Posts from — January 2012

Walmart Greeters

Death of the Walmart greeter: Shop scraps door staff after 30 years.

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Apple Stores Chief

Apple is reaching over the Atlantic to snatch a British electronics-chain CEO as the head of its own retail operation.

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Fake News

FTC stops fake news sites pushing acai berry diet.

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Branding Fake?

Why has Lana Del Rey’s reinvention caused such a stir?

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Fake Branding

Amazing Ritte Van Vlaanderen bikes born from irreverence.

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Calories Count

Calories count, but not where they come from: study.

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Baby Monitors

New baby monitors stream video, connect via Wi-Fi.

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Roadable Aircraft

An airplane in your garage?

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G20 E-commerce

Web economy in G20 set to double by 2016, Google says.

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Washington Zombie

The Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington’s dead body.

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Macca Soundtrack

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney penning video game soundtrack.

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HIghclere Castle

‘Downton Abbey’ creates tourism boom.

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Penney Futures

J.C. Penney is about to be the most interesting retail story of the year.

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Lego Leap

Lego man sent into the stratosphere.

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Teens & Twitter

Teens migrating to Twitter — sometimes for privacy.

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Serious SuperBowl Ads

But seriously folks, these Super Bowl ads didn’t need toilet humor or pratfalls.

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Ad Buzz

Super Bowl advertisers seek buzz on social media.

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Turnitin

When college applicants plagiarize, Turnitin can spot them.

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Teenage Mind

What’s wrong with the teenage mind?

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Women & Parking

Covert surveillance of car parks across Britain has shown that women are better at parking than men.

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Women & Cars

Women are smarter, more thorough when buying cars.

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Country Censor

Twitter to selectively ‘censor’ tweets by country.

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Dollar Embrace

Why shoppers and shopping centers alike now embrace the Dollar Store.

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Game Garb

Giants and Patriots jerseys are tough to find.

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Signature Strategy

Bucking a trend, new Gehry-designed signature theatre center is selling cheap seats to top-class plays.

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Bollywood Tribute

A Bollywood-style dance routine performed by a Finnish cabin crew has become an online sensation.

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Ringo 2012

Ringo Starr talks about upcoming album, tour.

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Walmart Merchandising

Wal-Mart puts U.S. marketing under merchandising.

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Inside Apple

How do you make a book about Apple interesting if it isn’t about Steve Jobs?

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Ferris’ Wheels

Matthew Broderick’s Ferris Bueller takes day off for Honda.

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