Among the problems that must be solved by Burton Tansky, the chief executive of the Neiman Marcus Group, and R. Brad Martin, his counterpart at Saks Inc., are the rise of a younger, more casual generation, more interested in homes than clothes, and designers determined to present collections on their own terms.
Suddenly, a book featuring captivity, casual incest and generations of abuse in rural Virginia doesn't seem so improbable.
At the same time, Noble's Izzard-like associative skill and casual insightfulness can bridge generation gaps.
With the opening of fantastic low-key spots in off-piste neighborhoods, Paris has entered a new generation of casual fine dining.
What he thinks of as his generation's casual arrangements may not, in fact, be so different from another society's squalor.
Raised on Dockers and sweat pants and the slobfest that was Casual Friday, that same generation has now stampeded in the direction of an indestructible form of male armor: the suit.
The tastefully artsy Donaghy is an ethereal and drifting presence; Buena, tattooed and fierce, has one of the finest pop voices of her generation, a casual, streetwise husk; Buchanan's versatility is the essential bridge between them.
Possibly, but then multiplayer gaming existed long before Singstar, Eyetoy and the Wii came along, so it would be rash to suggest that it's some new phenomenon ushered in by the Wii generation of casual gaming.
Like few other movies before it, "Garden Party" makes you aware of the ravenous maw of the Internet when it comes to flesh peddling and how the unholy nexus of computers, reality television and pornography (both soft and hard core) has fostered a generation of casual exhibitionists for hire.
Short version: Nintendo's new DSi XL is aimed squarely at the older generation of casual gamers.
Traditional console players like Sony and Nintendo continue to be disrupted by the new platforms of Android and iOS, which are simultaneously cannibalizing audiences for older hardware platforms and expanding the market to a new generation of casual gamers.
