As a small business, you may not be able to pay the highest salaries, but you might be able to make up for it by creating a great environment where people want to work.
What Not to Buy in September
When it comes to saving money, September is a good month to buy a lot of things, especially compared with June, July and August. But there are a number of things you shouldn’t buy in September, even if a lot of other people are …
College Test Prep Gets a Laugh
Catalyst Prep uses “edutainment” to help kids get ready for standardized tests
Maybe Future of Retail Won’t Be Shipped but Picked Up
Delivery or pickup? It’s a standard question when ordering a pizza or a Kung Pow Chicken dinner, and it’s becoming a standard question no matter if you’re ordering groceries or a new set of shelves. Even when shipping for online purchases is free—and this is increasingly the case, especially during the holiday shopping season—there …
Occupy Wall Street, One Year Later: Did It Make a Difference?
A year ago today, a group of people angry about economic inequality, corporate greed and financial injustice staged a protest in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, pledging to “Occupy Wall Street.” There was no overarching agenda …
Just Drinks, Thanks: Rise of Beverage-Only Restaurant Visits
It may seem as if every time you head out to eat, the restaurant is pushing a new specialty drink — shakes, smoothies, frappés, sparklers, slushies, quirky coffees and so on. Why the big focus on beverages? For one thing, …
Yikes — When Debt Costs You a Job
Unpaid credit card debts can cause a whole host of headaches, from annoying collection calls all the way to wage garnishment. In the case of this one borrower, though, his debt situation snowballed so badly it cost him his job.
‘Moral Decoupling:’ How Consumers Justify Supporting a Tarnished Brand
Wharton marketing professor Americus Reed and doctoral students Amit Bhattacharjee (now a visiting professor at Dartmouth) and Jonathan Berman were chatting at the department holiday party when the conversation turned to current …
Too Much Candy: A Plain-and-Simple Way to Understand Quantitative Easing, Part 3
Listening to Ben Bernanke announcing the Fed’s decision to buy mortgage-backed bonds until hell freezes over, I’m reminded of a British cartoon character called Billy Bunter. Bunter was a portly schoolboy who made a point
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Does It Make Any Sense to Reserve ‘Hot’ Holiday Toys?
Toys R Us just introduced a new “Hot Toy Reservation” program for the upcoming holiday shopping season. The retailer promises the new reservation system will put “an end to frantic searching in the days leading up to Christmas” …
At Long Last, Booze Comes to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
Man, I could use a drink. After a day of waiting hours in lines for rides that last three minutes, listening to overindulged children plead for overpriced treats and souvenirs and sweating it out under the hot Florida sun, many a …
Why Your Small Business Needs a Blog
A business blog may not seem like the best use of your limited time, but there are several reasons why one makes sense.