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Hair Colors Tint The Mainstream
I like to think of my grocery store as a dynamic, living laboratory. Working there is an effective way to keep current on consumer habits, behavior patterns, and fashion attitudes of average Americans...
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The Wrath of the Customer: Why Fashion Retailers Need to Invest in the...
By St John Dunne, US Managing Director & Client Partner, RockpoolCustomers have outgrown huge retail brands. They are no longer accepting of generic marketing and customer service practices that...
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Invoice Financing Isn't a One-Size-Fits-All Description. Here's Why
You've done great work for a client, but they're dragging their feet when it comes time to pay. You're out the cash you need... And payroll is coming up. Or you need capital to finance your next...
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We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us... Not Technology
F@#%&*# hate feminists and they should all die and burn in hell. Hitler was right... Bush did 9/11 and Hitler would have done a better job... Some people believe that as humans we have become...
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Saudi Arabia Tries to Slow Iran Oil Exports, Without Much Success
Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned Iranian oil tankers from entering its waters in an effort to slow Iran's oil exports. The FT reports that Iranian ships are restricted from entering Saudi ports, and...
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Why The Future of Business Is in Experience Architecture
In this video, bestselling author Brian Solis asks three important questions: 1. Do you know how your customers experience your brand today? 2. Do you know how they really feel? 3. Do you know what...
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Health and Well-being: A Business Imperative
Health pervades all facets of business. It is pivotal to business strategy and operations, and it is material to long-term profitability. Companies across all sectors make an imprint on health in four...
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Three Pillars of Organic Brand Growth
As founder and CEO of Global Icons, a global brand licensing agency, I've worked with dozens of brands over the years to help them reach new audiences and additional revenue streams. While every deal...
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Family Offices Have Been Brilliant Innovators Since Day One
The early beginnings A family office, also known as a single family office, is a private organization that manages investments and trust for a single family. The organization's capital comes from the...
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How to Quit Escaping and Start Living
We all do it. Life isn't how we want it to be, so our answer is to escape. Whether it's TV, alcohol, drugs, food, sex, vacation or whatever, when we aren't happy with our life, we escape through these...
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3 Easy Steps to Turn Your Ideas Into Reality
One of the hardest things to do in life is to go for it. It's to have an idea and immediately take the first step to making it happen. Most of us never do that. Here's what usually happens:We have an...
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Four Old School Business Tools That Will Never Go Out of Style
"... It seems to me that the world is suffering from an inundation of technology for technology's sake." ~ Larry Maguire in the blog post "Why Low Tech Is The Key To Happiness And Success." Although my...
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How to Turn Customers into Brand Advocates
In the marketing world, it's no secret that it costs more money to generate a new customer than it does to market to an existing one. To make the most of your marketing budget, take steps to turn your...
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A Master Marketer's 5 Key Insights
As entrepreneurs, we want to attract a steady stream of pre-qualified clients or customers who are perfect for us -- people to whom we can bring tremendous value and create value for ourselves along...
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How Apps Set Me Free From the 9 to 5 (And How the Game has Changed)
Can't place the exact date, but I'll never forget the feeling... Driving down Washington Blvd in my Mazda, tears welling up in my eyes. I generally never cry, but this time the tears were ready. I...
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Cheers, Peers & Beers: After Work Socializing in the U.S.
From office-wide happy hours to holiday parties and corporate retreats, work events are often characterized by a more relaxed but professional environment, casual chats with colleagues, and include...
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How to Make the Most Out of Your Next Trade Show
The prep work that goes into a trade show is just as important as what happens when you arrive. If you put in the work before, during and after your event, you'll get the most value for your efforts...
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Big Data Doesn't Mean Less Human at Work
The use of "Big Data" is now a mainstay in our daily lives at work. Companies use enormous amounts of information culled from HR databases to analyze performance reviews, hiring practices and employee...
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What Makes a 100 Best Company? It Depends!
Tomorrow I'm off to the Great Place to Work (GPTW) conference in San Diego. GPTW is the company that administers Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and "50 Best Small and Medium-Size Company"...
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What the Paranoid Got Right -- The Unlikely Legacy of Andy Grove's Intel
As the world remembers Andy Grove for shaping Silicon Valley into the somewhat paranoid and confrontational powerhouse it is today, there is a much softer undertone of his legacy that is largely...
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