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A (Mis)Match for Tough Times

Startup retailer LittleMissMatched mixes cute and savvy to grow sales 30 percent in the recession. The idea began as a joke: a few friends amusing themselves one night in 2003 by dreaming up ever more hopeless startup strategies. But...

Tags: Web, Brand, Retail Company, Sock, LittleMissMatched Inc., Branding, Marketing Research, Strategy, Marketing, Management, LittleMissMatched, Jonah Staw, Daniel Bell, Mismatched Socks, Lostmysock.com, Abby Ellin

Articles 2009-11-09

How to Get Ahead: Act with Urgency

What makes a great leader? A Sense of Urgency, says Harvard?s John P. Kotter. How do you distinguish between a real and a false sense of urgency? Behavior. With a false sense of urgency...

Tags: Marathon, Complacency, IBM Corp., Role Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations, GM, Kotter, leadership, management, BNET feature, urgency, Abby Ellin

Articles 2009-11-10

Fees Gone Wild: Why You're Paying More for Everything

Sneaky fees and hidden costs are popping up everywhere. But angry consumers may only have themselves to blame. Here's the truth about those hidden costs. With consumers demanding lower prices, businesses are seeking new ways to raise revenue, and have started charging separately for services...

Tags: Fee, Credit Card, Price, MoneyWatch, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, MoneyWatch Feature, Consumers in the Crosshairs, Paying More, Abby Ellin, Fees, Costs, Charges, Dennis Cauvier, Edward Dworsky, Xavier Gabaix, Resort Fees, Luggage, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, American Express, BAC, JPM, AXP

Articles 2009-10-08

Consumers in the Crosshairs

Americans are being nickel and dimed with a barrage of special fees and charges. Here?s why ? and what you can do about it.The fees are insidious, in part because they?re so small. A buck here, $3 there; it barely seems worth breaking a sweat over. But these additional charges...

Tags: Fee, MoneyWatch, Americans, Cable, Network Technology, Financial Services, ATM, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Finance, Feature, Consumers in the Crosshairs, Abby Ellin, Kathy Kristof, Fees, Costs, Charges, Resort Fees, Luggage, Overdraft, Authorization Holds, Banking, Banks, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, American Express, Wells Fargo, Chase, US Bank, Dennis Cauvier, Edgar Dworsky, Xavier Gabaix, Erik Weech, Mark Elliot, BAC, JPM, AXP, WFC, USB

Articles 2009-10-08