Wall Street Journal: Sobered by store closings and the rise of online shopping, owners of U.S. shopping centers are filling space and drawing visitors by turning to unusual tenants like gun ranges and go-cart tracks. Mall giant Simon Property Group Inc. opened an aquarium in July at its Grapevine Mills mall near Dallas. Real-estate brokerage […]
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“I’ll have a Big Mac, French fries, Coke and a wedding for 50, please.” Yes, fast-food giant McDonald’s is getting into the weddings business – initially, only at three restaurants in Hong Kong – with “McWeddings,” Reuters recently reported. Sure, McDonald’s move doesn’t have immediate implications for hotels; initially, McWeddings will most likely lure couples
Business Insider: For $20 a month, subscribers receive a box of snack foods that are branded by NatureBox. The company works directly with farms and manufacturers to keep prices low; each box contains $25 to $30 worth of food, Gupta said. “Our customers don’t necessarily live near a Trader Joe’s,” he said. “This is convenient,
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NY Times: Plenty of things will grab a dog’s attention: squirrels, tennis balls, funny smells, other dogs. But a TV channel? Absolutely, say the makers of DogTV, the first cable network to deliver 24-hour programming for dogs. The idea, they say, is that flipping on the channel while you go out for the day will
Wall Street Journal: A scientist studying optical illusions discovered a way that people can write with their eyes in cursive script on a computer monitor—an innovation that could help severely disabled people communicate more freely, and potentially lead to visual-control systems for pilots, drivers and surgeons. “It is like drawing with a pencil, but without
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This is a 5-step model for creating a metrics framework for your business & customers, and how to apply it to your product & marketing efforts. The “pirate” part comes from the 5 steps: Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, & Revenue (AARRR!) Continue reading
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Forget fantasy football, there is a new Wall Street way to make money off professional athletes. San Francisco based Fantex has launched an all-new marketplace that enables investors to buy and sell stock based on the value and performance of a professional athlete’s brand. The first tracking stock will be linked to Houston Texans running
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Food makers, including giants Kraft Foods Group Inc. and General Mills Inc., eager for any potential new sales, are trying to win over men. Research indicates men are doing a greater share of the grocery shopping and meal preparation. In a June survey of 900 meat-eating men ages 18 to 64, 47% were deemed “manfluencers”
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Associated Press: Salsa overtaking ketchup as America’s No. 1 condiment was just the start. These days, tortillas outsell burger and hot dog buns; sales of tortilla chips trump potato chips; and tacos and burritos have become so ubiquitously “American,” most people don’t even consider them ethnic. Photo by julie deshaies/ShutterStock.
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The Wright Sauce is a tomato based BBQ sauce that features locally sourced premium ingredients such as honey, habanero peppers, and the best ingredient ever… bacon. The company that makes it, also called The Wright Sauce, was founded by Adam Wright. I recently had the opportunity to talk to him and to ask him a
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