Managing Multiple Brands




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The NBA's Real Business Problem: Excess Capacity

Professional basketball is run by smart businesspeople. So why do they think they're exempt from the law of supply and demand?  Read more

The Secrets of Successful Co-brands

Brands are judged by the company they keep. These partnerships are innovative because they are fresh, unexpected, and also increase awareness.  Read more

Reinventing the Town Square

Jonathan Butler and Eric Demby knew they were on to something when they opened the Brooklyn Flea back in 2008 and 20,000 people showed up. This month they in...  Read more

The Perils of Expansion

"I basically opened a restaurant a year for the past five years and I can honestly say I regret it," says one restaurateur.  Read more

How to Master Multiple Brand Management

Juggling multiple brands is tricky and has tripped up even some of the world's top companies, from Levi Strauss to Mazda. So how do successful companies make...  Read more

How to Make it Big in Texas

Dallas-based serial entrepreneur Chad Willis co-founded a $44 million oil company that he runs and has ownership in 14 other companies. He's 31 years old.  Read more

How Grasshopper Grows By Creating New Companies

The virtual voicemail systems provider is using spin-offs to reach its goal of serving one million small businesses.  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group

The pioneer of boutique hotels continues to grow through stellar customer care and eco-friendly practices.  Read more

How I Did It: Butch Stewart of Sandals Resorts

Never enough swim-up bars.  Read more

Entrepreneur of the Year, 2007: Elon Musk

Electric sports cars. Solar power. Space travel. Finally, an entrepreneur who's not afraid to think really, really big.  Read more

King Ink

Tattoos are everywhere. But the tattoo business has yet to outgrow its outlaw roots. Mario Barth aims to change that. His goal: to build the Starbucks of tat...  Read more

Hatching New Revenue Streams [Video] 

Associate editor Nadine Heintz explains how the maker of Marshmallow Peeps, the colorful Easter candy, learned to cash in on its cult following -- and how...  Watch video

How I Did It: Sidney Frank, founder, Sidney Frank Importing

"I wanted to be a billionaire," says the man responsible for your Jägermeister headache. At age 85 he stunned the liquor industry by getting his wish.  Read more

Can't We Have Another?

When to launch a second brand. Plus: The ins and outs of outsourcing.  Read more

Brand New

Will this start-up be able to keep changing its brands to keep up with the ever-changing beverage market?  Read more