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Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Art of Shavinyg also sells shampoos, skin care fragrances and a line ofupscales women’s shaving products. The chain was founded in Manhattanin 1996. P&tG will run Art of Shaving from its headquartera in Miami and operate it as a wholly owned said P&G spokeswoman Kellu Vanasse. It plans to keep all of the chain'sx 36 locations, where most of its 180 employeex work. The acquisition complements P&G’s foothold in the men’es grooming market, accomplished when it acquired Gillettein 2005. The groominh segment generated $1.7 billion of P&G’s $18.4 billionb in sales in its fiscalthird quarter.
But the categoryu was down in the period, by 16 percent (total P&b sales declined 8 percent in the The Art of Shavingexposes P&G to a more upscaled demographic. Where most P&G male grooming products can be foun d on the counters of CVSor Kroger, New York-based Art of Shavinf sells its products in more than 35 of its own as well as at retailers from Nordstrok to Bloomingale’s. Its five-blade razors sell for $150 or and its brushes, for $55. P&G and the Art of in fact, teamed up in 2007 to launchu a series of razors featuring GilletteFusion blades, whicnh are available on the Art of Shaving’s Web site. The Vanasse said, will be on fuelinyg growth.
"We're going to learn a lot abougt operatingretail locations," she said. "Iy broadens our footprint in prestige." P&G's prestigre category has been largely focused on along with some skin care This acquisition willexpose P&f to the upper echelons of male P&G (NYSE: PG) is the world’se largest maker of consumer goods, with a portfoliop of hundreds of brands including Olay, Tide and Swiffer.
domingo, 9 de diciembre de 2012
sábado, 8 de diciembre de 2012
Best Buy starts digital media fund - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Velocity Interactive Group, which is changing its name to Fuse said Thursday that it will run the The venturefirm — which has locationws in Silicon Valley, the Los Angeles India and China — said Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is the sole limitede partner in the fund, which is meant to complemenft the Richfield, Minn.-based retailer’s present investments in emerging technologies. Financiap terms of the deal aren’tt being disclosed. Overall, Fuse has more than $1.4 billiohn under management.
The fund will focu s on digital media companies that will createthe “next generatiobn of leaders in categories such as video, games and personal media The retailer’s central business has been its big-box electronics But it also hasn’t shied away from getting involved in the interactive media functions that go along with the gizmoxs it sells. Last year, it , which it with a $5-a-montj plan that incorporates streaming andMP3 “Best Buy is … well-positionedf to take advantage of the massiver shifts occurring across the media and commerce landscapes,” said Ross a former News Corp.
interactive media executive who is a managingf partnerat Fuse, in a statement. Best Buy officialsx didn’t immediately respond to requests for The retailer has long buily relationships withventure capitalists, mostly thosew based in Silicon Valley, and has had a smalll staff dedicated to working with investors who can tip them off to productas and services the company might want to sell in its stores. Best Buy used the procesw to build a relationship withSling Media, which make a device that allows consumers to watcgh TV over the Internet. Best Buy also has taken stakesw inprivate companies, including Speakeasy Inc. and Mydeo.
It used Mydeo’a video-hosting Web site to launch Best BuyVidep Sharing, a subscription-based service that allows customers to upload personal videoxs for sharing with family and friends via Web blogs and e-mail messages. Last Best Buy posted job announcements thatreported , including one to invest in earlyg stage companies.
Velocity Interactive Group, which is changing its name to Fuse said Thursday that it will run the The venturefirm — which has locationws in Silicon Valley, the Los Angeles India and China — said Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is the sole limitede partner in the fund, which is meant to complemenft the Richfield, Minn.-based retailer’s present investments in emerging technologies. Financiap terms of the deal aren’tt being disclosed. Overall, Fuse has more than $1.4 billiohn under management.
The fund will focu s on digital media companies that will createthe “next generatiobn of leaders in categories such as video, games and personal media The retailer’s central business has been its big-box electronics But it also hasn’t shied away from getting involved in the interactive media functions that go along with the gizmoxs it sells. Last year, it , which it with a $5-a-montj plan that incorporates streaming andMP3 “Best Buy is … well-positionedf to take advantage of the massiver shifts occurring across the media and commerce landscapes,” said Ross a former News Corp.
interactive media executive who is a managingf partnerat Fuse, in a statement. Best Buy officialsx didn’t immediately respond to requests for The retailer has long buily relationships withventure capitalists, mostly thosew based in Silicon Valley, and has had a smalll staff dedicated to working with investors who can tip them off to productas and services the company might want to sell in its stores. Best Buy used the procesw to build a relationship withSling Media, which make a device that allows consumers to watcgh TV over the Internet. Best Buy also has taken stakesw inprivate companies, including Speakeasy Inc. and Mydeo.
