How Cool Is Google? Check out Project CARE

It’s one thing for a company to create really good products and services.  It’s another to make insane amounts of money off of them.  It’s yet another to consistently be named the best or most innovative company to work.
But to go out of your way to give to others is a very special thing. This is [...]

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And Now, the WORST Company in America…

This link should lead you to The Consumerist’s annual poll to find the WORST COMPANY in AMERICA.  I like this for a few reasons:

Every company should be held accountable.

This stirs up lots of good debate.

It’s one small way to fight back against bad business.

It makes for great practice: Only a couple weeks until NCAA basketball brackets!

The [...]

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The Best Retailers in the Whole Wide World

The World Retail Awards are being held in Barcelona April 10th.  Did you know there were awards given for best retailer in the world?  Me neither.
I’ve enjoyed looking over the finalists to see who made it from the U.S., and to see who the finest in the rest of the world are.  I’m anxious to find [...]

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Apple is #2 at Something Again

You know, I’ve long maintained that the most amazing thing Apple has pulled out of its hat isn’t any of its lovely desktop or laptop computers, not it’s operating system, not any of the nonstop stream of iPods, not the Apple Stores, and not the iPhone.

It’s iTunes.  ‘Twas announced today that iTunes is now the [...]

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How to Spread Your Book Brand

Thank you to MAKE for the running guide to the NYC Toy Fair 2008.
One product has caught my eye, specifically because of how a book publisher landed its brand all over the product and packaging, and I mean that in a good way.
The product is the “Speaking Spelling Bee” from Franklin.  As MAKE points out, [...]

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E-books Sales Rise (Source: Strange, Unthorough Report)

And we’re back….For all of my loyal readers out there, all double-digits of you, I apologize for the delay.  Just a quick blogging reminder:
1. Life
2. Blogging
Onward and upward we go.
BREAKING NEWS: E-book sales are up.  Shocking, no?  How about a lovely graph to demonstrate, courtesy of the IDPF and the AAP. Then I’ll talk about [...]

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“Multi-Channel Shopping” (Circuit City’s $1 billion online business)

 I know, I know.  Circuit City?  $1 billion in online sales in a year?  Seriously?  Heck yeah, $1.4 billion actually.
It appears congratulations are in order.  Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover cited a “massive shift” towards “multi-channel shopping” during a speech to the National Retail Federations’ conference in late 2008.
What Schoonover is referring to is something much like [...]

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I Like Barnes & Nobles’ New Return Policy

Retailers seem to be cracking down on returns lately, and I don’t really blame them. I’m all for fairness if a product is defective, or the wrong size, but you have to draw the line somewhere.  The customer isn’t right if the customer is trying to rip you off.
Barnes & Noble made some waves this [...]

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Everything Will Be Brand New at CompUSA

Just a quick update.  Systemax and TigerDirect are ambitiously continuing with plans to reinvigorate what’s left of CompUSA.  The optimism is nice to read.

”Everything will be brand new,” says TigerDirect CEO Gilbert Fiorentino.

Systemax paid $30 million for 16 existing stores, the CompUSA brand name, and the website.

Florida will me the main focus, with 12 of [...]

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Your Green Gadgets

Speaking of green, do you have any idea how much energy you consume via your gadgets?  Your home theater system, TVs, DVRs, Tivos, telephones, PCs, laptops, Macs, monitors?
When a beloved gadget dies, as they all eventually do, how do you dispose of it?  Are you green enough to find a recycling site?
The Consumer Electronics Association [...]

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