Archive for July 27th, 2009
How Chef’n Cooks Up Clever Kitchen Tools
Fast Company: Lots of companies gab about design thinking, but Chef’n lives it–and it has proven just how fast a startup can rise on the power of a few brilliant ideas. Chef’n focuses on kitchen tools, which are ripe for redesign because of all the fiddly tasks involved. Like Oxo, one of its specialties has [...]
Springwise: Realizing that both existing and potential clients might appreciate a chat about a haircut before visiting their stylist, Plan B Salon in Cambridge, Massachusetts launched a new service offering 15-minute video consultations. Prior to their appointment, customers can get an idea of what their options are or how receptive the stylist is to their [...]
Style-Your-Garage.Com’s Photo Tarps
Springwise: On even the most tastefully appointed of houses, garage doors tend to be drab and monochrome eyesores, designed apparently without even the smallest nod to aesthetics. A German company aims to change all that, however, with large-scale posters that transform the doors through highly realistic 3D images. Style-your-garage.com‘s photo tarpaulins are available with a [...]
Auto Sales Bolster Overall Retail
Inc.: Although department store and restaurant sales continue to wilt, automotive and gasoline station purchases are enough to account for a slight uptick in overall monthly retail sales, census numbers show. In June, auto parts and vehicle sales climbed 2.3 and 2.6 percent, respectively, from the month before. Gas station sales rose 5 percent in [...]
Out To Lunch Brings New Meaning For Mom-Owned Business
News-Record.com: The production area of this textile manufacturing company is a swath of concrete and brick walls and red, blue, hot pink, black and yellow fabric. Until last year, the palette at Fuller Specialty was entirely monochromatic. Their product: mostly mesh sports jerseys and gym bags. Then Sue Catherine discovered the company on the Internet [...]
Legislation To Reauthorize The SBIR And STTR Programs
Inc.: Amid tumbling banks and bankrupt companies, small businesses may have cause for celebration. The Senate reauthorized the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. In the House, Congressman David Wu (D-OR) shepherded the bill through, with a resounding 386-41 vote. The bill will now head to [...]
