During the dot-com boom, the practice of public relations rose to a new level of importance among those in the C-suite. Creating broad awareness of a business model could…
Bloody Monday: another nail in the retail coffin
About a decade ago, I came up with an “idea” of opening a shopping mall filled with stores I loved that have gone out of business. Of course, I…
Consulting our crystal ball as the ’09 clock starts to tick
While the current economic crisis is creating a great deal of uncertainty, there are definite trends developing in our industry. We put our heads together to come up with our…
The Grounded Consumer: now what do we do with our weekends?
A few years ago, I stopped at a Wal-Mart on my way to a weekend of camping in Virginia. As I walked in, a young woman walked out yelling to an…
President-elect Obama, what are you doing?
President-elect Barack Obama has started a social media movement among world leaders. Among those tweeting are Great Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former Vice President Al Gore and Israel’s former…