Ad-Hoc-News: Today, Del Taco announced that Paul J.B. Murphy III has been named the new Chairman and CEO of the Mexican quick serve chain. Murphy will take over this new role in mid-February and will report directly to the company?s Board of Directors. Nick Shepherd, Chairman and CEO of Del Taco?s parent company Sagittarius Brands, […]
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photo credit: powerbooktrance There are some things that you just assume are recession proof. Toilet paper seems like something that people just need to continue buying regardless. I mean, it’s not like people are going to use yesterday newspaper, right? Or are they? Advertising Age is reporting that sales of toilet paper are down 5.5%
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Inc.: Matt Rutledge launched Woot.com based on a simple concept: The site would sell only one product a day until the inventory ran out or the clock struck midnight, whichever came first. Rutledge saw it as a way to unload overstocked merchandise from his Dallas-based wholesale consumer electronics business. From the start, the site prided
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FDA: Amway Global is initiating a voluntary recall on three of our NUTRILITE® energy bars because we have been informed that Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is one of the peanut paste suppliers that our vendor used to make our energy bars. The FDA and other regulatory agencies have indicated that PCA is the focus
Market Watch: USANA Health Sciences, Inc. today began operations in the Philippines, the 14th market where independent Associates sell USANA’s high quality nutritional supplements. According to the Direct Selling Association of the Philippines, annual direct selling revenues in the country total about $500 million. As one of the 25 largest markets globally for direct sales,
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The Wall Street Journal: In Asia people have been paying real money for virtual goods for years. It is the primary business model for games and Internet companies in China and Korea, far more important that advertising. We’re starting to see similar behavior in the U.S., also led here by online games and social networks.
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Bradenton Herald: When Kate Grayson moved to town in the summer of 2004, she didn’t have many people in her career circle with whom to network. The area was flush with Realtors and mortgage brokers feeding on the frenzy of the housing boom. Grayson, on the other hand, was the operator of a cryogenic repository.
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Inc.: 1. Major advances in Technology and Communication. 58% of women CEOs of million dollar companies consider technology as vital to the company’s survival, both as a means of production as well as communication. 2. Importance of Self-branding. Acquiring clients is as much about selling yourself as it is about selling your product. Nowadays, with
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SCORE: 1. The first thing to do with a new idea is to get a patent. 2. If my product has not been on the market before, I can patent it. 3. Having a patent stops others from copying or imitating my product. 4. Getting a patent is something I can do quickly, at low
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Mediapost.com: Economy motel chain Motel 6 www.motel6.com/ is introducing a new logo that, per Olivier Poirot, CEO of parent Occor North America “came from the desire to play off the history of the past and current classic Motel 6 logos, while at the same time modernizing its look. “As we continue to renovate Motel 6
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