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ArtisticScience: November 2013
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Friends of the Chicago River is the only organization solely dedicated to the Chicago River system. Since 1979, Friends has been working to improve the health of the Chicago River system for the benefit of people and wildlife and by doing so, has laid the foundation for the river to be a beautiful, continuous, easily accessible corridor of open space in the Chicago region. Please contact Mary Beth Sova at 312-939-0490 ext 19 or msova@chicagoriver.org. Posted by Kevin Hartman.
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March | 2010 | Ad Warrior
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Archive for March, 2010. Glamor as a Tool of Persuasion. Among the most regrettable qualities of advertising professionals is their tendency not to dig deeply enough into the superficial (apologies to Andy Warhol for the slight rewrite of one of his aphorisms). We have a tendency to assume we know what words like “glamor” mean, and race off to create a television commercial that uses glamor (or its simulacrum) to sell 1,200-calorie cheeseburgers. Virginia Postrel in the. Has written a whip-smart review.
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Top of Mind: Check out the Marketing Geek
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Things that inspire, intrigue, amuse, or entertain me. Laquo; A Global View to Web 2.0. February 02, 2008. Check out the Marketing Geek. Michael Fassnacht is one of the smartest guys when it comes to understanding data-driven marketing and analytics. His blog, Marketing Geek. Contains original, thoughtful commentary on the world of data driven marketing. Posted at 07:23 AM. March 27, 2010 at 07:24 PM. The comments to this entry are closed. Engaged on the Road. Check out the Marketing Geek.
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Analytics for better business: February 2012
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Analytics for better business. Making better business decisions using data. Thursday, February 9, 2012. Amazon launches as Junglee.com in India! Is it a big deal? Amazon launched as Junglee. In India earlier this week. It is a price comparison site for various merchants to list their products and provide prices. Already quite a few significant Indian vendors (homeshop18, indiaplaza, healthkart, uRead, bookadda, etc) have listed their products on the website. Well I don't think so. While these rankings ar...
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Analytics for better business: September 2010
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Analytics for better business. Making better business decisions using data. Thursday, September 9, 2010. Uncertain times in US apparel retail. Figure 1: US Monthly Retail Sales ($ BN) for Apparel Retailers (US Census). Figure 2: University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index. Existing home sales, another important indicator of economic wellbeing, had a dramatic decrease in recent months. This has left many wondering how the future will shape up. Now, more than ever, apparel retailers will have to pay ca...
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Analytics for better business: January 2012
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Analytics for better business. Making better business decisions using data. Saturday, January 21, 2012. The big fuss about 'big data'. There has been growing interest in the idea of big data in the past few years. Indeed as McKinsey wrote about 'big data' ( Read here. In May 2011, there has been an exponential rise in data available to businesses for taking better decisions. Indeed there will be a shortage of big data analysts in the US (and much of the Western world). In information technology, big data.
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DUKKANATION: Marketing Insider: April 2009
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Thursday, April 30, 2009. Starbucks Reports Same-Store Sales Down 8%. Decrease Is Improvement Over Previous Quarter; Touts Strong Sales of Via Instant-Coffee Product. April 29, 2009. Which was a 10% decrease in the U.S. The call wasn't entirely devoid of good news, however. Via, Starbucks' "superpremium" entry into the instant-coffee market, is ahead of expectations in all channels. Starbucks, as first reported by Ad Age. Began testing the product in company stores in Seattle, Chicago and London last mon...
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Analytics for better business: May 2012
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Analytics for better business. Making better business decisions using data. Saturday, May 5, 2012. Samsung and Apple are winning the war of smartphones (through different strategies.Apple through a single elegant phone built on its proprietary OS and Samsung through a rapid launch of a slew of multiple sized devices built on Android). The chart above is taken from a recent Time article. Looks like their attempt to get the general populace into the Blackberry Boys' club has not worked. 4) Sell the company...
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Analytics for better business: November 2012
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Analytics for better business. Making better business decisions using data. Wednesday, November 14, 2012. JC Penney's experiments with pricing and holiday season discounting. Around a year ago, JC Penney's CEO Ron Johnson announced their 'Fair and Square ' pricing policy. The strategy seems to have failed.last week JCP announced that their sales have dropped 26% year on year for Q3. It is burning through its cash reserves and may need to raise capital soon. 2) JCP needs to aggressively continue the store...
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Ten Charmingly Mean-Spirited Quotes on Statistics and Data | Ad Warrior
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Ten Charmingly Mean-Spirited Quotes on Statistics and Data. August 23, 2010 at 8:35 pm. Within advertising agencies on five continents, statisticians and data jockeys have made significant progress in their attempts to swathe themselves in the garments of infallibility. Even so, anything more than a cursory glance reveals that their backsides are, just like ours, hanging out and exposed to the same vicissitudes of climate and circumstance. Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off. –...8220;Wh...
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