Consumer Goods & Services News 2

• $2.7 Billion Bid for Herbalife not Enough
• $90 May Be the Clincher but the stock may trade much lower
• ....But, When Will Retail Store, Comp Growth Occur?
• “Macy-ization”, Should all department stores be called Macy’s?
• 70 Store closures. Is that enough? Revamp kings they need to become!
• A Buyout of Harrah's Could Be Important To Other Companies
• A GM-Ford Parnership Unlikely
• A GOOD SIGN FOR LOCAL EMPLOYEE'S
• A ho-hum big deal.
• A Key Focus for OfficeMax--Shoring Up Contract Segment
• A long awaited action finally comes to pass
• A Real Threat
• A ROBIN HOOD DEAL FOR AZTAR
• A VERY SERIOUS HAPPENING MAY BE AT HAND
• A world car in one country. India's Tata has stolen a march on GM, Toyota, Ford, Honda, Renault, VW, Nissan, Hyundai, and even Chery.
• A&F still the fashion leader for teen apparel retailers
• ACCO's Adjusted Outlook--Short Term Setback or Long Term Concern?
• Added Comments for Above Article
• Adverse Events Reporting Bill Not Good for Supplements Industry
• After Germany, is Japan the next country Wal-Mart abandons?
• After the Holiday Sales, Online is still active!
• After this overhaul, Wal-Mart should have a better perspective
• Ag Commodities, Food Verses Fuel- Margin Implications for CPG Compnaies
• Alan Mulally needs to study the team that preceded him and learn not to emulate any of them.
• All Zale needs now is a good Christmas and a willing buyer!
• American Eagle soars while Abercombie & Aeropostale float
• American OEM Automotive Industry and Government Team Up Between a Rock and a Hard Place to Destroy Their Market Share
• An alliance between Ford and GM is not a good idea
• And the hits just keep on coming!
• Are Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles for real?
• ARE TAKEOVER'S BY INVESTMENT GROUPS A WAVE OF THE FUTURE ?
• Asda attacked pharma prices in UK 3yrs before Wal*Mart acquisition
• Asda plugs into online electrics
• Atlantic City's future looks bright, concerns still exist
• Avon positioning it's self well, anticipating profitable global growth
• Bad Craftsmanship, K-Mart devalues the brands Sears built!
• Baja Fresh Model Flawed from the Start
• BCD selects Farelogix for connectivity to airlines
• Be careful what you wish for
• Benefit Cuts Are Just More Lipstick on the Pig. Its New, Exciting, Product andTeamwork That's Needed in the Medievally Structured Ford Motor Company
• Big box or big ticket retail, Black Friday is a VERY big deal that goes way beyond Friday
• Big Brewers in Craft Territory Could Hurt Microbrewers
• Black Friday-Are retailers out of step with consumers?
• Blue Nile where diamonds are just another rock
• Burger King's Crown may still need a lot of polish
• BUYER'S ATTEMPT CREATIVE FUNDING
• Bye, Bye, Birdie!!
• Can Blue Nile technology compete with Tiffany's US expansion?
• Can Home Depot Be Successful in the CE Business?
• Can Office Depot Surpass Staples Total Revenues in 2007?
• Can Penney's successfully compete for the lingerie customer?
• Can the “Great Dane” win this dog show?
• Can the Big3 (or the auto industry as a whole) stop Global Warming?
• Can this really be a very bright idea??
• CAN THIS REALLY PUT A DAMPER ON ATLANTIC CITY GAMING
• Can Wal-Mart find a General?
• CAN'T SEEM TO GET IT QUITE RIGHT IN NEW ENGLAND
• CarMax-Hitting On All Cylinders Except One
• Carrefour are Right: Calmness will Prevail
• Casual Dining is Looking for New Ways
• Cause and Effect but not Necessarily Conflict in Food Vs Fuel
• Change in Philosophy will equal a trend change
• Chery to Buy Chrysler on the Installment Plan from Daimler?
