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In an unprecedented whoosh, the business community’s welcoming back social valuation and difference in the marketplace. “Wow it really was starting to stink around here,” said one reputable marketing executive who would rather remain anonymous. “But you know, the reality is that this whole recession may be just what we ...
So the kids really wanted to to see the movie "Hotel for Dogs". "Hotel" had long left the theaters, BUT lo and behold the good old bargain theater still had it in its line-up! WOO-HOO! So on a dreary Sunday afternoon (and my birthday) we headed out for the ...
It’s gone virtually unchecked and we’re in arguably the worst economic crisis ever. The consumer industry is collapsing and the casualties are piling up – real human suffering is happening. Why don’t we face it? We’re under attack. There’s a war on our way of life. No I ...
It's Darwin's 200th birthday today, and I've been thinking a lot about evolution as it pertains to business. Marketing calls this "economic darwinism" and even though my anthro professors scoffed at such a term, I think it's interesting to compare the econ concept of supply and demand ...
I'm walking to work in downtown Baltimore. It's raining and about 65 degrees. It's two weeks from Christmas and Baltimore is having one of those humid days you get in the early winter. I've got my umbrella and so do others. My iPod in my ears. You need to find ...
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