There's A New Campaign To Get People To Eat Stuffing After Thanksgiving (KFT)
This Pilgrim is Stove Top's new spokesperson, and he's bent out of shape because the rest of us are eating stuffing on days other than Thanksgiving! In a new spot that will air on Monday, Larry the...
View ArticleThe Mind Trick To Nailing Your Next Big Presentation
When we've got a big event, or test coming up, it's natural to put pressure on ourselves. But it's counterproductive to constantly remind ourselves that what we're doing is really important. In fact,...
View ArticleThis IHOP Is Installing A $40,000 Machine To Stop Its Entire Neighborhood...
This IHOP in Manhattan's East Village has a problem. Bacon grease reeks. It's stinking up the areas and the neighbors aren't happy about it. So, it's installing a $40,000 smog-hog on its roof that's...
View ArticleThe One Thing That Richard Branson Credits For His Success
Sir Richard Branson is the 61-year-old English business magnate who oversees over 400 companies under the Virgin Group banner.Business Insider caught up with Branson at the Philadelphia International...
View ArticleThis Brand's Facebook Integration Is Ultra-Successful
Americans spent an average of around 420 minutes on Facebook last December, or roughly 13 minutes daily -- plenty of time to shop with friends. Major brands have been trying to cash in on that...
View ArticleTupperware Quietly Built A Beauty Empire In Venezuela, Where The Most Vain...
Tupperware, the company famous for plastic containers and home parties, has quietly built a beauty empire in Latin America. The Wall Street Journal's Dana Mattioli reports that Tupperware realized a...
View ArticleYou Have To Live In This Poverty Stricken Town To Use Sprint's Fastest...
Amid plans to revamp its service and better compete with 4G offerings from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, Sprint will begin selling new phones that can harness the carrier's fastest technologies....
View ArticleMCDONALD'S HAMBURGER UNIVERSITY: Step Inside The Most Exclusive School In The...
McDonald's Hamburger University is called the Harvard of the fast food industry. In fact in China the school's one percent acceptance rate leaves Harvard in the dust. Today Hamburger University has...
View ArticleThis Company Used Guerrilla Marketing To Become NASCAR's Official 'Jerky'
This post originally appeared on American Express OpenForum. It all started when Brian Levin and his friends spilled Red Bull into a bag of jerky. Energy and jerky: People are going to love this,...
View ArticleHere's Where New York City's Most Fashionable Drag Queens Shop
Ever wondered where to get the kind of dress that makes a barrel-chested, 6 ft 10'' man look like a buxom 1950s-era movie star? Planet Pepper, a two-man company based in New York’s Garment District,...
View ArticleYour Network Is Probably Your Biggest Asset
Ask any entrepreneur or salesperson (one might argue there is no difference) about their greatest asset and you'll often hear the same answer: their network and relationships. Countless bestsellers...
View ArticleArianna Huffington: How I Built A Blog Empire And What's Next for HuffPo
Want to hear from top startups like Fab.com and Lot18? And NY's top investors? Join 700+ entrepreneurs at the Startup conference on May 3, 2012. Register now! With its mix of attention-grabbing...
View ArticleThe Biggest Mistakes Made By Former Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn (BBY)
Brian Dunn took the reins of Best Buy in June 2009 and was tasked with turning things around. He didn't. Not even close. "Many retailers have struggled to make the transition; some have fallen on...
View ArticleAmerican Apparel CEO Gets $10 Million Raise Despite Sex Slave Lawsuit (APP)
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney got a $10 million raise last year, according to a pre-proxy filing with the SEC, even as a lawsuit alleging he imprisoned a girl in his apartment as a sex slave went...
View ArticleSorry, Dov: American Apparel's Gross Margins Are Not Really As High As...
American Apparel is finally starting to turn around, and CEO Dov Charney is already making some bold statements. This morning on CNBC, Charney said that American Apparel's "gross margins are as high...
View ArticleYou Can Buy Stock Based On When A CEO Goes On Vacation
Companies announce good news before and after a CEO goes on vacation, and they stay quiet while he or she is gone. A new study by David Yermack at Stern School of Business identified this trend in a...
View ArticleBurger King Used 2,548 Packets Of Hot Sauce To Make This Billboard
Burger King erected a billboard made out of 2,548 hot sauce packets in Turkey. In a word: awesome. The street art, by Young & Rubicam Istanbul, combines used and full packets to create a pixelated...
View ArticleSomeone Thought It Was A Good Idea For Iceberg Vodka To Sponsor An Event...
A misplaced product association can look bad on everyone involved. That's what Iceberg Vodka and author Lindsay Gibbs found out when Iceberg sponsored a party promoting Gibbs' book "Titanic: The...
View ArticleCORPORATE FINANCE BANKER: Here's Why Bankers Don't Know How To Run Banks
Layoffs and cost-cutting and after excess and perks. Commentors in the aftermath of the last financial crisis have often wonder aloud, in fact very loudly, if that's any way to run a bank. The...
View ArticleThe 'Sleep Concierge' At A New York Hotel Tells Us About The Perfect Pillow
The Innovations In Luxury Series Is Sponsored By Mercedes-Benz The Benjamin Hotel in midtown Manhattan wants its guests to have the best night's sleep ever, and it's doing so by putting a new twist on...
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