• China Beer - it's still all about margins
• China should not be Ford's First Priority!
• Chipolte - This Swap is HOT!
• Christmas comes every year, retailers bought the rights to the holiday through 2350
• Chrysler Didn't Fail on its Own. Daimler Never Understood the Mid-Range American Market and Didn't Listen to Those Who Did.
• Chrysler's "Project Refocus" May Be Out Of Focus
• Circuit City Needs to Re-examine Long Term Business Plan
• Circuit City's Firedog - a billion dollar opportunity
• Circuit Services are only the tip of what they have planned
• CLOSING ANOTHER DOWNTOWN PROPERTY WOULD HURT THE AREA
• Coach building Legacy shrines to showcase their “Legacy”!
• Coach is the current “Hot” retailer/wholesaler. Will they sustain this run?
• Coke, Nestle Serve a Major Hit
• Coke's, Nestle's Enviga Can Contribute to Weight Loss
• Commodity Prices and Reduced Pricing Power takes its toll
• Commodity Prices and Reduced Pricing Power takes its toll
• Commodity Prices, Risk Management Critical to CPG Companies
• COMPANIES ARE EXPANING HOLDINGS IN MACAU
• COMPETITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD FOR CASINO'S
• Consumer Credit Subcommittee Appointment Bad News for Rent to Own?
• Consumer’s conception and store consolidation create extensive opportunity for private label.
• Consumers are ready for some retail therapy.
• Continuing Trends at Career Education
• Contradictions and uncertainity confound Zale turnaround
• Corporations Help People by Operating Profitable Businesses
• Costco wins employing basic “block & tackle” retailing with a few “gadget plays” thrown in.
• Could Pier 1 import greater shareholder value?
• Current Automotive Response to Global Warming
• CVS, Caremark Create New Drug Retail Model
• Cyber Monday:Win-Win for Savy Retailers
• Danger, Rick Wagoner. Danger!
• December retail, and retailer, results will play on in 2007
• Decontenting: How The Ford Motor Company Made a Loser Out of a Winning Ford Model, the Taurus, and Destroyed a Division, Lincoln.
• Deja Vu, new movie, but only a re-run for Sears
• Demand alone for platinum group metals does not determine their price
• Department stores, down for the count, come back swinging!
• Destination Clubs – Need for Uniform Disclosure and Transparency
• Details of Latest AutoZone Vendor Program are Enlightening
• Digital SLRs go beyond megapixels.
• Do more Alliances represent the future of the Automotive industry?
• Does Anyone at RIV Speak the Truth
• Does the stable of FBN's brands mean anything? Holliman a bit too optimistic
• Don't bring the tree ornaments out just yet!
• Don't Forget About Store Comp Growth as Online Success is Examined
• DSM Innovates to Grow Market Share
• Early Ad Release.......Nothing but positive there
• Economic uncertainty, global change, and increased services in high-end boat market
• Ecospeak for the Economic Murder of the American OEM Automotive Industry. More of the Globalization in One Country Agenda of US Businessmen
• Eighth Wonder is Pulling out All Stops For Singapore casino
• Electronics = Vibrant Category = More Foot Traffic
• Electronics still a Best Buy but maybe at Wal-Mart
• Enough Already! Disingenuous Forecasts About Hybrid and Fuel Cell Car Production Become a Regular Feature of Press Releases by Car Makers
• Everyone's been talking about building a world car. Renault has done it.
