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I’m back onto economic issues, and how can I not be? What a mess we are in. I honestly do believe we have reached the highest point in our so-called recovery. Read “From Inflation to Stagflation to Deflation,” and “Tech […]
Tech Bubble II
Is it “here we go again?” Or, is it “this time is different”? Is it “irrational exuberance”? Or, is it a brilliant investment strategy? Is this a new bubble that floats? Or, is this a “same old, same old” bubble
Environmentally Unconscious
Kermit was wrong: It is, in fact,easy being green. The hard part is getting anybody to pay for it. The home furnishings business, like a lot of consumer product industries, has struggled with how to make its products more environmentally
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All I Ever Wanted Was Green Skin
To semi-paraphrase Gordon Gekko, when it comes to an ever broader swath of the skincare market, green is good. At least that’s the assumption an industry-watcher could make when scanning the 2011 list of finalists for the much-coveted Cosmetic Executive
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The Sky’s the Limit
In the spring of 1976, as a young researcher working for a small nonprofit organization, I was invited to a lunch discussion at the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, which occupied an elegant town house on New York’s Upper
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Q&A with Jan Hatzius, Chief U.S. Economist, Goldman Sachs
We talked with the Goldman Sachs Chief U.S. Economist, who is responsible for setting the firm’s U.S. economic and interest rate outlook, about his forecast for economic growth and employment, the likelihood of another economic decline, and the future role
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Beauty Be-Tween The Lines
Make-up for the Playdate Set When she isn’t marching around the house ordering her parents to stop using plastic grocery bags “because sea turtles swallow them and die,” five-year-old Parker is rocking out in her hot pink bedroom to Taylor
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Customer Experience in a Multichannel World
By Amy Klaris and Greg Ellis Best Practices from Kurt Salmon The Customer Experience Imperative In Kurt Salmon’s recent conversations with leading retailers, two topics come up repeatedly: customer experience and multichannel. Over the past decade, the two concepts have
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Management Without Borders
Global Talent Needed at Top Levels Reflections from the corner office by Herbert Mines Associates As companies in the fashion and retail business globalize, they are realizing the importance of international experience. We talked with Brian Meany, a Managing Director
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Dear Reader
He’s baaaaaack!! Edward “Eddie” Lampert that is. Yes, once again the storied chief of Sears Holdings (SHLD) provided me, and therefore you, with yet another perspective on how or how not to run a retail business. Actually, when all is