Description: Joe Feldman, managing director at Telsey Advisory Group, talks to Bloomberg Television’s Adam Johnson outside of the Wal-Mart annual meeting, where a new $15 billion share buyback program was approved. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: June 07, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/15HESQL Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial and investment performance at Wal-Mart…. Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Foodie’s Dream Job: Meet a Whole Foods forager
Description: Bloomberg’s Carol Massar takes us on the road with Whole Foods forager Elly Truesdell as she searches America, looking for the freshest food in the land. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: June 07, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/15H03SS Questions for Discussions: How is Whole Foods forager Elly Truesdell’s job different than that of a buyer… Read more »
Another E-Commerce Experiment in Brick and Mortar
Description: BaubleBar, a New York startup that sells women’s accessories online, is opening a popup shop in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood tomorrow. The 4,000-square-foot location will serve Godiva chocolates and specialty cocktails and offer tablet computers that customers can use to demo personalized jewelry. Beyond the bells and whistles, the idea is to give customers the… Read more »
Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World
Description: Joe Carcello has a great job. The 59-year-old has an annual salary of $52,700, gets five weeks of vacation a year, and is looking forward to retiring on the sizable nest egg in his 401(k), which his employer augments with matching funds. After 26 years at his company, he’s not worried about layoffs. In… Read more »
Processed food makers kneading in some feel-good veggies and fruit
Description: Wheat fields, kitchen tables, and moms gazing approvingly at their sandwich-eating children: the conventions of bread advertising are well entrenched. But figure-conscious fashion models and bread products, usually, do not mix. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: June 06, 2013 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/kneading-in-some-feel-good/article12393138/ Questions for Discussions: What does the article have to say about consumer perceptions of bread… Read more »
Can video ads save Facebook?
Description: It’s been a terrible year for Facebook’s stock. But a Wall Street analyst upgraded shares Thursday and suggested video ads may be coming this summer. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 30, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/05/30/investing-the-buzz-facebook.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Do you think Facebook users can be persuaded to engage with online advertising? Why is… Read more »
Where cell phones go to die
Description: Much of the world’s electronic waste ends up in Guiyu, China, where old parts are recycled but chemicals like mercury leak into the water. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 31, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/05/31/t-china-electronic-waste.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Who should be held responsible for e-waste? Explain why the e-waste recycling business is centralized in… Read more »
Spotlight on the economy: No champagne for the manufacturers
Description: American companies that make things – that is, manufacturers – are still growing. But they are not about to break out the champagne. The modest expansion in the U.S. and soft growth around the world are doing manufacturers no favors. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: May 31, 2013 Link: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/election/2013/05/31/spotlight-on-the-economy-no-champagne-for-the-manufacturers/ Questions for Discussions: What does the… Read more »
One Obstacle Won’t Budge in Japan’s Fight With Deflation
Description: Vending machines stocked with sodas are ubiquitous here, tucked away, it seems, in every nook and cranny of the country. They are found along Omotesando, the tree-lined shopping avenue known as the Champs-Élysées of Tokyo, and their glow lights up the back streets of hot spring towns like Hakone. They are even atop Mount… Read more »
Forget Breakfast. Sonic Drive-In Wants the After-School Crowd
Description: Sonic Drive-In (SONC), which bills itself as the “ultimate drink stop,” recently doubled the total number of beverage permutations at its restaurants to more than 1 million. It hopes to give customers a few (hundred thousand) more reasons to stop in during an increasingly important sales period: “Happy Hour,” an interval between lunch and… Read more »
