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Topic: Kmart Corporation

  
INNOVATION   |  Comment

How To Fix K-Mart

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:49 AM

Ways to make blue lights special again.READ»

EDUCATION   |  2 comments

Education: The Doll Test, From K-12 to Kmart

BY April Joyner
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 31, 2007 at 7:39 PM

This month, Kmart began selling up to four dozen new ethnic dolls in its stores. Coincidentally, this is the year that Brown v. Board of Education was effectively overturned by the Supreme Court. A critical component of the Brown ...READ»

CULTURE   |  Comment

Truth 2: A Beautiful Idea Is Never Perfect

BY Max Mckeown
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed May 28, 2008 at 7:14 AM

There is no such thing as the perfect business idea. There are good ideas that reward effort. There are ideas that attract interest and inspire support. There are beautiful ideas change our perception of what is possible and what ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING   |  Comment

What's in Store

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 90
Thu Oct 16, 2003 at 11:08 AM

USA Today features two interesting articles about product design and branding today. In the first, Edward Baig reports that Richard Branson and the Virgin Group are branching out into consumer electronics. The products, which include ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING   |  1 comment

It's Okay to Be Smaller


Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Aug 18, 2004 at 1:26 PM

Fast Company senior writer Linda Tischler writes that the Michael Graves-Target partnership is the very model of a successful designer-retailer collaboration. Now, a new book, Simply Better, reveals what makes Target great -- and why ...READ»

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Martha. Still Here. For Now.

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 73
Mon Oct 20, 2003 at 4:28 PM

Marthaphiles can sleep a little better tonight. As Heath mentioned last week, K-Mart has decided not to drop Martha Stewart from its latest ad campaign, "Kmart. Right Here. Right Now" -- despite the fact that the Empress of ...READ»

DormBox
SHOPPING   |  1 comment

Dorm-in-a-Box: Designing a Better--And Cheaper--College Prep Experience

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 67
Mon Jul 20, 2009 at 11:05 AM

Everyone knows that buying in bulk saves you cash; a new company does that for your college-bound kid, providing a $850 discount.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CULTURE   |  1 comment

Learn More With Less: Low-cost Content

BY Marcia Conner
Relevancy Score: 61
Sun Dec 7, 2008 at 9:37 PM

With less money available for corporate education efforts, how can organizations continue to support intentional learning in the enterprise? This is the second in a series of articles focused on learning as the money runs out.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Death of Corporate Permanence

BY Adam Hanft
Relevancy Score: 61
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM

Is the pandemic of bankruptcies actually changing our national perspective on corporate mortality in some fundamental way? It's an important question to ask, given the frequency of once-iconic brands turning into corporate ...READ»

CAREER   |  Comment

Who’s Hiring? Week of 9/25/09

BY Phil Rosenberg
Relevancy Score: 60
Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 11:58 PM

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding. READ»

Target and Trump: Strange Bedfellows of the Recession
DESIGN   |  Comment

Target and Trump: Strange Bedfellows of the Recession

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 58
Mon Jan 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Target unveiled its new spring and summer line in the penthouse of a tony high rise overlooking the river. If this doesn't signal the end of the "Reign of the I-Bank Moguls," nothing does.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

What's Next for the Net?

BY George Anders and Polly LaBarre
Relevancy Score: 57
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:22 AM

Fast Talk: A RoundtableREAD»

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE   |  6 comments

A Bluelight Moment in a High-Life Store


Relevancy Score: 52
Wed Dec 8, 2004 at 6:48 PM

At the risk of sounding like my fellow grinch, Keith Hammonds, I haven't begun to think about holiday gifts yet. I can't. I'm mired in my annual internal "There's way too much commercialism around this whole thing" debate that I have ...READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH   |  Comment

A Brief History of Hard Work, Adjusted for Risk

BY Seth Godin
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Your great-grandfather knew what it meant to work hard. He hauled hay all day long, making sure that the cows got fed. In Fast Food Nation (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), Eric Schlosser writes about a worker who ruptured his vertebrae, ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
ANDROID   |  Comment

Who Gets "It"? Only A Few Industrial Manufacturers - Part II

BY Alder Crocker
Relevancy Score: 45
Wed Oct 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM

If many manufacturers and their sales teams sell products and not solutions, does that mean that their customers buy products too, and not solutions? They buy both of course, but it depends on what level in the hierarchical ...READ»

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Masters of Design: Robyn Waters

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:52 AM

Founder and president of RW Trend, LLCREAD»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Contest: How Can This Brand Be Better?

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Help Fast Company reinvent these successful -- and struggling -- brands.READ»

INNOVATION   |  1 comment

Contest: How Can This Brand Be Better?

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 40
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:52 AM

Help Fast Company reinvent these successful -- and struggling -- brands.READ»

BLOGGING   |  Comment

FTC Cracks Down on Blogging Endorsements

BY David Capece
Relevancy Score: 39
Fri Oct 9, 2009 at 8:06 AM

The blogging community was shocked this week when the Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday an update of its guidelines for advertisers, which now extends into the realm of social media. In an effort to maintain full disclosure, honesty and transparency among brands and consumers, bloggers and other social network users must disclose their affiliation with a company for any product review, advertisement, or endorsement, whether it be a paid review…READ»

Ivan Glickman
BLOG   |  1 comment

Should You Go to BlogWorld? An Interview with Rick Calvert

BY Rich Brooks
Relevancy Score: 38
Wed Sep 9, 2009 at 4:41 PM

Every year stars from the social media universe (blogging, podcasting, online video, etc.) get together in Vegas for Blogworld. But is it right for you?READ»

CUSTOMERS FIRST 2006   |  4 comments

After the 'Radio-Sacking' is Over


Relevancy Score: 36
Tue Sep 5, 2006 at 12:58 PM

Anyone not living under a log this past week knows the situation with Radio Shack and their (hopefully now regrettable) decsion to inform their employees that they are no longer employeed via email. In this account in USA Today, it ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY   |  Comment

Leader in Corporate Sustainability Arena Comments on Wal-Mart's Position

BY Lewis Perkins
Relevancy Score: 36
Wed Apr 1, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Scott Seydel remarks on my recent post on Conscious Capitalism as it relates to Wal-Mart.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Joe Gruelich

BY Anni Layne
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:32 AM

Session III: "Keep it Moving"READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS   |  4 comments

What We Learned In The New Economy

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 35
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:47 AM

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned It's a foggy, rainy December afternoon at the port of Redwood City, California--the kind of day that makes reality hard to discern, ...READ»

LEADERSHIP SKILLS   |  Comment

5 Habits of Highly Reliable Organizations

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 34
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:34 AM

The worst thing about recent business scandals is their lingering aftereffect: How can you move forward when you don't know who you can depend on? Karl E. Weick says the answer is inside highly reliable organizations. For them, uncertainty is the ''good stuff.''READ»

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