Monday’s Musings: Mastering When and How High End Brands Should Use Daily Deal Sites Such As Groupon
Daily Deal Sites Claim To Bring New Customers Chicago, Illinois based Groupon, is a consumer oriented commerce site that brings consumers looking for the ultimate deal to businesses seeking new customer bases. Local based targeting, fun cheeky copy, and a reach in almost 600 cities powers the frenzy behind the “daily deals”. Customers pay upfront. [...]
A Tale of Two Laptops
I try not to get too political on this blog, though if you follow me on Twitter where I tend to be a bit less reserved, you know I’m just a wee bit skeptical on this ’deflation’ thing. But after checking out today’s deal on Woot, I can see why Microsoft ($MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard ($HPQ) might [...]
PL’s Forum Chicago Dispatch 2: Harley Davidson Revs Up Supplier Management and Procurement Skills
Earlier this week, Procurement Leaders’ Chicago Forum managed to attract a panel of high-profile CPOs: Dr. Volker Pyrtek, CPO, Deutsche Telecom; Tim McBride, CPO, MSFT; Michelle Kumbier, VP and GM, Materials Management and Corporate Quality, Harley D…
Tech in 2010 – Growth with a Quality Bias
Tech is poised for growth in 2010 but it’s increasingly looking like a much better year for the well-established and well-respected tech companies, and a challenging environment for the second-tire companies.
Should $RIMM sell?
Lively debate going on this morning regarding whether it’s time for $RIMM to find a buyer, as Dan Frommer argues that they have become an enterprise dinosaur in an increasingly consumer-driven market. So should they sell?
As I argued here recently, $GOOG is rapidly ascending and $AAPL has quickly become the leader in attention if not [...]
