Published on: January 20, 2011
“Content Guy” Kevin Coupe has some thoughts this morning about sentiments that retailers should never bring to the competitive arena.- KC's View:
Published on: January 20, 2011
“Content Guy” Kevin Coupe has some thoughts this morning about sentiments that retailers should never bring to the competitive arena.Published on: January 20, 2011
The New York Times this morning reports that Walmart plans to unveil later today a five-year plan “to make thousands of its packaged foods lower in unhealthy salts, fats and sugars, and to drop prices on fruits and vegetables.”Published on: January 20, 2011
Published on: January 20, 2011
Fortune is out with its annual “Best Companies To Work For” list, and among those making the grade this year are retailers such as Wegmans (#3), Zappos (#6), Nugget Market (#8), Stew Leonard’s (#18), the Container Store (#21), Whole Foods (#24), Quik Trip (#34),Publix (#67), Nordstrom (#74), and Starbucks (#98).Published on: January 20, 2011
Bloomberg has a story suggesting that “US investors should welcome, not fear, climbing commodity prices,” quoting Nariman Behravesh, a former Federal Reserve officials and current chief economist at consultants IHS, as saying that commodity cost increases are “largely a reflection of the fact that the pace of economic growth, particularly in the U.S., hasPublished on: January 20, 2011
A couple of interesting football-and-food related stories this morning...Published on: January 20, 2011
United Press International reports that a Canadian company, Mood Media, “is developing scents aimed at keeping customers inside businesses longer, giving them more time to spend money.” The company “has already developed scents called ‘Lotus Flower’ and ‘Enchanted Apple’ and is working with over 20,000 shops in Britain to boost their sales,” according to the story, which goes on, “The company is also working with shops in Britain to help them use sound as well as visual media, to boost sales.”Published on: January 20, 2011
• Shine, an online magazine from Yahoo!, has an interesting piece on what consumers looking for bargains should and should not buy at Whole Foods, suggesting that value-driven shoppers should skip its selection of conventional fruits and vegetables, the entire meat counter, and the HBC department.Published on: January 20, 2011
• Daymon Worldwide announced that Ed Wright, a longtime senior executive with the company, has been named President and COO of its North American Brokerage.Published on: January 20, 2011
We got into a discussion yesterday of the growing acceptability of tattoos, and I commented: