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...
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...
"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...
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...
"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...
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...
opinion by agora | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 74 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
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...
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,...
created by dpsazze | 2 years ago 215 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" 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...
opinion by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 133 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
"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...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1365 views | 10 recommendations | 42 comments
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...
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...
opinion by BMCWrites | 2 years ago 1186 views | 15 recommendations | 5 comments
"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...
"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...