Baby Trend, the California baby gear company best known for its Snap N Go stroller frame, filed for bankruptcy reorganization earlier this month. Baby Trend’s bankruptcy was triggered by losing a lawsuit to former employee Rob Gardner. Gardner sued Baby Trend for back pay and royalties owed him for the Sit N Stand stroller and [...]
Walmart aims to cut supply chain cost By Jonathan Birchall in New York Published: January 3 2010 22:04 | Last updated: January 3 2010 23:57 Walmart is launching a drive this year to cut billions of dollars of costs from its supply chain by combining its store purchasing across national frontiers in a [...]
FC Expert Blog Two Smart Strategies For 2010 BY FC Expert Blogger Kaihan KrippendorffTue Dec 29, 2009 at 8:52 AM This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert’s views alone. Yesterday is gone. 2010 is the time to start anew. It’s true that many of my clients [...]
My name is Casey Rose, but on Etsy I’m known as Cosmic Girl. I started making jewelry and selling it at CosmicGirl.Etsy.com a year and a half ago while working at the Massachusetts State Senate. It was a great creative outlet, and my jewelry choices kept me looking feminine and unique in the boy’s club [...]
In an unexpected announcement this morning, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) said it plans to extend its holiday season discounts beyond December 25th. The world’s largest retailer plans to offer a $50 Wal-Mart gift card to buyers of an Xbox 360 Arcade; to drop the price of an eMachines netbook to $228; and to offer up to 50% [...]
Social Business: Creating a Foundation for Growth By Dave Evans, ClickZ, Nov 25, 2009 As social media continues to gain mindshare — common reports show that 80 percent of all marketers now use social media — the basic challenges remain: where to start, who to involve, and what to do. It doesn’t help that the [...]
by Sarah Mahoney Give Gap credit for maximizing its peppy moment in the sun. First, its new holiday TV campaign — the first time it’s been on air in three years — made news when it was targeted for a boycott by a controversial Christian group. Then it made news when the boycott was called off. [...]
