Missing Steve Jobs

APPL stock no longer top banana.
Apple stock has lost half its value in the past three months. Will Apple ever be number one again?
A new Colorado businees encourages people to send "Happy Mail"

6 weeks before Thanksgiving??

Target decides it's never too early for Christmas ads.

All the LED lighting doesn't sound appealing to me...

Is this the future of all Taco Bells?
Taco Bell opens a new prototype restaurant in Commerce City.
It's mission-style adobe architecture has been replaced by an exterior of aluminum-slat walls, stacked rock accents and bright LED lighting that accents the building's purple background. Inside, bright tabletops , white pendant LED lighting and contemporary artwork give the 54-seat restaurant a more hip feel. Free Wi-Fi also will be available for dine-in customers.

No longer "The Heart of Broomfield"

"Little Target" closes in Broomfield after 16+ years.
For its fanatic fans, this is big news--
Trader Joe's is coming to Colorado.

A couple of young American-East Indian women have come up with a way for women to have access to beautiful saris without the expense of buying them: Rent-a-Sari.

Bowing to the Internet age

J.C. Penneys will no longer publish a big book catalog.

The news of J.C. Penney dropping its big book was “inevitable, as prior decades have seen the end of the Montgomery Ward, Spiegel and Sears big books, essentially ending a form of retail that transformed the country back in the late 1800s to early 1900s,”

Some formerly "All-American" brands

NOT Made in the USA

Obsolete Occupations

"Tweet Me" or "Text Me"

A-Twitter over updated Sweethearts Candy.

For the first time in 145 years, the company that makes Sweethearts has revamped the original recipe. The new candies have brighter colors, bolder flavors and more current expressions.

Brand names get a new look

How venerable icons adapt to changing times.

A multiple-personality complex?

First it was the Broomfield Events Center. Then Odeum Colorado. Now it's First Bank Center.

It was a "sweet" deal.

Kraft buys Cadbury Chocolates of England.

Today is Buy-Nothing Day

Don't you wish you had invested in hand sanitizer stock 6 months ago?
Purell is worried that hoarding is going to cause a shortage.

Bad news for those with a sweet tooth

The economic downturn has caused the cost of making candy to rise steeply. Sugar prices are up 95% this year and cocoa beans have been selling at a 20-year high.

Today is International Project Management Day, which provides A Good Excuse to Say "Thank You!"

Green toys! A Boulder-based business, ImagiPlay, succeeds by making toys from recycled materials.

After several foot injuries, the Crocs shoe company is now planning to add a warnilng to their shoes regarding safety on escalators.

I'll have a McLatte

Starting Monday, McDonalds is going head to head with Starbucks , AND in the risky Pacific Northwest market (Starbuck's home).

Does shopping on-line count?

I am not a person who enjoys shopping at any time of year. But on Black Friday (today) I shudder when I think about entering the stores. I approve of Buy Nothing Day which started in Canada and is now spreading.

A clever marketing idea

Southwest Airlines is sponsoring the 2007 concert season at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. To advertise that, and to tempt people to fly to Denver to attend a concert, Southwest is flying two Denver musicians back and forth from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, t

Project Management

Project management 101--the case for project management

The biggest argument against project management processes is that they are somehow "overhead" and not d

Layoffs at Lego

He makes HOW much?

Steve Jobs earned just $1 in salary as Apple Computer CEO in 2005, the same as in fiscal 2004. HOWEVER... Forbes.com estimates Jobs' wealth at $4.4 billion. He holds 10 million shares in the company, valued at $532 million at the end of 2005, wh

Good morning, Vietnam!

Intel announces plans to build a huge chip assembly plant in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hey, Ben. Check this out!

Legoland in California is planning an expansion which the company hopes will boost attendance at the theme park. It will have a Pirate based theme. Rumor also has it t

Venti is a made up word

Starbucks Economics - Solving the mystery of the elusive "short" cappuccino

My Golden Rule. 49 leaders share their secrets to success with Business 2.0

Although at&t has been absorbed by SBC Communications, their logo is staying the same, sort of.