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- 5 Things Borders Is Finally Learning
- Borders had a tough fourth quarter, announcing a 14.2 percent decline in music sales, flat book sales and the chain's towering $554 million debt looming over all. And now they're "exploring strategic alternatives," never a good sign. You might blame the standard "Americans don't read" whinge, but...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Loss Leaders: An Indirect Empirical Test
- We apply an indirect method to test for the extent of loss leader pricing. Specifically, the extent of loss leader pricing should increase with the profit from other regularly-priced items (loss leader scope). Bookstores customarily use bestsellers as loss leaders. Among conventional bookstores, we found that the bestseller discount systematically...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Download E-Books Straight to Your BlackBerry with Mobipocket Reader
- If you're a BlackBerry owner who likes to read, here's great news: The new version of Mobipocket Reader for BlackBerry lets you download e-books directly to your device. Or, to put it another way, it's like having a bookstore in your pocket. For those unfamiliar with it,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities
- Any entrepreneurial venture requires a great deal of hard work, patience, dedication, etc. Looking for an easy way is just setting up to be taken. Article examines on how to look for opportunities. It's available in paperback from local bookstore and suggests appropriate strategies for taking advantage of what to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Sales as Seduction.
- It's probably a bit too early in the day for this conversation, but here goes. The other evening my wife and I were talking about our respective days. For some reason, I got talking about the concept of "consultative" sales, where you ask questions, discover needs,...
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- One online bookstore take a different path
- This article focus on online shopping that give a new path to the customers. In the mid 90s, two booksellers set up shop online. Just a few years later, their business models couldn't be more different. In the mid 90s, before "e-commerce" was a household word, an online bookseller appeared...
- White papers 2000-05-03
- It's Not Too Late To Learn!: Three Easy Steps To Choosing
- After surveying the growing pile of bills, papers, and photos, you have decided that something has got to change. You understand that you need to learn some solid time management skills, and you wander into the nearest bookstore in search of a cure-all for what ails your schedule. Of course,...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- How To Choose A Time Management Class
- After surveying the growing pile of bills, papers, and photos, you have decided that something has got to change. You understand that you need to learn some solid time management skills, and you wander into the nearest bookstore in search of a cure-all for what ails your schedule. Of course,...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Effective And Easy Time Management Techniques
- So - no surprise - we're getting bombarded with guides to manage the time more efficiently. Visit any bookstore and you will find dozens (maybe hundreds) of titles with "time" in the title. Surf the Internet for "coach" and you'll soon learn the truth: more people hire coaches for time...
- White papers 2007-10-09
- Are You Experienced? - Music licensing for the Uninitiated
- The article is refers to music licenses. The CSR who called works for one of the three major performing rights organizations, ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC, which license performance rights for most of the music copyright holders in the United States (and represent foreign copyright holders as well). These organizations, which...
- White papers 2002-05-30
- Writes The Book On Success In Falmouth, MA
- What do a librarian, a nurse, and a microbiologist know about running a business? In the case of one New England family, not much, and they were the first to admit it. Yet a lack of experience didn't quell Carol Chittenden's determination to open a children's bookstore with her parents....
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- Strategic Audit: Barnes & Noble
- This article explains the strategic analysis and international management of Barnes & Noble. Barnes & Noble is the largest bookstore chain in the world. This brand name has superior brand recognition, which is a key factor in attracting customers to both their brick and mortar stores and their website. Its...
- Case studies 2000-04-20
- Being the First to OWN the Market
- I get a lot of business plans sent by friends and acquaintances asking for my opinion and it almost seems like it is an unwritten rule of the business plan to list "first to market" as a competitive advantage. What a myth! Being first to market usually means that...
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- A Book-Selling World Gone Mad
- You usually have to scrabble around on the sale table and fend off other bargain hunters to find products discounted to the point where the retailer doesn't make a profit. In the case of the latest (and final) Harry Potter book, however, folks won't have to wait for the price...
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- A Reading List for a Human Workplace
- The pressure in the business world is intense. Global competition and uncertainty, combined with high Wall Street expectations, can drive managers to a single-minded focus on streamlining their teams to improve the bottom line. Yesterday, Gill Corkindale, in his "Letter from London" column for the Harvard Business...
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Prepping for the GMAT
- If I haven't yet convinced you that you need to prepare for this exam, let me be blunt: You MUST review. This is not a test you can bluff your way through. So where do you start? You have several options. You can sign up for a...
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- America the Spineless
- America's economic backbone is its infrastructure -- things like our interstate highway system, our airports, the Internet. Lately, the headlines are full of rickety bridges, traffic jams that suck up billions of work hours, and broadband penetration that barely ranks in the world's top 20. America's...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- 10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews
- 10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job InterviewsMissing mistakes at interviewsThe most annoying mistake Managers make at interviews is to fail to manage time. Interviews commonly run over time, leaving other applicants who have planned carefully to arrive promptly, with the feeling that the employer/process is dodgey. In the present competitive...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Preparing Different Types of Résumés
- Each of us has a different career history. Your particular job search and career goals are also unique. So which type of résumé will have the highest probability of getting you the interview that will lead to your perfect job?Keep in mind the following as you decide which type of...
- Articles 2007-04-20
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