Missing Steve Jobs
Apple stock has lost half its value in the past three months. Will Apple ever be number one again?
6 weeks before Thanksgiving??
All the LED lighting doesn't sound appealing to me...
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It's mission-style adobe architecture has been replaced by an exterior of aluminum-slat walls, stacked rock accents and bright LED lighting that accents the building's purple background.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"
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
"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
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.
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
He makes HOW much?
Good morning, Vietnam!
Hey, Ben. Check this out!
Venti is a made up word
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