Description: The 13th anniversary of the bursting of the Internet bubble will be “celebrated,” ironically enough, on almost the same day as the bull market’s fourth birthday. Mark Hulbert joins Markets Hub. Source: WSJ.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2013 Link: http://on.wsj.com/15y5k0i Questions for Discussions: What are the lessons from the Dot-Com Bubble? Why… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2013
At Whole Foods, Low Prices Mean Trouble in Aisle 2
Description: WSJ’s Annie Gasparro explains Whole Foods’ efforts to reign in prices and shed its reputation as an over-priced grocer caused it to take it on the chin in its latest earnings report. Photo: Getty Images. Source: WSJ.com – video report Date: Feb 14, 2013 Link: http://on.wsj.com/15f8G8h Questions for Discussions: Describe the change in pricing… Read more »
Steady Gains for Mobile Paid Search
Description: Nearly one in four paid clicks came from a mobile device in Q4 Source: eMarketer.com Date: Feb 22, 2013 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Steady-Gains-Mobile-Paid-Search/1009686#EqlIRUBFwRKOmTZo.99 Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the growth of mobile search advertising? How will marketing operations be expected to change as these trends develop?
Women Who Run Tech Startups Are Catching Up
Description: Women-led private technology companies are more capital-efficient, achieve 35 percent higher return on investment, and, when venture-backed, bring in 12 percent higher revenue than male-owned tech companies. That’s according to new research presented at a recent conference in San Francisco organized by Women 2.0, a media company devoted to women founders in the tech… Read more »
Why Women in Hollywood Can’t Get Film Financing
Description: At last month’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, some film financiers met for nachos at the Wasatch Brew Pub to toast their comedy, Ass Backwards—a Dumb and Dumber-esque tale of two women who enter a beauty pageant. Dori Sperko, who’d been dabbling in Hollywood funding since selling her Florida-based payroll services company… Read more »
Lose your gloves? There’s an app for that
Description: Tech is fashion’s latest accessory on designer Asher Levine’s smartphone connected clothing. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 15, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/02/15/t-gps-clothes.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What are the new product possibilities for this technology in the fashion and other industries? Why are partnerships with other firms the better way to bring this technoloy… Read more »
Apple Stock Is Cheapest Since 2000
Description: The cheapest Apple shares in 12 years are encouraging some of the world’s biggest investors to bet that the stock will rebound. Dominic Chu reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Businessweek.com – video report Date: Feb , 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/VayAbL#ooid=91bjJjOTqtrMIZDerM5zogc2h9NE6HrY Questions for Discussions: What is the basis for arguing that Apple… Read more »
Florists now dread Valentine’s Day
Description: Some flower shop owners hate Valentine’s Day, losing money on big orders that flow in from big e-commerce groups like FTD, 1-800-Flowers and Teleflora. Source: CNNMoney.com Date: Feb 14, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/14/smallbusiness/order-flowers/index.html?iid=SF_SB_Lead Questions for Discussions: Describe the working relationship between small business shops and e-commerce marketers that feed them orders. How can small business… Read more »
Hermes $10,000 Birkin Purse Seen Leading to Record Sales
Description: For decades, fashionistas have known that a Birkin bag is a safe style bet — if you can get your hands on one. That demand makes its producer, Hermes International SCA, the surest bet in the luxury industry when it comes to sales growth. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Feb 11, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-10/hermes-10-000-birkin-purse-seen-leading-to-record-sales-retail.html Questions for… Read more »
U.S. Homeowners Are Repeating Their Mistakes
Description: If there’s one thing Americans should have learned from the recession, it’s the importance of diversifying risk. Middle-class households had too much of their net worth tied up in their homes and were too exposed to stocks through 401(k)s and other investments. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Feb 14, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-14/u-dot-s-dot-homeowners-are-repeating-their-mistakes#r=hp-lst Questions for Discussions: What… Read more »
