The news of yet another disaster in the Bangladeshi garment industry will force large western corporations to reevaluate where they produce their goods.
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Here Come Gun-Focused Retail Super Centers
Picture a sprawling 30,000-square-foot Best Buy store—only instead of electronic gadgets and games, every aisle inside the big-box center is devoted to firearms, bullets, and “tactical gear.” This is the hot retail concept spreading throughout the Midwest.
Prepare Stories for Your Job Interview
Don’t show up for a job interview without a stockpile of good stories. These narratives should be parables with a moral at the end, showcasing the skills that are relevant to the position you’re applying for.
Add Forecasting to your Business Arsenal
Yes, we know you’re busy. Very busy. But don’t get so caught up in the busy that you neglect long-term planning for success.
Forget Lowballing: Bidding Wars Return in Hot Housing Markets
Are buyers being manipulated into overbidding for the relatively few attractive homes on the market?
Housing Prices Jump Again…and Wall Street May Be Playing a Role
If journalists were allowed to bet (we’re not) it would have been easy to call today’s S&P/Case-Shiller housing price data. After jumps of 6.8% two months ago (reflecting December year-over-year sales) and 8.1% last month …
Kodak to Pay Retired Workers in Film (and Other Adventures in Creative Pension Funding)
Kodak becomes the latest company to make a noncash pension contribution. Can hard assets like cheese, whiskey and beer really secure our retirement benefits?
Walk at Your Next Meeting
Americans sit for an average of 9.3 hours a day. And a slew of studies have shown just how unhealthy that is, linking it to heart disease, obesity, and cancer. So next time you need to meet with a colleague, don’t book a conference room. Take a walk. Aside from the much-needed exercise, there are numerous benefits:
- Having a common
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Why Originality is Overrated
This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources, and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published at Inc.com.
If you’re in sales, you probably know this: Selling something new and different is a lot harder than selling something that’s familiar or something …
Get the Most Out of Your Online Presence
Small business owners frequently double as world-class plate spinners, working hard to keep all those moving parts in motion. But if you really want business growth with more customers and fatter revenues – and who doesn’t – focus more time on the plate labeled “Web presence.”
Is the Price of Gold Signaling an Economic Slowdown?
Gold and other commodities seem to be signaling that the U.S. economy is sluggish and will get weaker still.
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Stop Bemoaning the New GDP Numbers: It’s Good News
Economic pundits are bemoaning the fact that first quarter GDP numbers released last Friday were weaker than expected – growth was 2.5% rather than the 3% that everyone had been expecting.
I actually took it as positive …