On February 18, 2010
Overstaffing and the Ant Fable
When you’re in a fast growing company, it’s more than possible to overhire and overstaff, filling in perceived gaps before they really are needed. Today I was emailed an amusing, if slightly over cutesy, fable about overstaffing that I thought…
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
Walgreen’s Duane Reade Acquisition Makes it King of New York
Walgreen, the national drugstore leader, is now taking New York City through the $1.1-billion acquisition of local dominant player Duane Reade.
No tags for this post.
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
Amazon’s eBook Share Shrinking, But the Pie is Growing
Analysts expect Amazon' share of the fast-growing eBook market to decline substantially in the next five years, due to the entry of Apple's iPad and a soon-to-be-launched Google eReader device.
No tags for this post.
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
HP Earnings: Product Sales Up, R&D Down, Strategy Dubious
HP sees hardware sales increase, service sales decrease, and R&D spending continue to drop.
No tags for this post.
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
Oreos For Everyone: Food Companies Target Emerging — and Less Obese — Markets For Growth
With a dragging U.S. recession and a population in which 67 percent of us are already eating too much, you have to wonder how food companies like Kraft (KFT) and General Mills (GIS) are going to find growth in their
…
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
Social Media 101
We are big fans of Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s, as evidenced by us naming their book Trust Agents the best Advertising & Marketing book of 2009 in the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards.
We’re also huge fans…
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
Consider These 8 Sources of Web Traffic
Over the last year or two, I've written a number of articles about different ways to get traffic to your website. Here is something of a compilation of these concepts. Obviously search engine optimization is an important component, but I'm…
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
How Allergan Targets Poor Aussie Teens and Aborigines for Experimental Weight-Loss Surgery
Allergan (AGN) is the focus of criticism that it is targeting poor teenagers and members of Australia's famously downtrodden indigenous population as experimental surgery subjects in testing of its Lap-Band obesity surgery device.
No tags for this post.
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
“Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Approach Won’t Rein In Runaway Healthcare Costs
Republican politicians, including Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, are prone to ignore the problems of the uninsured and Medicaid in their reform ideas. But the inability of these people to get access to care threatens to drag down the system.
…
- By admin 0 Comments View More
On February 18, 2010
R.I.P. Olympics Business Model, 1960-2010
It's time to declare the Olympics TV business model dead. But as consumers demand seeing events live, online, with fewer commercials, what will replace it?
No tags for this post.
- By admin 0 Comments View More