Chipotle unveils sustainable-restaurant design as it aims to cut carbon footprint in half by 2030

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Description: Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday unveiled a new all-electric restaurant design aimed at helping the company reach its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. Source: CNBC.com Date: Apr 11, 2023 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/chipotle-sets-sustainable-restaurant-design-in-carbon-footprint-move.html Questions for discussion: Describe the eco-orientation developing at Chipotle and other businesses mentioned in the report. Do you believe… Read more »

Mindy Weinstein On The Power Of Scarcity – This Week’s Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

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Description: Let’s delve into the fascinating career of Mindy Weinstein, PhD, and her passion for the marketing industry from a psychology perspective. As a writer from a young age, it was during college when she discovered marketing and realized the immense power words have in driving action. This revelation led her to establish her own marketing… Read more »

Ford will retool Oakville factory to build EVs starting next year 

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Description: The $1.8 billion overhaul will allow plant to build next-generation EVs in late 2024 Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Apr 11, 2023 Link: https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/ford-retool-oakville-factory-build-evs Questions for discussion: What are the challenges facing management as it deals with union demands for job preservation? Why is the auto-industry more concerned than most industries with distribution of investments in… Read more »

AI Roundup: Guessing passwords, conjuring images out of peoples’ minds, and… writing fortune cookies?

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Description: No mere human can keep up with the torrent of intriguing/terrifying daily AI news, but we’ll try anyway — at least until we’re rendered obsolete by the machines.. AI can probably crack your password — and faster than you think Source: TheHustle.co Date: Apr 05, 2023 Link: https://thehustle.co/ai-roundup-guessing-passwords-conjuring-images-out-of-peoples-minds-and-writing-fortune-cookies/ Questions for discussion: What are the… Read more »

Walmart chases higher profits powered by warehouse robots and automated claws

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Description: BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — At first glance, this warehouse looks like many: Forklifts unload pallets from the back of dozens of tractor-trailers. Canned soup, soda and cleaning supplies whiz by on conveyer belts. Store-bound merchandise gets sorted by department and store aisle before getting stacked high like an elaborate game of Tetris. The difference? Tasks… Read more »

Bed Bath & Beyond gets $120 million merchandise lifeline as it faces bankruptcy threat

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Description: Bed Bath & Beyond announced Wednesday it is working with Hilco Global to get merchandise back on its shelves in the company’s latest effort to stay alive and avoid bankruptcy. The home goods retailer has entered into a vendor consignment program with ReStore Capital, an investment manager under Hilco that provides “creative financing solutions” to struggling companies. Source: CNBC.com… Read more »

Suspicious Minds: America’s Distrust Of Sustainability Claims Increasing

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Description: When it comes to sustainability, America is sliding deeper into skepticism, according to the latest research from GfK. Compared to other countries, U.S. consumers are less likely to trust the government, news, social media, and online reviews in nine key product categories. And older people are far more cynical than younger shoppers. Source: MediaPost.com… Read more »

‘Everything is on the table’ if prices don’t come down following Rogers-Shaw acquisition: Champagne

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Description: Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the publicly available conditions that allowed Rogers Communications Inc. to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. give Canadians a seat at the negotiation table. Source: BNNbloomberg.ca – video report Date: Apr 05, 2023 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/everything-is-on-the-table-if-prices-don-t-come-down-following-rogers-shaw-acquisition-champagne-1.1904497 Questions for discussion: Summarize expected outcomes of this deal and what the government is threatening if… Read more »

Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Some companies claim AI can help

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Description: When Dereck Paul was training as a doctor at the University of California San Francisco, he couldn’t believe how outdated the hospital’s records-keeping was. The computer systems looked like they’d time-traveled from the 1990s, and many of the medical records were still kept on paper. Source: NPR.org Date: Apr 05, 2023 Link: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/05/1167993888/chatgpt-medicine-artificial-intelligence-healthcare Questions… Read more »

Women now dominate the book business. Why there and not other creative industries?

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Description: These findings and others come from a new study by Joel Waldfogel, an economist at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Waldfogel crunches the numbers on the book market’s female revolution. And, in a recent interview, the economist helps us think through potential reasons why women trail men in many creative industries, but have… Read more »