Archive for May 30th, 2010
On a recent Tuesday morning, Lev Ekster paced around his future storefront in Manhattan’s newly opened Limelight Marketplace. He adjusted the 1960s kitchen-kitsch inspired décor and awaited the delivery of a cupcake display case. According to Inc.com, it would be the first non-mobile location of CupcakeStop, the gourmet cupcake truck he debuted on the New [...]
One Company Took On The NFL And Won
Illinois-based American Needle, a company that dates back to 1918, had been producing NFL-licensed caps and apparel for nearly 20 years. All that changed, however, in 2001 when the NFL awarded an exclusive contract to Reebok. As the Chicago Tribune reports, sales of NFL gear represented nearly 25 percent of American Needle’s annual sales. The [...]
How’s this for a unique restaurant idea: The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen. Photo via Dvorak.
Keeping Your Great Employees In A Bad Economy
photo credit: nosha It can be quite difficult as a business owner to hold onto your employees in a tough economy when you no longer can provide the incentives, benefits and other bargaining chips that most employees now a days look for in their career. So how do you hold onto your great employees then? [...]
photo credit: Lori Greig I recently found a great article located on CopyBlogger for all of you professional bloggers in business. Blogging is a wonderful way to reach your audience, customers and clients, however if you’re not careful you can make some very severe mistakes that can also cost you all of those things in the [...]
photo credit: Dyanna For any college student who is looking to launch a business and make a little extra cash for their expensive college life is sure to find this article recently posted on Inc.com very interesting and useful. College can be quite expensive for anyone so I have put together a small list of [...]
