Tag: Money
How to Prepare for the Holiday Retail Season
With record high temperatures throughout the West and flooding in the Midwest, it’s hard to believe that the holiday selling season is near. No,...
Mitsubishi Provides HOPE
With the country facing challenging economic times, high levels of unemployment and an unpredictable stock market, 2009 saw many people and companies focusing on...
Precision Camera Repairs Tri-fecta
Everyone wins when consumer’s fix and do not discard non-working cameras or camcorders. Consumers can save from $30 to hundreds of dollars with the...
Digital Images Tell the Truth in Hotel Biz
You wouldn’t purchase an outfit before seeing what it looks like and you wouldn’t stay at a hotel without seeing pictures of the property....
Unhappy Customers: How to Turn a Frown into Lifelong Profit
No matter how much you focus on customer satisfaction, you will inevitably have problems with at least one of them. Just remember that when...
Shop Talk: Randahl Ramos, Retail Store Design Consultant
"Customers know within seconds of entering your store if they feel comfortable in the space, and comfort's the most important thing, especially during a...
Consumers Saving More, Spending Less
Consumer spending in the U.S. fell in December for the sixth straight month, with Americans putting more of their money in savings accounts as...
Petters Indicted in Electronics-Fraud Scheme
A prominent businessman in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area - one who got his start selling electronics and whose holding company now owns the Polaroid...
Reinventing the Deal
On Saturday morning, a day before the fatal winds and rains of Hurricane Katrina were designated a Category 5, David Guidry was holding his...
Canon’s Chuck Westfall on Camera Pricing
“There are sweet spots for cameras. We look at the average selling price for a compact digital camera being right around $200. So...
