The Find: Got a complex business problem? Of course you have to run the numbers, but one author argues that you should also sit down with a pen and paper and spend some time doodling. The Source: An interview conducted by venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki with Dan...
The Find: The global middle class is set to more than double between 2000 and 2030 offering massive opportunities -- and massive challenges -- to managers at multinational companies. The Source: "The New Global Middle Class- Potentially Profitable but Also Unpredictable" in Knowledge @Wharton. ...
When Gallup asked Americans if the earth revolves around the sun, 79% said yes. Shocked that 21% disagreed? That lack of general knowledge may be alarming, but for folks in business it might be more shocking to know that more Americans believe big business is untrustworthy than have a...
You're not in the aviation or shipping business so you're not expecting the near record price of oil to have much of an impact on your business. That's a mistake, according to a number of respected news outlets today. Marketwatch.com is warning that everything from cosmetics...
Oil's nearing $100 a barrel, and despite the stronger than expected growth rate in the third quarter, business confidence is as low as it was when the economy was just climbing out of a recession in 2002. With so many worrying statistics and gloomy predictions, it's hard to know how...
Here at the BNET Intercom we've posted several times about the increasing tendency of marketers to target a multitude of products to specific market niches rather than aiming for broad appeal (among those posts is today's look at Nike's new shoes for Native Americans.) The result of all this niche...
Sometimes your business suffers from myopic strategy, poor planning or lax attention to detail. And sometimes your problems are simpler. Sometimes your business suffers because you're just plain exhausted, stressed or foggy-headed. What's to do? Simple but serious problems sometimes have simple, elegant solutions. This week, Men's Health is offering...
Many a management school professor has spent time studying Wal-Mart (we've even gotten into the act here on BNET.) But Wal-Mart has spent even more time studying the American consumer. The 280 million of us who shop there each year reveal through our purchases a treasure trove of information on...
What does a 'Made in the U.S.A.' label convey? Years ago the label appealed mostly to blue collar workers worried about the flight of manufacturing jobs overseas and those interested in trumpeting their down-home patriotism. No longer, reports the NY Times today. The label has new cachet. ...
Today Mattel announced the third recall of toys in five weeks, this time after lead was found in over 800,000 Barbie doll accessories. The discovery of the tainted toys comes through Mattel's internal investigation of suppliers. China is responding to this and other safety scandals by launching an international PR...
Fortune Magazine released its list of the 100 fastest growing companies today. Which glamorous company topped the list? Forget shiny tech products or innovative start-ups. The number one fastest growing company was online diet company NutriSystem. Fortune offers the company's expanding men's business and its ads featuring former NFL superstar,...
America in the 1880s was rife with scandals and shady business deals -- Charles Dickens railed against our counterfeiting, Germany banned our contaminated pork, an investigation in Boston found, among other crimes, milk bulked up with chalk. Does this sound vaguely familiar? In a fascinating article in...
This week Wal-Mart reported disappointing earnings for the second quarter and predicted more troubles to come, blaming its poor clothing and home decor products as well as higher energy prices and problems in the housing market for the subdued earnings outlook. Shares in the company promptly fell 5%. (For more...
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