• Excess Automotive production Capacity-More Stress for Detroit
• Expect 3rd quarter results to continue trend through holiday
• Expect Margin Squeeze for users of Corn for Food and Ethanol- Likely Negative Earnings Impact
• Express Scripts Continues Fight for Caremark
• Express Scripts offers Caremark a Superior Proposal
• FedEx Kinko's Heats up it's Engines With Small Footprint Stores
• Fierce Competition In Europe Is Changing U.S. Apparel Retailing
• Filling a retail gap
• Finlay, broken stone or a recut gem
• Firedog not so hot
• First toys, and now plasma TVs and consumer electronics - Wal-Mart promises this is just the beginning
• Food Fight, Corn For fuel or for Meat
• Food Verses Fuel, how does it affect Company Valuations
• Food verses Fuel, Who will win?? Rice is a Carbohydrate
• FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU – FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME
• For selling fuel cell powered cars at a profit GM needs the global OEM automotive industry to make a decision
• Ford and GM are viewed by Wall Street as being in the same boat, but in Detroit one of them looks clearly rudderless.
• Ford and the Plug and Play-Around-With-a-Very Expensive-Impractical -Derivative-Late Coming-Concept Car
• Ford isn't Worth Considering as Anyone's Partner
• Ford Motor Company is Facing Reality, a Hopeful Sign!
• Ford Purchasing's Biggest Worry Today is its Inability to Manage the Cost of its Steel
• Ford Will Find The Correct Market Share
• Ford's Plan Seems to be to Start Operating as a Real Car Company Rather Than as a Medieval Ford Family Fiefdom, Or is it?
• Forget Post-Holiday Mall Traffic-The Greater Concern is Q4 and Full Year EPS
• Gap is testing brands through Piperlime to determine viability of brands in their other channels
• Gap set for New Push
• GDS - and then there were three.......Travelport and Worldspan to merge
• GDS implications of US Air's bid for Delta
• General Mills seeks profit from Disney strategy
• General Motors is creating a Flexible Power Train Architecture for Future Hybrid Vehicles
• General Motors is not feeble participant in the alliance negotiations
• Generic drug price reductions-the whole story?
• Generic pricing - Marketing or real change?
• Ghosn's Figure of 10b in Savings for GM from an Alliance with Renault and Nissan is Probably Much Closer to the Truth than Wagoner's Figure of 2b
• Give Walmart Some Credit For Trying
• Glad it is over
• Global distibution channels will keep Avon ringing the door bell
• GM should continue to benefit from the growing Chinese market!
• GM To Build Hybrids in China. Progress, Payback, or Payoff?
• GM will win the race for survival by a TKO, because it can punch well above its supposedly declining weight.
• GM/Chrysler "MERGER OF TWO WRONG COMPANIES "
• GM's CEO has brought to the Forefront of the American Political Debate the Question "Is Outsourcing Good, Evil, or Just Outsourcing?"
• GNC Will Benefit from Sale
• GNC's Future After Apollo Takes Huge Profit
• Go East Yong Man!
• Good will = Retains Customer base
• Government Regulation of the Food and Supplements Industries - Good and Bad
• Great Quarter, wrong message being sent
• Grey days leading up to Black Friday
• H&R Block Trickle Down Effect
• Hain, DSM, Kraft, Del Monte, Bigelow to Benefit from Growing Trend
• Halloween isn't over yet?
• Hamburger 100% prime beef..no pork..
• Hardware and service retailers may be the big deal after Vistas ho-hum launch!
• Harrah's Could Be Under Pressure To Change
• Has Detroit lost another market segment?
• Have investors lost confidence in Zale's turnaround?
• Haverty's on a slippery slope!
• HD Challenge: Will LOW Continue to Outperform?
• Herbalife Manages Expectations by Lowering Guidance
• HERE AN OFFER, THERE AN OFFER, EVERYWHERE AN OFFER-OFFER
• Holiday Sales Not Determined By Gas Prices!
• Holiday Tally - Both Consumers and Retailers Lose!
• Home Depot and its future
• Home Depot continues to move away from core business
• Home Depot in China - Will it be worth the Wait?
• Home Depot testing store line distribution while already well entrenched on the internet channel.
