Focusing on Local Helps Retailers Boost the Bottom Line

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Towing

Knowing customers’ likes and dislikes is about as basic as it gets in retailing. But for years, national department stores got it wrong. More concerned with controlling costs, big retailers focused on sameness. Not anymore.
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Surprising Celebrities on Corporate Boards

by | Oct 1, 2010 | Towing

Do celebrity board members help a company? Surprisingly, recent research suggests that celebrity board appointments can add as much as 2% to the price of a company’s stock. Here are eight well-known individuals from different b…