Ice to Eskimos: Nike plans to make life fun

Ice to Eskimos. Way back when, that was the saying. If you were so good at sales that you could sell anything, you were said to be able to sell “ice to Eskimos.” Now, before I go any further, I do have to...

U.K. Retail Sales Plunge

The beginning of April has seen the worst retail sales since records began. British high streets up and down the country are seeing less customers and those lucky enough to have any money are spending less. The...

The tax you should be paying. You are not paying.

"What do your 2010 online holiday shopping purchases have to do with the budget gaps many states are struggling to fill right now? In the eyes of some state and federal legislators, the sales tax that is not being collected by many online merchants is revenue that could help...

Sex, Bubbles, Sex, Water, Sex: Dita Von Teese, Perrier & SoftPorn

There is a very real belief that corporations somehow fly above the rest of us. The image of hardened, cigar-chomping men of commerce, huddled in their opulent boardrooms, planning nefarious takeovers of our...

Low Prices and Rates Can't Slow Fall in Home Sales

"In Washington the number of homes lingering on the market has swelled in July.Home prices in many parts of the country scream bargain, and mortgage rates haven't been this low for decades. So why are houses across the nation sitting on the market for so long? Sales of...

Search engine marketing job pays up to $2,000.00 per week

Brands looking to develop foreign language websites should not overlook the importance of optimising them for the market's top search engine, according to Christian Arno of Search Engine Watch. The importance of SEO could be viewed to have been symbolized in part, by one...

Shop Sears for Sexy:Craftsman, Kenmore & Nudity - Life well spent

Sears is sexy? Pshaw. Sears is genetically incapable of being sexy. They’re too middle of the road, too reserved, too…nerdy. Heck, most of their stores I’ve been inside have the feel of an oversized thrift...

Butterfinger Dreams: When your past comes back to sell you

      Around about 1992 I became ridiculously convinced of my own wonderfulness. Just a few years removed from high school, I had (by that point) tucked some college under my belt, gotten a...

Staples Announces Black Friday Deals via Facebook and Twitter

San Jose, CA, November 10th, 2009 -- Yesterday, in a witty post on their Facebook fan page, Staples announced that they would be leaking some of their best Black Friday deals this morning to their faithful Facebook fans.  Sure enough, around 6:00am (PST) today,...

US economy is growing once again

" The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year. The growth was helped by a substantial government spending plan, including a scrappage scheme to...

‘Boycott Scotland’ Not Likely To Have An Effect On Sales, Travel

"Boycott Scotland," an unexpected online rant, is not likely to cause US consumers to stop buying Scottish goods and services, says Scottish First Minister. The “Boycott Scotland” campaign made the news...

New House Sales Up 11 Percent In June

This is good news but limited in scope and effect. There are still millions of foreclosed houses unsold. This does not indicate the recession is over or even easing up but it the numbers continue to go up in the...

‘Open Letter’ to Obama Speaks Volumes

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com Look at the statements below, then try to guess the identity of the person Lou Pritchett was describing as someone who “scares” him in a letter published May 19 at...

Scrappage scheme marks automobile sales milestone UK

"Motorists who have traded in their old vehicles for new cars under the Government’s scrappage scheme visited Downing Street this morning as it was revealed more than 35,000 cars have been ordered through the...

SOI SAVE OUR INTERNET! - Democrats Letting Net Neutrality Die?

"Here was what was supposed to happen: With telco-friendly Republican Congress members swept out of the way, Democrats would usher in legislation enshrining Network Neutrality principles and give the FCC the power...

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