I was talking to a gentlemen today who was definitely an older generation as he mentioned that he never grew up with things like a television set and to this date he still refuses to buy one. Similarly, he has enforced this lifestyle with his children as well where for the most part they are
I thought this was interesting where as everyone knows here in Canada Zeller stores are going to be closing soon with some stores already in the process of liquidation. It would appear that some stores are closing right on Boxing day which is probably the busiest shopping day of the year. It kind of made
Today I was reading a lot of stories about Best Buy and how apparently they have been having a lot of trouble financially due to a changing market such as people buying things online and general management issues. The news story interested me more as I actually worked in company a few years back and
Funny story I was told a scenario where a person decided that he wanted to buy some jewelry for his wife as a gift. So he decided to go to various shops to see the deals. For the most part workers at the store greeted him and when asked what was good he would mostly
I was just thinking today as almost every grocery store I saw had piles of candy and chocolate that are on sale as I suppose a lot of people buy them for gifts. A lot of this stuff is good for quite a long time too. At the same time, I would think most people
Recently there was a lot of news about Google and its author rank patent which you can see at http://www.google.com/patents/US20120117059. In a nutshell it’s essentially a factor for Google to determine what information should be ranked the most useful or relevant in various topics. It’s interesting to to see how many marketing firms and publications