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A Defiant Abercrombie & Fitch, and Its Exclusionary Brand.
- May 21, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- business
- sex sells
- hirings and firings
- marketing
Abercrombie & Fitch has a very specific brand image, and target audience. You can see it in their marketing, and in their clothes. And, CEO Michael Jeffries clearly articulated that brand image in ...
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Air Force One is For Sale
- May 17, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- travel
- hirings and firings
The DC 9-32 aircraft that has served as Air Force One for U.S. presidents from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush can be yours for as little as $50,000.Former ...
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How to Get Back on Track After a Career Detour
- May 07, 2013
- By J. Mike Smith
- coaching
- business
- management
- hirings and firings
It happens. The job that was supposed to work out well, doesn’t. You parachute out of that job to take another that is not on the road map to a successful ...
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Monster Scrutiny: Caffeine-Laced Energy Drinks are Investigated, and Sued in Court.
- May 07, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- food
- business
- hirings and firings
- marketing
Does the energy drink Monster market caffeine-loaded drinks to young consumers? And is this OK? Those are the questions being posed by the Food and Drug Administration who is investigating the affects ...
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Bank of America Portraits: If you haven't anything nice to say…
- May 06, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- advertising
- hirings and firings
Bank of America was one of the financial institutions classified as “Too Big to Fail” and given federal bailouts to keep it afloat. The company is one of a handful of organizations ...
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How Egyptians are Helping Italy Face an Acute Shortage of Pizza Makers.
- May 02, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- food
- business
- hirings and firings
- culture
What we do for a living is often seen as a reflection of social stature. Pride can often play a key role in deciding what job we accept, what title we’re ...
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No Such Thing as a Bad Investment.
- April 29, 2013
- By Michael Lorton
- disruptors
- hirings and firings
- creativity
- business
- management
MarketWatch, a Dow Jones-owned website that should know better, published an article a little while ago called “The world's worst investors”, chock full of terrible, terrible advice. Which doesn't bother ...
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Yahoo! Acquires Exclusive Rights to Saturday Night Live Clips.
- April 25, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- television
- technology
- hirings and firings
Live from Yahoo! It’s Saturday Night! Yahoo! has just announced that it acquired the exclusive rights to classic clips of “Saturday Night Live” from 1975 through 2012, effective in September. It ...
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Wanted: Boat Rockers--Respected by Some, Scorned by Others.
- April 25, 2013
- By J. Mike Smith
- disruptors
- hirings and firings
- creativity
- business
- management
There are boats to rock, and boat rockers needed to rock them. Are you one of them? Avoiding questioning existing conditions in a dynamic, changing world is a recipe for mediocrity if ...
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Fresh & Easy to Cut & Run as Tesco Seeks to Exit U.S. Grocery Market.
- April 18, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
- food
- business
- disruptors
- hirings and firings
The Fresh & Easy grocery store chain grew to 200 stores and 5,000 employees in the U.S. before it’s British parent company Tesco decided to pull the plug. The stores ...
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