• Housing Stats, Unpredictability of Weather and Continued Threats of Domestic Terrorism Could Dampen Retailers Optimism
• How can Ford and GM turn around the perceptions of their products?
• How to benefit from globalization is the big question
• How will the Chinese Automotive market develop?
• How will the new CEO impact DeVry?
• Hubris is showing its ugly head, Retailing goes beyond real estate!
• Hyundai, Brand on the way up?
• Hyundai's Business Model Is The One That GM And Ford Need To Emulate
• If it happens, it could be a slow burn
• If you think it’s so easy why don’t you do it yourself? Okay I think I will.
• Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
• Ingenuity, progressive thought and artistry asseverates Whole Foods appetite for lucrative adventures
• Installation service profitability could equal service warranty level
• INTERESTING CONCEPT - GREAT IDEA - BUT...
• International expansion spurred by F.T.C. proposed regulations
• Is Ford Canada Running a Trial of its Parent Company's New Global Strategy?
• Is Internet sales growth just a matter of convenience?
• Is it time for Home Depot expand into Consumer Electronics?
• Is Moissanite becoming the jewelry industries next consignment product?
• Is the OEM Automotive Industry Ready to Mass Produce a Hydrogen Burinng Fuel Cell Powered Electric Car?
• Is the price right for Harrah's?
• Is there a place for Radio Shack?
• IS THERE ANYONE THAT DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING ???
• IS THIS REALLY GOING TO LEAD ANYWHERE ?
• Is this the end of the era of support for minority business enterprise preferences by the American OEM automotive industry? Yes.
• It is a reasonable expectation
• IT WILL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH
• It’s hard to believe but $100 billion is probably not enough!
• It's a fact - Macau is a reality
• IT'S A GOOD MOVE FOR THE SEMINOLE'S
• IT'S A GREAT WAY TO RAISE CAPITAL - IS IT BEST WAY FOR THE INDUSTRY TO GO??
• IT'S A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW
• It's a Promise Not a Threat!
• IT'S A TERRIFIC MOVE FOR WYNN
• Its about generating & retaining foot traffic!
• It's not just Anti-Indian
• It's off to Mexico for Lowes
• It's Who was Invited to the Meeting and What They Didn't Ask for That's the Real Story
• J.C. Penny is moving on up, taking full aim at the department store’s core customer!
• Jerry York is wrong. He doesn't know enough about how GM is fixing non-core operations and making money doing it.
• JetBlue recognizes value of GDS
• Jim plays with his viewers but not the actual toys.
• Job cuts? You can bank on it
• Joint Efforts in Auto Industry
• Jones not alone. Branding, Delineation and Diversafication will be keys to success
• Jones Strategic Plan Fails To Overcome The Impact OfRetail Consolidation
• Kate Not Liz's Sweet Spot
• Keeping Up with the Competition
• Kmart has limited Craftsman Launch 9-24-06
• Kohl's is "in style" With Innovation, Differentiation and Exclusivity
• Kohl's merchandising initiatives results exceed expectations.
• LAND DEAL - PLUS MORE
• Las Vegas gets ready to go online
• Las Vegas High Rise Market – Boom or Bust?
• LAS VEGAS PROVES AGAIN TO BE A STRONG MARKET
• Lessons for Walmart China?
• Let's get going with 2007!
• Liz Claiborne Reaches Outside The Industry For New CEO
• LIZ makes a great acquisition.
• Longer Promotion? Customer loses sense of urgency
• Look, over there... It's an elephant!
• LOOKS LIKE A DONE DEAL FOR HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT
• Looks like a Leak, Walks like a Leak
• LOOKS LIKE THE GAUGHAN'S ARE AT IT AGAIN
• Loose lips sink ships...and jewelry company's too!
