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The Evolution of Corporate Logos
Here's a look at how a few of America's most recognizable brands have transformed their logos over time.
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Tactics Are the New Strategy
Strategic management can be a huge time drain for managers. Why not just ditch the conventional wisdom and go with your intuition in order to innovate once in a while?
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Wal-Mart Gets Creative on Employee Retention
The retail giant is offering a new education perk to employees who have been on the job for at least one year full time or three years part time.
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My First Million-Dollar Account
Four entrepreneurs recall the big sale that changed it all.
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How I Did It: Jerome Boykin, Owner, JB Sweeping Service
Hurricane Katrina left Jerome Boykin jobless and aimless. Now he runs a growing cleaning business. How visiting a shopping mall parking lot changed everything.
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The Jobs Bill and You
Senate passes hiring incentives . A measure designed to provide financial incentives for companies to hire new employees looks set to pass the Senat... Read more
WalMart To Offer Wireless Service Plans
This isn't another one of those prepaid plans. Starting as early as next week, Walmart will be offering a cell phone plan like no other. Though its being ... Read more
Small Business Backing Wal-Mart?
Think small businesses fear the price-slashing competitive tactics of Wal-Mart? Well, you'd be wrong. That is, if you go by a Wal-Mart-funded survey of Ne... Read more
Is Wal-Mart Killing Your Business?
The best strategies for small business owners struggling to compete with the discount giant. Read more
Undo Button for Email and the Wisdom of Norm Brodsky
An undo button for email. You heard right. Those geniuses at Google have just released a feauture that allows you to take back an email after you'v... Read more
The Case Against Apple and 53 Tips to Boost Your Biz
The end of Apple? The latest email missive from entrepreneur and writer Jason Calacanis, ... Read more
Odd Couple: Apple and Wal-Mart
In case you haven't noticed, Wal-mart isn't just rolling back prices these days. It's also rolling out a new look in its consumer electronics department. ... Read more
Employees Fired for Pursuing Alleged Shoplifter
Should your company policy prohibit an employee from preventing crime? Read more
Wal-Mart to Sell NETGEAR Routers
The wireless routers are designed for home and small office use. Read more
Back-To-School Spending Boost?
A survey of moms finds many are heading to big box stores this year. Read more
Practice, Practice
Never stop refining your pitch. Read more
Cheapo Laptop Wars
Best Buy should know better than to get in a bare knuckle mano-a-mano price war with Wal-Mart. That's like getting into a hairspray competition with a new... Read more
Wal-Mart Goes Organic
The small companies that make their livelihood growing and peddling organic food fear the entrance of major retailers will destroy the industry. Read more
Small-Business Groups Assail Wal-Mart Program
The world’s largest retail says its new urban initiative is designed to help smaller competitors. Read more
Outlook 2006: Consumer Products
The Wal-Mart backlash continues. Read more
Wal-Mart: the Little Guy's Champion?
Wal-Mart unveils its new good-neighbor policy. Read more
Wal-Mart's Terri Schiavo Problem
What do Terri Schiavo and Wal-Mart have in common? It may seem like an odd analogy to make, but after reading Read more
Oil Hits $76 a Barrel
The AP is reporting that "Wall Street suffered sharp losses for a second straight session Thursday as a new record for oil prices and discouraging analyst... Read more
Wal-Mart and the "Living Wage"
In a potential blow to Wal-Mart's efforts to expand into urban areas, the Chicago City Council yesterday approved an Read more
The Markdown Blues, Revisited
It's been a while since I've read anything quite like this. Part food fight, part mud wrestling, part theatre of the absurd. A recent New York... Read more
'The Wal-Mart Tax'
In between sips of coffee and bites of Cinnamon Life, the foundation was laid for Wal-Mart to make me a complete hypocrite. I came across an advertisement... Read more
The Cost of Costco
I've just returned from my hometown of Seattle, where, squeezed between golf and visiting my Nana, my family took its one can't-miss trip: to Costco. This... Read more
The Wal-Mart Effect
Information technology isn't the whole story behind productivity. Read more
Forgo the Trade Shows?
Some entrepreneurs who sell their products to big retailers have decided to forgo more generic trade shows. Read more
Great Ideas, But...
Financial experts discuss LouVan Products' attempt to sell $2.5 million in common stock for working capital and the development of new products. Read more
Wal-Mart Throws the Book at Small-Biz Vendors
An overview of a program that has assisted more than 3,000 entrepreneurs with distributing their goods at Wal-Mart. Read more
Marketing: Selling the Superstores
A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains. Read more
When Wal-Mart Comes to Town
How one small town reacted to Wal-Mart's opening three stores in the area. Read more
Annals of Bootstrapping
Wal-Mart 'economizes' by reversing the charges on long-distance calls and overnight shipping. Read more
Wal-Mart to Acquire Vudu
The deal should revive the fortunes of the once-celebrated start-up while putting Wal-Mart in the race to keep pace with home video technology. Read more
Grist: The Inevitable Rise of the Entrepreneur
The survival of the fittest doesn't always mean the survival of the biggest. Indeed, the natural life cycle of the American economy always eventually favors ... Read more
Wal-Mart Shoppers Prefer Bush Over Kerry
Sept. 3, 2004 -- According to a recent study, Wal-Mart shoppers are more likely to vote for President Bush than Senator John Kerry. <... Read more
Starbucks Undercover; How to Kill a Great Idea
The recession probably won't hurt your business. Say what? Scott Shane says there's a common curiosity about recessionary effects on start-ups, but... Read more
The Insider's Guide to Economic Forecasting
Or, How to Get Ahead of the Competition by Becoming Your Own Economist. A well-known economist pulls back the curtain on the indicators he a... Read more
Case Study: Could Organic Valley Thrive Without Wal-Mart?
Organic Valley couldn't sell enough milk to Wal-Mart. And that was the problem. Read more
Sharer Beware
Here's how Mike Dreese, CEO of music retailer Newbury Comics, came to realize that the sales information he shared with his industry was putting his company ... Read more
Fresh Thinking for Uncertain Times
It's no secret to anybody running a small or independent retailer that we're operating in an unprecedented economic environment. Right now, it feels like ... Read more
The Biggest TV Network You've Never Heard Of
Michael Stern started PRN with this insight: If most people make their buying decisions inside the store, why not show them commercials inside the store? Bec... Read more
I Am Not :)
You're an adult. Quit it with the smiley faces. Read more
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