other problems. A study s…

Happy New Year from The Focus Group. Tim and John share their New Year's Resolutions and being positive and thankful seems to be the theme. First, an article in The New York Times offers 8 simple ide…

Intermittent fasting is in the news everywhere as the latest trend in healthy eating. Tim and John think about giving it a try. A feel-good story from Virgin Atlantic, and electric car drivers gettin…

A Focus Group Holiday Chat and Gift Guide

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from The Focus Group. Tim and John share some holiday traditions that they like, then share gift ideas for one another and…

Uber and Lyft drivers say they can tell within seconds whether you are a good passenger or not. Something to think about this holiday season when we tend to use a lot of car-sharing services. But fir…

Sunning the perineum is now a thing, and there was a cluster of deaths in the Star Trek franchise. There is still time to get that special man tailored bathroom products from www.Hawthorne.co. Use th…

A vegan has a beef with Burger King's Impossible Burger, and some legal minds agree. Advertised as vegan with 0% beef, the lawsuit claims it's cooked on the same grill as the beef products—so not 100…

Todd Evans introduces Tim and John to The Vibe Spray. The Vibe rids space of negative heaviness, replacing it with lighter, positive energy; all wrapped in a lovely top-note of Rose essential oil. Ge…

Unicorn, an e-scooter start-up, claims to have spent all of its funding on Facebook and Google ads leaving many who ordered the scooters for holiday gifts with no scooter and no $700 refund. But firs…

A listener letter from Don G. leads Tim and John to differ in a discussion regarding thin light type versus big bold type. Robert Adler, inventor of the TV wireless remote is our Business Birthday. …

One Japanese company is offering its non-smokers an extra six days of vacation annually to account for those who take smoking breaks. We like it. UPS employees go undetected for a decade smuggling dr…

A trend in the UK is finding more people foregoing giving things for Christmas and switching to baked goods and experiences instead. While we thought it was about commercialization, the reason these …

A dog in Florida supposedly placed a running auto in reverse and rode around in circles for almost an hour. Cute story, but we think the owner got out of the car without putting it in park and blamed…

A neighborhood association in Texas sends a letter to a homeowner asking them to remove their Christmas yard decorations until closer to the season—the family decorated the yard November 1st. Too soo…

Robert Norris, who portrayed the iconic Marlboro Man in commercials, died this week. Did you know that Marlboro was originally targeted to women before the rugged reboot in the 50's? Speaking of icon…