• Lots of Talk but No Real Action
• Lower Future Sales and Profits for Mall and Off-Mall Retailers
• Major gap
• Managing Unsold Vehcile Inventory
• Managing unsold vehicle inventory is the next competitive arena for Auto-makers
• Masco results add to debate of impact of slowing housing market
• Mass Merchant Price Wars - Will they be real or is it just pre-game rhetoric
• McDonald's is Hitting on All Cylinders
• McDonald's Stock Swap Divestiture of Chipotle a Win-Win
• McDonald's WILL sell Boston Market
• Medicaid Should not be Used to Pay Weight Watchers
• Merry Christmas - I guess you're allowed to say it again
• MGM Has Other Motives
• MGM MIRAGE HAS MADE A STRONG STATEMENT WITH THIS PLAN
• Michigan and its once dominant OEM automotive industry must downsize. Both ignored the need for long term strategic planning until it was too late.
• Mobile iGaming Future is hot
• More Big Vegas Plans, More Big Vegas Talk
• MORE OF THE SAME NOT ALWAYS BEST FOR THE AREA
• Motivation not present at CEC
• Must have apparel items are created through marketing not customer need
• NACCO, Salton and the demise of the Applica Deal
• NASCAR accelerates Office Depot
• Nasty, perhaps not!
• NBTY's Opportunities for Growth
• NCL "Freestyle Cruising that is free"
• Negative comps distract from the increase in operating margins.
• New Bill Could End Rent to Own In Texas
• NEW CASINO PROPERTY TO PERK UP NORTH LAS VEGAS
• New Congress Agenda Hard to Swallow for McDonald’s et al?
• New Technology is always welcome, If it is better!
• No end in sight for disappointment from the Gap.
• Not Ready To Cash Out: The Gap Begins Its Search For A New CEO
• Numbers don't tell the story.
• NutriSystem's Growth-Costs Led to Weight-Loss
• OEM Automotive Industry’s Commitment to Minority Business – Out of Resources
• OEM Automotive vehicle assemblers are nervous that Carl Icahn's takeover of Lear will expose one of their worst outsourcing blunders
• Off Price Retail Gets Early Competition
• Office Depot Promotes Website to Help Deliver Strong Holiday Sales
• OfficeMax is Profitable, but don't get fooled
• OfficeMax Plays on Private Label Growth to Narrow Financial Performance Gap with Staples and OD
• OfficeMax Turns to Offense to Drive Growth of Business Customers, Store Traffic and Topline Sales
• One Path to Cost Reduction Has Now Been Completed
• Online Gambling and the American Gaming Association
• On-line or in-store? YES.
• Online Poker and the Future
• Online poker giant to attack European market
• On-line shopping eases many holiday shopping woes.
• Outback Steakhouse (OSI) Really Going Back to Basics
• Overcrowded or just double counting means luxury brands may continue to be unprofitable in China
• P&G PR Fiasco in China Leads to Exit of SK-II from the market
• Part 3: The Good, the Bad and the Future of QSR, Fast Casual, and Casual Restaurants in 2007
• Part II-Zale Christmas 06-Can Management Sell It?
• Part I-Zale Christmas 06-Management Just Doesn’t Get It
• Partnership, Partnership, Partnership
• Pause or war-path in the Tobacco Industry ?
• Pay heed to Prado's Law, don't spend too much time on the hole, we sell the doughnuts.
• Performance vs. Engineering – Advance vs. AutoZone
• Perhaps a Businessman on the Board Would Help
• Pier 1 will NOT find a port in their current storm.
• Pier One may find a port with new captain
• PLAYBOY TRYING TO MAKE A SPLASH IN LAS VEGAS
• PNK as a target? Why do an offering then?
• Polo's short and long term profits will benefit from Penney's launch of American Living Brand.
• Popeyes Cooking Cajun, Creole and Fast Casual
• Premium for a Premium property
• Pricemart's Continued Improvement
• Print and Copy Services are High on 2007 Radar Screen of OfficeMax and Staples
• Private Equity Firms Recycle Car Executives As Advisors Until They are Completely Used Up
• Private label has its place amongst value propositions
• Private Label, It doesn't stop at the Opening Price Points!
