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McDonald's Immediately Follows Its Epic #McDStories Fail With Another Twitter...
One day removed from the spectacular social media fail of McDonald's #McDStories campaign, the chain is already following it up with another hashtag (via Mashable). It's #LittleThings, and McDonald's...
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The US Has Already Lost These Eight Industries To China
This post originally appeared at 24/7 Wall St. Americans are used to the U.S. being the leader, or a top-ranked nation, in many areas. But in a number of industries and businesses, the U.S. has lost...
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This 966-Calorie Burger Has Been Declared The 'Height Of Irresponsibility'
Burger King is getting slammed by health critics in the UK over a high-calorie burger, reports the Daily Mail (via The Consumerist) The offending menu item is its new Smoked Bacon & Cheddar Double...
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GRANT CARDONE: 'Don't Be A Little B----' And Get Out Of The Middle Class Now
The middle class is diminishing quickly and if you're in that income bracket, better find some strategic ways to get out immediately or drown with the rest of them. Or so says Grant Cardone, sales...
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How Gojee Got 300,000 People To Sign Up For Its Site In A Few Short Months
The co-founders of Gojee say they landed $1.2 million in funding by Kapor Capital in September because Mitch Kapor understood where they're headed for the next 10 years. Mike LaValle and Tian He...
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Last Chance To Win $50 -- Enter Business Insider's Caption Contest By...
It's that time again for Business Insider Advertising's weekly caption contest. Here's how it works: Every Sunday we post an image from a ridiculous, new advertising campaign. Your job is to come up...
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This Airline Isn't Giving Out Prayer Cards Anymore Because Too Many People...
After decades of serving customers prayer cards along with their inflight meals, Alaska Airlines officials announced Wednesday the company would be halting the practice (via USA Today). The prayer...
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What Zynga, Disney And Rovio Have In Common
As Zynga considers clocking another $5 billion in revenue - according to JP Morgan estimates - by adding gambling to its games repetoire, the world of mobile gaming just got more interesting. Find out...
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JC Penney Adopts New Logo—Its 3rd In As Many Years (JCP)
JC Penney unveiled a new corporate logo this morning—giving the store its third in as many years. The new branding evokes the American flag but jettisons everything else that was familiar about JCP's...
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This Is Why Big Box Retailers Are Making Smaller Stores
Petco and Best Buy are just a few of the big-name retailers that are shrinking their store size in an effort to cut energy-related costs, according to the Retail Industry Leader Assn.'s first-ever...
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Ron Johnson Reveals How He's Going To Make JC Penney Look More Like Apple
The new CEO of JC Penney is taking some huge risks. Ron Johnson plans to completely transform the company by 2015. And a lot of this is inspired by his former boss, Steve Jobs. At yesterday's...
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Here's Why Airlines' New 'Premium Economy' Seats Might Not Be Worth The Upgrade
As a medium between coach and business class, many airlines are now offering premium economy seats, reports Scott McCartney, Middle Seat columnist for the Wall Street Journal. More people are...
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Time Warner Is Delusional: Its TV Business HAS Entered Its Death Throes (TWC)
Time Warner Cable's Q4 2011 earnings contain a shocking harbinger of doom for the broadcast and cable TV industry: It lost 129,000 TV subscribers last quarter alone.Sure, that's not a large number on...
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If You Want Networking To Work For You, You'll Probably Have To Spend Some Cash
Most people either take networking too far — adding everyone they meet to their LinkedIn network and burning through half of their business cards at every event — or they don't do it enough. But...
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Coca-Cola's Super Bowl Social Media Touchdown: Polar Bears Will React To Game...
In a brilliant marketing move, Coca-Cola will have their polar bears mascots -- one in a blue and grey Patriots scarf and the other donning red for the Giants -- watch the Super Bowl in real time,...
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INSTANT MBA: Don't Think Your Company Is Above The Market
Today's advice comes from Precision Therapeutics President Sean McDonald's interview with Smart Business. "It’s too easy to seduce yourself into thinking that you’re unaffected by things in your...
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This Awesome Slow-Motion Video Of Stuff Being Microwaved Is Fantastic Viral...
Blendtec's "Will It Blend?" series of videos are widely viewed as one of the most successes cases of viral marketing ever, and it's exactly what comes to mind when you watch this new viral video by...
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Straight From Davos: There's A Reason It's Called 'Venture' Capital
I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world’s education system. Education is among the most important problems we face, because it’s the ultimate “gateway” problem. That is, it drives virtually...
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NY Sports Club's Tasteless Ad Anticipates Paula Deen's Death
New Yorkers were treated to some tasteless advertising when they opened this morning's Times. Capitalizing on recent news that TV Chef Paula Deen has been suffering from Type 2 diabetes for three...
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The 6 Biggest Reasons That You Will Fail
Fellow Inc.com columnist Paul Schoemaker recently wrote about how mistakes can be the secret to success. He’s right. Learning how to overcome obstacles and setbacks is incredibly important. At the...
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