September 2007
The Archives
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09.28.07Bush-Clinton FatigueDoes a nation of 303 million people really have only two families qualified to run the show? According to a recent AP article: Forty percent or 116 million Americans have never lived when there wasn't a Bush or Clinton in the White House, either as president or vice president. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll taken over the summer found that fully one-quarter of all Americans said that the prospect of having at least 24 straight years of a President Clinton or Bush would be a consideration in their vote for president in 2008. Bush-Clinton fatigue will increasingly crop up in the Hillary Clinton ...
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09.28.07Codename WhistlerWindows XP was codenamed "Whistler", after Whistler, British Columbia, as many Microsoft employees skied at the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort during its development.
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09.25.07Coffee by the NumbersStarbucks: "The average customer is in our store six times a month. If I look at our heaviest 20 percent of customers, they’re in our stores an average 16 times per month." It takes about three minutes on average for a Starbucks customer to get a drink Opens five new stores a day Dunkin' Donuts On an average day, Dunkin' Donuts sells more than 30 cups of freshly brewed coffee each second. Today, Dunkin' Donuts is America's largest retailer of coffee-by-the-cup, serving nearly 1 billion cups of brewed coffee each year.
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09.20.07Peter’s PastaI almost died when I turned on Kitchen Nightmares by accident last night and saw Gordan Ramsey at the famed Babylon train station. I had no intention of watching the show, but I was glued to the TV until I found out which restaurant will be humiliated. Peter's Pasta! Peter's was one of the first clients of my father's successful specialty food distribution business. He ordered everything from fresh vegetables to fresh pasta from him. I have fond memories of having lunch there with my father and the owner Anthony (Peter's Pasta was named after his son). Back ...
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09.20.07Peter’s PastaI almost died when I turned on Kitchen Nightmares by accident last night and saw Gordan Ramsey at the famed Babylon train station. I had no intention of watching the show, but I was glued to the TV until I found out which restaurant will be humiliated. Peter's Pasta! Peter's was one of the first clients of my father's successful specialty food distribution business. He ordered everything from fresh vegetables to fresh pasta from him. I have fond memories of having lunch there with my father and the owner Anthony (Peter's Pasta was named after his son). Back ...
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09.19.07Easy to ReadBusiness Week is one of the easiest websites to read online. The font size, type, line spacing and color on the white background is almost perfect.
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09.18.076 Volt Battery Hack! You’ll Be Amazed!6 Volt Battery Hack! You'll Be Amazed! - Watch more funny videos here
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09.18.076 Volt Battery Hack! You’ll Be Amazed!6 Volt Battery Hack! You'll Be Amazed! - Watch more funny videos here
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09.18.07Polo Vision"When Lauren looks in the mirror, however, he doesn't see merely a designer. He sees himself as a visionary who hopes to leave behind an iconic American company as his legacy." "The secret of Ralph Lauren 's success is his unique skill set. To call Lauren a designer would be only partly accurate, for he also thinks like a brand manager, a merchant, and a customer. He doesn't sketch and never attended fashion school. Instead, when he "designs," he acts more like a filmmaker. He sees the movie for his collections in his head, and he tells his design team the ...
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09.18.07Products and Experiences are all RelativeJohn Moore, former Director of National Marketing for Whole Foods Market, asks the question on his Brand Autopsy blog, would you miss Chili’s if it went out of business? It got me thinking. Here’s my edited response: Many businesses, like Starbucks, win by default.Would I miss Starbucks in the West Village, NY where I live, absolutely NOT.Do you not agree that products and customer experiences are all relative? Believe me if I could get a cup of Jack’s coffee anywhere in the world I would never go to Starbucks again. Does this relativity theory hold true for online real estate branding and marketing ...
