De-risking, Sustainability, Wellness and The Tea Party
“De-risking” has leaped into the common vernacular as home foreclosures and live streaming of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico dominate the news. While not uniform in its emerging application,...
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Buy Local: Restoring Jobs, The Economy and The Environment
BUY LOCAL! I think it will replace Buy American as a mega-wave that will stimulate job growth and the restoration of our environment. American Express OPEN magazine for small business did a survey of...
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TOP FIVE Best Practices For Retailers To Grow Buy Local Revenues
As a retailer your daily key business issue is how to grow sales? A retailer’s business life is leveraging the value of your store location and inventory. The path to doing so is sales. Sell more, make...
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Derisking: Green and Buy Local Supply Chain Best Practices
The tragedy in Japan plus the unrest in the Middle East has again brought Wall Street’s attention upon the concept of “derisking.” Derisking is a strategy that looks beyond meter, pump or cash register...
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Etsy: Retailing Best Practices For Buy Local, Buy Handmade, Buy Green!
Etsy is a web site that is a BEST PRACTICES example on the new sales paths that can be created with customers seeking products that are defined by their authenticity. Etsy began as a website that...
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Buy Local Sustainability: A Solution To Food and Fuel Price Inflation
The Federal Reserve reports no inflation. That conclusion is being lost on consumers. Here’s what they are feeling in their pocket book: Gasoline prices have risen from below $2.50 in 2009 to...
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Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organics
Nell Newman of Newman’s Own Organics is one of those people who earn your attention with her presence and message. Daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward she has her father’s captivating blue eyes...
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FDA Questioning Natural Food Claims
Finally, the FDA is opening a review on the use of the word “natural” in food advertising and claims. This review comes as a result of citizen petitions questioning the meaning of the word and even its...
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