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Small Businesses in Big Apple Hit Hard by Strike
Dec. 21, 2005 --They carpooled, peddled their bikes, or legged it out. Or stayed home. Yet even as owners and employees of N... Read more
Bloomingdale's Inc.
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Retail Refugees
Bringing Corporate Discipline to Main Street Read more
What Makes a Great Start-Up
Why do some new businesses succeed, while others fail? It's a puzzle for the ages, and one that we decided to explore (again) in this month's cover story.... Read more
How I Did It: Tumi's Charlie Clifford
How Charlie Clifford listened to consumers, salespeople, and employees to build Tumi into a powerful luggage brand Read more
Why Retailers Can't Discount Discounting
Department and specialty stores -- like Bloomingdale's and Brooks Brothers, I. Magnin, or Neiman-Marcus -- have traditionally dominated the retail apparel... Read more
Rochelle Behrens is Bracing Herself For the "O" Effect
Life is going to get a lot more interesting tomorrow for Rochelle Behrens, the 28 year-old designer of ... Read more
Fred Carl, President and Founder of Viking Range
"A s Viking... Read more
Television;
IT ISN'T EXACTLY "Let's Make a Deal" -- no studio audience members dressed up as dinner salads, no contestants betting the lawn furniture against whatever... Read more
If Words Fail You, Their Cards Can Help
A greeting card croons, "Love Me Tender." Another demands, "Kiss me, you fool." Still another croaks out a plain and simple, "I love you." The talki... Read more
Timing's Everything
A CEO recounts how she brought computers online in her office in a short amount of time and how you can do the same. Read more
How I Did It: Leslie Blodgett of Bare Escentuals
A cosmetics queen and her loyal fans Read more
By The Numbers
Segal's Secret: More Bang for the Square Foot Read more
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About PR...
Advice on PR strategy with regard to the market, not the media. Read more
Jack Baker On Cost Controls
Indianapolis contractor Jack Baker, a former president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America, played a major role in developing the cost-co... Read more
Fast, Faster, Fastest
In order to compete with other personal-care companies, one distributor introduced a deluxe model sold with accessories. Read more
Private Lives;
For Ken Shader, turning a hobby into a business was more than a fantasy. Read more
Sugar Baby
Jimmy Spradly's candy bar has already charmed the South. Can it sweet-talk its way into the national market as well? Read more
Things I Can't Live Without: Tracy Reese
India influences Tracy Reese's fashions. The Maldives inhabit her dreams. Read more
Fighting the War on Postage
Catalog houses suggest alternative marketing tactics to offset the high cost of mailing. Read more
The Get Ahead Guide: Seema Sudan Made Money on Her First Collection
But the rag trade is full of knockoff artists. How can she protect her brand? Read more
When in Rome
A cosmetic retailer sells her wares at a Saudi Arabian bazaar. Read more
Super Deli
Zabar's grosses $12 million a year in New York City. Read more
Case Study: Update
Singling out a new market. Read more
A Plan That Makes Scents
An empty bottle will get a return. That, at least, was what Ronald Senkirk, vice-president and general manager of the $10-million Parfums Caron U.S. divi... Read more
Poaching: Where to Draw the Line
With the labor market so tight, recruiting the best people from the competition is not only necessary, butalso a smart move, some experts say. But employe... Read more
In Defense of the Entrepreneur
First-person account of an entrepreneur's shortcomings as a manager. Read more
Mr. Smooth
New, from the man who brought you Armor All, a billion-dollar industry that will change the way you live! Read more
A Chocolate Maker is Buffeted By Global Forces Beyond His Control
How long can he stay profitable? Read more
How Google Shows its Love
With cold, hard cash. Plus, the VC dilemma, an open-data boon, and the rest of the day's entrepreneurial news. Read more
A Bright Future: After the Train Wreck
A four-time entrepreneur explores the realities of retailing, both on and off the Web -- and finds out that they're the same. Read more
A Bright Future: After the Train Wreck
A four-time entrepreneur explores the realities of retailing, both on and off the Web -- and finds out that they're the same. Read more
Taking a Niche Player Big-Time
Keurig Inc. has transformed office coffee with its unique, one-cup-at-a-time system. Can it do the same for the at-home market--with machines that cost $250 ... Read more
Starstruck
Jane Fonda starred in the marketing campaign for her ill-fated line of exercisewear. But Ron Mester's company landed the leading role in the ensuing tragedy. Read more
My First Business
Every successful entrepreneur started somewher... Read more
High And Dry
Imports have not stopped Peerless Umbrella Co. In fact, it's growing faster than ever. Read more
The Future of Advertising is Here
It's becoming increasingly possible to target "smart ads" specifically to people who want them. And best of all, you can do this for a fraction of the price ... Read more
The Wine Entrepreneurs
Forget stomping grapes. These savvy entrepreneurs have transformed their passion for wine into lucrative businesses. Read more
When Your Neck Is On The Line
Should a leading tiemaker cope with a market slump by putting his own neck on the line? Read more
Case Study: How to Survive EDI
Two owners of a start-up explain how they were able to meet their largest customer's EDI demands. Read more
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