Micro-Risks The Lean Startup approach, based on the book by Eric Ries, is about starting small and testing until your ideas are fully baked. The book details many well-funded Silicon Valley failures, and while the examples are primarily tech-based, the […]
By Robin Lewis Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, and New York Times op-ed contributor, authored the book The World is Flat, published in 2005. In a nutshell, the thesis of the book claims that “when the world is flat, […]
This article is not an attempt to match Edward Gibbon’s epic book, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, in quantity or quality, although its quantity might seem as intense. And it’s not another bashing of Eddie “the magician” […]
[…] I stumbled upon the revitalized Book of the Month Club. You subscribe and receive one book each month, with five books to choose from. I got big Kudos for giving such a “thoughtful” gift. The best part? When the list […]
It seems Amazon is now “nuking” everybody. Last week it was nuking the fashion industry. This week, the armed ballistic missile is pointed at the global shipping industry. In a world of hyper-competition, its plan to launch a global shipping […]
This is an interview with Michael Dart, who co-authored, with Robin Lewis, the book \”The New Rules of Retail.\” Be sure to get your copy of the book at Amazon and check out the reviews and other information at NewRulesOfRetail.com.
Now Department Stores Beauty Brands Want a Piece of the Action Since this past July, when he came on board as Clarins USA’s first-ever National Director of Sales in its Hotel & Spa Division, Barry McCaffrey has barely spent a […]
[…] the U.S. These folks are doing everything from giving piano lessons to running retail stores. They’re being paid off the books in cash by their employers and/or customers, and either not reporting or underreporting their income. We’re not just talking […]
There’s a certain irony in the fact that the world’s very first category killer was also the first of its big-box ilk to be severely challenged and nearly decimated by the even bigger-box mass merchants…and now may also be leading […]
[…] not possible on the Internet. Speculation has it that the Seattle facility will carry Amazon’s e-readers, accessories and its exclusive books, and that the launch will be timed to coincide with the release of their publishing venture’s first several books […]
