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Did Retailers Risk Damage to Their Brands Despite Hit Holiday Online Sales?

Amid e-commerce glitches and technology's growing pains, retailers can still win the loyalty of customers. Here's how. READ MORE

Merry Christmas To All, And A Buzzword-Free New Year!

'Twas the week before Christmas and enterprise-wide/Not a creature was stirring, our bandwidth was fried/We’d been synergized, leveraged, geographically dispersed/Right-sized, incentivized, and engineered in reverse... Click through for more of our C-suite twist on "The Night Before Christmas"--and a holiday plea for a jargon-free workplace. READ MORE

Brands That Make Dreams Come True

Netflix recently commissioned a new season of Arrested Development, making the dreams of millions of fans come true and giving their brand a much-needed PR boost. It got me to thinking--dare I say dreaming--about what other brands could do to make dreams a reality for the rest of us. READ MORE

Even Brands As Beloved As Santa Can Fizzle If They Fail To Innovate

Think your company is safe from competition, advancements in technology, and evolution in design and branding? A cautionary tale from Father Christmas himself. READ MORE

At $24,263.18, The Cost Of Christmas Is Up 3.5 Percent This Year

The annual PNC Christmas Price Index is a giant, interactive infographic on the price tag for The 12 Days of Christmas.READ MORE

Fair Trade Shopping Site Worldstock.com Profits Without Trying

The sister site of Overstock.com is growing fast--and so is its social impact. READ MORE

The Ugly Christmas Sweater Renaissance, Fueled by Google

Garish seasonal tops are making a massive comeback, with huge year-on-year growth for at least one major seller, thanks to AdWords. But what is the origin of the ironic holiday sweater party? READ MORE

Scientists Build "Smart" Christmas Tree With Long-Lasting Needles and Fragrance

Scientists have figured out how to engineer a Christmas tree with longer needle retention time. What other bells and whistles can we expect from these so-called "smart" trees?READ MORE

Google Chrome Gifts Connectivity to Holiday Airline Passengers

Google Chrome hooks up with three domestic airlines to provide free Wi-Fi for up to 17 million passengers.READ MORE

How Steve Jobs Stole Christmas--Apple Products Top of Every Kid's Wish List

A U.K. survey on Christmas lists shows just how sophisticated children are becoming.READ MORE

Copenhagen Coal in the Stocking?

As the post mortem of Copenhagen is written, was it a lump of coal in our 2009 holiday stocking? READ MORE

Guilty by Association: The Colors of Christmas (and Other Holidays)

When it comes to branding and identity, red and green have been labeled taboo due to their Christmasy connotations.READ MORE

Consumers Plan to Spend a Little More on Christmas Cheer This Year

Is this the end of the recession? Gallup's latest poll for projected Christmas gift spending shows that U.S. consumers may be about to spend a little more money than they did last year. Some $743 on average, versus a measly $639 in ...READ MORE

Chicken or Egg - - Health Care or Climate Change?

Solving the chicken-egg conundrum of health care and climate change would be a very nice miracle for this holiday season. READ MORE

Top 10 Gadgets this Christmas

No doubt this Christmas, technology companies will target men with tech babble (ram, gigs, specs etc), and then try to woo women by dressing up their products in glitzy, pinked up marketing bows. This is a guide for men and women, ...READ MORE

What Your Employees Really Want for Christmas

You may think you know what your employees want for Christmas, but what if you are totally wrong?READ MORE

iPhone-Loving Verizon Drops Another Lump of Coal Into AT&T's Stocking

As the rumors about Verizon getting the iPhone continue to swirl around Cellville, here's another little nugget of conjecture for us all to bask in. Behold the latest holiday ad for Verizon. The creatives have taken us to the ...READ MORE