• Profitability or Political Correctness: The Car Maker's Dilemma
• PS3 and Wii – is it fair to compare these videogame systems?
• RAC Management Focused on Financial Services and Rentway Integration
• Reality Check for Nutrisystem
• REALLY NOW - WHO WOULD HAVE SUSPECTED?
• Recovery may require more think time at Toy Chain
• Renault has a head start on, and is maintaining its lead over Toyota and everyone Else, in the race to be a truly global OEM automotive company
• Rent to Own Under Attack in New York
• Restaurant Trends for 2007 Part 4
• Retail Store Saturation Not a Concern For Office Depot
• Retailers are committing major brain power to the e commerce channel
• Retailers Force Toy Shortages
• Retailers may actually make less net profit on private label products!
• Retailers shine online
• Road to Recovery? (I am sorry but the patient is terminal!)
• Saks heads "South of the Border"
• Saks implementing their business plan for success
• Sale of Novartis Food Unit to Nestle Good for Both
• SAME OLD, SAME OLD - WHEN WILL THEY WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES
• SATURATION POINT - WHAT SATURATION POINT ?
• Sears Holding- When can investors expect an End-ing of the beginning?
• Sears Holding's Terminator Brand Strategy
• Second quarter results may not be the worst of it for Zale!
• See a Penny pick it up, execute a business plan and you still need luck
• Seems more like a warning to the gambling industry
• SHEDDING THE WORKERS IS NOT THE ANSWER
• Should investors should question management's sincerity?
• Signet joins the pack looking to buy jewelry market share
• Significant Growth Expected in Kids’ Foods Market
• Silicon is the most abundant chemical element on the earth's surface. Why then does the solar power industry have a polysilicon shortage?
• Slim That Supply Chain Starbucks
• Slowing housing market does not hurt Leggett a large supplier of furniture components
• Smart Acquisition Could Allow Office Depot to Profit from Staples' Mistakes in China
• So what? "In-house technology may be no better than out-house technology when it comes to batteries and fuel cells.
• Soft comparisons obsecure fundamental weaknesses in department stores!
• Soft earnings may be all that is left for RadioShack investors
• Some doubts about Best Buy in China
• Some Online Holiday Sales Growth Should Outpace Bricks & Mortar
• Staples Adds Another "Weapon" to its Powerful Brand/Marketing Strategy
• Staples and Office Depot Poised for Unprecedented New Store Growth
• Staples Does It Because They Can
• Staples Energy Plan is Good for the Earth, the Brand and the Bottom Line
• Staples Plans look solid written on their own paper and their own pens.
• Staples Tweeks and "Geeks" Towards New Levels of Tech Services
• Starbucks Can Withstand Coke, Nestle Attack
• Starbucks: Forget the Nickel and look over your shoulder
• STATION CASINOS BUY OUT BID COULD BE IN SOME TROUBLE
• STATIONS CASINOS JUST DOING THEIR THING AGAIN
• Store Clinics Set to Grow Over 250% in 2007
• Strong cash flow make Claire’s a hot LBO target
• Sucess as a C.E.O. in apparel requires an eye for fashion and a mind for business
• Supervalu is Truly a Super Thinker
• Supervalu not Focused on Profit
• Target introduces plans to reduce the profitability of its electronics departments?
• Taste always trumps nutrition!
• Tech. Services? Go Staples Go!
• THAT MAY BE THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR
• The actualization of fuel cell powered electric propulsion by Honda and GM will overwhelm the fuel cell potential of Ford's plug-in edge
• The American OEM automotive business model of globalization in one country is broken and should be discarded as Renault has done in the area of design
• The American OEM automotive industry will benefit directly from a joint venture between a British Mining Giant and a Russian Steel Company
• The Battle for Applica: What Next?
