In Images: Kroger Marketplace Stakes Claim in Texas

On October 16, 2009

In Images: Kroger Marketplace Stakes Claim in Texas

Texans are supposed to like things bigger, and Kroger delivered last week, opening its first Lone Star State marketplace store in the form of a 125,000 square foot grocery and general merchandise combination outlet on the Grand Parkway in the Houston's Richmond suburb. The Houston area has been a hotbed of activity for Kroger’s Texas division, and the city itself just saw the launch of the retailer's first hybrid supermarket/gourmet store on Buffalo Speedway. Marketplace is something different, though. The store pairs food and a major presentation of general merchandise that highlights home goods but casts the conspicuous sparkle of jewelry as well. Kroger has worked with Ashley Furniture in its marketplace operations. By so doing, it has been able...


On October 16, 2009

Desperate Vendors Overbuild PCs for Windows 7?

Eric Savitz on Barron's Tech Trader Daily noted that AMD's earnings report pointed to lower than usual Q4 revenues because of “the big build we’ve seen of PCs in anticipation of the Win 7 launch.” In other words, it may be that vendors are creating inventory the way that politicians generate pork, and that's a bad sign.
On October 16, 2009

Costco Sees Key Product Categories Turn Positive in September

What encouragement is to be found in September retail sales may best be found in the details, particularly as concerns Costco. Much of its recent conference call that covered fourth quarter and full year results gave over to September numbers that clearly gladdened the man relating them, Costco CFO Richard Galanti. Not that Costco had a bad year. Sales and revenues declined – earnings per diluted share for the year down to $2.47 from $2.89 last fiscal annum – but, given recession, deflation, frugality and other related challenges that haunted it through its fiscal annum, Costco did quite well and a lot better than most retailers. In fact, when foreign currency exchange rates and gasoline deflation are taken out of...
On October 16, 2009

Why Microsoft Will Lose the Mobile OS Wars

Microsoft is going to lose the battle to control mobile operating systems. It may even lose the chance to take any significant part. Such a statement isn't anti-MS dogma nor does it have to do with any technical esoteric. It comes down to arithmetic.
On October 16, 2009

Selling Handmade? Add an Etsy Store to your Website or Blog

Do you make, well, anything? Get started with Etsy. The handmade goods marketplace is one of the largest shopping portals connecting consumers with artists, designers, crafty creatives, and… well… our users, entrepreneurs like you. Not familiar with Etsy? I couldn’t begin to describe the brilliant products coming out of the artists on Etsy so instead, [...]
On October 16, 2009

Getting Your Business on Google Maps Street View

Update: Google has just now (for some reason) officially announced the Trike. Read more details about it here.

Original Article: I don't know how many times we've talked about the importance of your presence on Google Maps. A lot of people will simply go to Google for a local business listing before even reaching for the phone book these days. I'm one of them.

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On October 16, 2009

There’s No Free Speech Free Pass

Yesterday I wrote about whether there might be career lessons from Rush Limbaugh's failed attempt to snag the St. Louis Rams. A few commenters took issue with the post, echoing a view shared by a Washington Post reporter. They claim Limbaugh was "banished for essentially exercising his right to speak." But is this a valid argument?
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