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Advertising? Badvertising – especially when it comes to certain products and ad campaigns from a bygone era. Business ethics often seem to go out the window when the will to sell is the bottom line, but who knew how bad things got? Heck, as this first image makes plain, even Santa Claus chugged away on […]
It’s not easy being top dog. CEOs have to deal with demanding customers, employees, investors, and the public at large on a regular basis. You can’t blame them for having a moment now and then. Some CEOs, however, express themselves with reckless abandon. Especially when it comes to anger. From passive-aggressive impersonation to atomic outbursts, […]
Sometimes I dream of leaving it all behind. Ditching the laptop and mortgage payments. Moving to a farm, maybe raising chickens. The closest I come to actually doing this is virtual farming virtually via MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games). Hey, you gotta start somewhere. In a trend marketer’s view, I’m actually fantasizing about Traditionalizing (going […]
Few subjects are as plagued by myths and falsehoods as starting a small business. Everywhere you turn, someone is making sweeping proclamations about small businesses – the difficulty of starting one, the risks involved, the odds of failure or what you “have to do” in order to make it.
Facebook will likely let users create QR (Quick Response) codes for their profiles. QR codes are like personal bar codes, but they hold more information. When a mobile phone camera reads a QR code, it converts the QR code’s content (text, links, photos, and other media) into a readable format. TechCrunch has the scoop on […]
Since the halcyon days of clubs and mammoth hides, we’ve been assigning roles, trading services, and strategizing in some capacity. In other words, doing business. Thanks to centuries of human invention, we no longer spear hunt our groceries. Instead, we buy prepackaged protein using a magnetic strip linked to multinational virtual banking systems. It’s a […]
In a 2,200-page report released yesterday, a court examiner said that Lehman Bros.’ former CEO Dick Fuld, three CFOs, and auditor may be held liable for certain aspects of the company’s collapse, thanks to some artistic accounting. MarketWatch sums up the report’s most important findings: The report cited a practice known internally as “Repo 105,” […]
Image: Educate-yourself.org Seven US states are investigating market abuse by seed giant Monsanto. Attorneys general in Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Iowa, Illinois, and two more states are investigating Monsanto’s competitive practices. The US Justice Department is also investigating marketing at Monsanto. Bloomberg has more on Monsanto’s brewing storm: Monsanto rose to dominance via its genetically engineered […]
Despite the recession, many consumers continue to spend a little extra on environmentally-friendly products. Purchases like organic food and nontoxic household cleaners help consumers feel empowered, healthy, and guilt free. This relatively new behavior has some big corporations in a tizzy. Putting authentically nontoxic products on the market takes a lot of time and money. […]