• The Biggest Trend In the Apparel Industry? Private Label Brands
• The competitions Getting Tough in China's Middle Market
• The Detroit Auto Show Highlights the Huge Amounts of Money Wasted Because The Car Industry is Seen as the Great Satan by this secular Religion
• The Eagle soars, Abercrombie fits and a Gap looks like an abyss
• THE EMPLOYEE JITTERS ARE NOT UNCOMMON AT THIS STAGE
• The employees are leaving the ship
• The entry of Chinese automobiles into the North American Market
• The envelope please………………. And the winner of the 2006 T.O.T.Y. is MATTEL! Mattel also grabs the MIMI (The Most Inane Meaningless Irrelevant) Award.
• THE FEDS SAY IT'S TIME TO ALLOW UNIONS TO TALK TO TRIBAL EMPLOYEES
• The Future of Automotive Powertrain Design is in a major state of Flux.
• The Good, the Bad and the Future of QSR, Fast Casual, and Casual Restaurants in 2007
• The loss of management and engineering continuity by the OEM American automotive industry is the worst thing that can happen. It cannot be recovered.
• The Mainlander Effect in Hong Kong
• The Mets Lost but Trump won
• The New Battery for Hybrid Cars may be the Old Lead Acid Battery as Safety and Reliability and Raw Material Issues Plague Lithium Technologies
• The New CEO is not the only News at IBC
• The Next Battle of the Automotive Wars
• The next owner of Chrysler, the manufacturing company, will re-sell it at a profit by proposing that a new owner not make Chrysler branded vehicles.
• The OEM Automotive Industry Wrecked its Supplier Base by Extorting Subsidies. Now it Wants them from the Taxpayers.
• The only beneficiary of a GM, Ford alliance would be Ford
• The Outlook on Confection Merchandising
• The Police vehicle Market is becoming competitive again!
• The real Indians discover the new world (in SUVs)
• The re-institution of autocracy trumps economics as free market capitalism gives way again to command economics in Russia (and China)
• The right way to engage the audience
• the secret's out?
• The smart move for Wal-Mart’s competitors is to play their own game
• The Smart Way to Milk the China Cow
• The sole value of Chrysler to GM would be to enhance and expand GM's Hummer brand by adding Jeep to it.
• The Toyota Official, the CEO, Predicting "More Partnerships in the Auto Industry" is being disingenuous. He knows that the opposite is true.
• The 'Toyota Way' critically includes transferring the accumulated knowledge and skills of one generation of managers to the next one
• The UAW in Decline. An Increasingly Toothless Dog Keeps Asking for Red Meat But Will Settle for Tablescraps
• THERE ARE SOME TROUBLING THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ENDEAVOR
• There is one Detroit Automaker who may benefit from an "Alliance"
• There May be No Ford in your Future
• There will be an impact, but on whom?
• There's a New Purchasing Paradigm in Town. Those Who Describe Themselves as The OEM Automotive Industry Who Don't Adopt It Will be Gone Shortly
• There's no there, there. The Chevrolet Volt Has an Open Circuit.
• They've Won the Battle, Now comes the War.
• This is a very old story. It started in France before World war II. Only the Americans failed to learn of the importance of a global supply chain.
• This is How We will Know When the American Public Understands and After That Accepts Globalization
• This is just plain pointless and silly. GM has passed the buck for failure before the project is even started.
• This year-department stores may be the big winners
• Tiffany comp-store results may indicate hard times for lower end jewelers
• Timeshare Industry – Continues Steady Growth
• Tired of Waiting
• To be Fair Congress Should Applaud and Help The "Detroit Three." They are Doing Much More to Reduce Greenhouse Gases than the Tokyo Three Plus China
• To Wal-Mart, no way, no more, not here
• Too Much, Too Little, or Out of the Question?
