BYCharles Fishman Relevancy Score: 100 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:22 AM
Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics--and psychology--of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our culture of indulgence.READ»
One of the things the bottled-water companies do quite well is make appealing bottles, in terms of shape and usability. Fiji Water’s square bottle sits easily in your hand. Poland Spring sells a new flip-top bottle with a tucked ...READ»
BY Katharine Mieszkowski Relevancy Score: 100 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM
Are you planning on getting away this summer? Then get on the Web. Here's all you need to know about getting good deals, finding exotic locations -- in short, planning a dream vacation.READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 98 Mon Dec 1, 2008 at 1:10 PM
There won’t be too many major decisions made at this week’s UN climate summit, but close observers will be able to hear the conversation shift and watch battle lines being drawn for the new year.READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 97 Wed Oct 8, 2003 at 11:18 AM
Today in 1982, Poland outlawed labor organizations.
Fast Company talked to political activists Helena Luczywo and Wanda Rapaczynski about how they created a media empire following the country's transition to a free market economy in ...READ»
BY Pamela Kruger Relevancy Score: 96 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM
Difficult circumstances are a test of business wits and corporate character. In Poland, company builders Helena Luczywo and Wanda Rapaczynski are creating a media empire built on savvy strategy and unwavering principles.READ»
BY William Taylor Relevancy Score: 95 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:04 AM
Don't think of Barbara Kux as one of the rising stars in European business - although, at 39, and a high-ranking line manager at Nestlé, she certainly is that.READ»
My previous Netflix rental was explicitly about business. My most recent watch, which I saw last night, was explicitly about post-war Poland... but implicitly about business. Go figure!
Krzysztof Kieslowski's 1976 film The Scar ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 75 Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 1:25 PM
It's hard to escape the fact that bottled water is wasteful, from the plastic used in bottles to the trucks that cart the water thousands of miles. And while bottled water consumption is down overall, millions of Americans still ...READ»
BYDJ Francis Relevancy Score: 71 Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 7:49 AM
Social media has already changed business profoundly. If yours hasn’t, you are already behind the curve. If you have customers, their expectations regarding how they interact with businesses has likely already shifted dramatically.
So how will you deal with these changes in your business? They will surely impact marketing and legal, perhaps even I.T. But what else is on the horizon?READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 60 Mon Dec 6, 2004 at 4:16 PM
The current issue of National Geographic Magazine features an interesting one-page piece entitled "A Work-Weary World." The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tracked the annual hours worked around the world in ...READ»
BYChris Dannen Relevancy Score: 50 Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 12:49 PM
In the last few days, the world has seen a morass of chocolate-related news. The New Yorker has a story on the hippie-go-lucky founders of Dagoba Chocolate, the popularity of which has surged on a reemergence of interest in natural ...READ»
BYKit Eaton Relevancy Score: 40 Wed May 27, 2009 at 8:57 AM
The complex European rules that prevent iTunes from opening its doors everywhere--French members buying music from the German iTunes, for example--may be getting overhauled. That's if Europe's Competition Commissioner gets her ...READ»
BYKevin Ohannessian Relevancy Score: 39 Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM
The New York Times article on redesigned milk jugs puts a spotlight on one of the ways Wal-Mart continues adopting green practices. Last year the company announced it was going to encourage product manufacturers to use greener ...READ»
BYleigh beckett Relevancy Score: 38 Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM
The joke about owners of sports utility vehicles being in constant readiness to invade Poland became all the more poignant last week, with reports that Russia had deployed ‘peacekeeping forces’ to Georgia. With the distant echo of ...READ»
BYJosh Dean Relevancy Score: 36 Tue Oct 28, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Did Family Guy go too far in its recent episode that suggested Nazis would have supported the McCain-Palin ticket? Does Seth MacFarlane care? Not likely, if his continuing string of hits is any indication.READ»
Apart from being just about the best place to advertise, New York's subway could be a goldmine both for sociologists and for market research professionals. Of course, I'm not suggesting that the subway is representative of all of New ...READ»
BYMichael Cannell Relevancy Score: 33 Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 11:26 AM
For design, fall is the season of ideas.The Milan Furniture Fair, held every April, is essentially an organ of the Italian furniture industry. Walking the fairgrounds on the city outskirts, one gets the sense that a thousand suits are ...READ»