• Toyota Does NOT need Ford
• Toys R Us has the leadership to take this retailer from seriously dumb to seriously fun
• Traditional retailers should dominate online
• TRUMP AND WYNN TOGETHER - HARD TO FIGURE
• TV's, Home Furnishings, Candy, Christmas Ornaments-Will Produce and Lingerie be Next at Home Depot?
• Ugly Betty Will Be Pretty for Herbalife in Mexico
• Upheaval in Internet Gambling Continues
• Very Bad News for Ford Seems to Be No News for Wall Street: This is a Profound Error
• Virtual Worlds - real insight needed
• Virtual worlds - the next frontier (it's 1996 again)
• Vitamin Shoppe Victim of Anti-Supplements Media
• Volatile Commodity Prices and Reduced Pricing Power takes its toll
• Wal Mart, and price wars
• Wal Mart, it's back to basics
• Walgreen Is not Swayed by Competitors' Deals
• Wal-Mart : Doing what it does best.
• Wal-Mart Attempts Catch Up With the Competition in China
• Walmart cut growth and begins their decline
• Wal-Mart cuts profits to sell more toys
• Wal-Mart cutting toy prices has been getting customers into the stores since 1997.
• Wal-Mart LOADS the gun. Ready, Aim, Foot Traffic
• Wal-Mart mulls its loose-loose options
• Wal-Mart not a threat.....Yet
• WalMart Seeks a Mindset within Marketing
• Wal-Mart talks the talk, again.
• Wal-Mart will succeed in China
• Walmart, Best Buy and Black Friday
• Wal-Mart, retail's Dr. Jekyl and Mr Hyde
• Wal-Mart: Bad manners leads to bad press.
• Wal-Mart's $4 Drug Program Offers Breathing Room
• Walmarts Blunder
• Wal-Mart's deals: A holiday gift for restaurants?
• Wal-Mart's woes could cost retail sector investors Billions
• War? No; The Breakfast Battle between Starbucks, McDonalds, Etc.
• Websites Could Be the Key to a Great vs Good Holiday Season
• Week 5 - Technology will begin to play a much larger role in the industry.
• Week 6 Costs are going up (Minimum Wage)
• Welcome to the future!
• Wendy's Buyback: She's Starting To Roll!
• Wendy's Sale of Baja Fresh
• What Better Way To Avoid a Difficult Decision
• WHAT COULD THEY BE THINKING / CHANGE ODDS FOR A BETTER PLAYER
• What could they be thinking?
• What did GM know about the Delphi transactions that are being alleged as fraudulent, and when did GM know?
• What is the market for "small" cars?
• What was Banc One's Role in the Transactions being Questioned?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW YOU ASK ?
• What’s ahead for Zale investors?
• WHAT'S THE BIG FUSS ABOUT - MONEY!
• Where does CECO go from here?
• WHERE HAVE ALL THEY PLAYERS GONE???
• Whole Foods Innovates to Meet Competitive Challenge
• Whole Foods is Not Standing Still
• Whole Foods' Lower Pricing Not Lower Margin
• Whole Foods Still Number One
• Whole Foods Still the Favorite
• Who's in Charge at Ford?
• Why did China Choose Codelco?
• Why is “Victoria” keeping her Pink line so “Secret”?
• Why is Select Comfort preforming better in other retail stores?
• Why launch anything to a place no one wants to go to?
• Wild Oats Still Well Behind Whole Foods
• Will New Marketing Bolster P.F. Chang's Performance, or Will Investors Be Hungry an Hour Later?
• Will Tesco Displace Small Independent Grocers?
• Will the business be there through Christmas - will it arrive for Wal-Mart
• Will the Gap start to narrow?
• Will the Honda Future Power train plan succeed?
• Will the Positive News of November Increases Amount to Disappointment at Year End?
• Winning retailers don't force customers to choose between in store and online channels
• With A Deal like this, who would say know?
• Zale management benefits from Ratner’s UK Signet business offer.
• Zale management overaction costs investors value.