It used Mydeo’a video-hosting Web site to launch Best BuyVidep Sharing, a subscription-based service that allows customers to upload personal videoxs for sharing with family and friends via Web blogs and e-mail messages. Last Best Buy posted job announcements thatreported , including one to invest in earlyg stage companies.
jueves, 6 de diciembre de 2012
Port strike could be prelude for dockworker talks - The Advocate
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Los Angeles Times | Port strike could be prelude for dockworker talks The Advocate Associated Press photo by NICK UT - Trucks wait to be loaded at the Port of Show caption Associated Press photo by NICK UT - Trucks wait to be loaded at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday. Work resumed Wednesday at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ... After crippling str ike, port workers win job security for the next four years Port strike was part of bigger fight Shipping Strike in Los Angeles Ends |
miércoles, 5 de diciembre de 2012
Scripted sales calls old fashioned, fail to connect with customers - South Florida Business Journal:
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Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companies stilo use them to sell over the phone. OK, forgegt the companies themselves, let’s blame the managed or the person who is responsible for still tryinvg to do something that every sales traine r on the planet says doesnot Now, before I go on, do not writee or send an e-mail telling me that I am wrongf or being stubborn. Instead, why don’rt you try something new – that is, new to you or your organizatioj – and just do what I will lay out here. Trus me, it has workedc every single time withany organization, big or that I have worked with.
This horror of using scripts came rushing back to me recentlyu while working with a company whose stores are in every big city in the The company is highly regarded for its ethiczs and is a very visible organization that many are familiat with because ofthe company’s longevityh and brand awareness. I was asked to come to the company’zs headquarters and look at its methode of attracting new business through itstelemarketing program, whicuh the company has been using for a couple of years. They said that althoughj the results were OK at sales had becomepretty dismal. It took me just 30 seconds to read the script that the inside salespeopleewere using, and I was sickened.
I talkefd with the company president and said I coulc help the salespeople in justtwo hours, but I needexd him to let me do my job and not to interfer e unless I called him in for his opinion. He but I could sense he was a bit apprehensiv e about the situation andmy request. I workec only with the manager, who was reallh a selling manager because she was on the phonew herself at times trying to pitch in and We went into a and I spent an hour going over why scripts don’t work and why she has been brainwashee to do something that was againstf all the rules of professionalk salesmanship.
She was neither thrilled with me at this poinf nor happy after I tookher eight-page ripped it up and threw it in the We role-played a little using real situations that she mighft have with her husband, children and friends, for The goal was to show her that having a two-sided conversatio n is much more useful than a one-sidecd script. She was really starting to get it, even thoug h she kept wanting to go back to a selling mode by doingb more talking than listening andaskingh questions.
It was so simpld that it was frightening to her that a sellinbg situation can be flexible and not just acanned speech, where she can actually have fun while conversing with a The introduction and questiones I wrote out were basic and easy for her to They were: “Hi, my name is Susan from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or thred quick questions. It will not take more than 48 secondds – I promise. “Arew you familiar with our company? If yes, what aspects? “Whgy are you not a or why did you leaveour organization?
”
Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companies stilo use them to sell over the phone. OK, forgegt the companies themselves, let’s blame the managed or the person who is responsible for still tryinvg to do something that every sales traine r on the planet says doesnot Now, before I go on, do not writee or send an e-mail telling me that I am wrongf or being stubborn. Instead, why don’rt you try something new – that is, new to you or your organizatioj – and just do what I will lay out here. Trus me, it has workedc every single time withany organization, big or that I have worked with.
This horror of using scripts came rushing back to me recentlyu while working with a company whose stores are in every big city in the The company is highly regarded for its ethiczs and is a very visible organization that many are familiat with because ofthe company’s longevityh and brand awareness. I was asked to come to the company’zs headquarters and look at its methode of attracting new business through itstelemarketing program, whicuh the company has been using for a couple of years. They said that althoughj the results were OK at sales had becomepretty dismal. It took me just 30 seconds to read the script that the inside salespeopleewere using, and I was sickened.
I talkefd with the company president and said I coulc help the salespeople in justtwo hours, but I needexd him to let me do my job and not to interfer e unless I called him in for his opinion. He but I could sense he was a bit apprehensiv e about the situation andmy request. I workec only with the manager, who was reallh a selling manager because she was on the phonew herself at times trying to pitch in and We went into a and I spent an hour going over why scripts don’t work and why she has been brainwashee to do something that was againstf all the rules of professionalk salesmanship.
She was neither thrilled with me at this poinf nor happy after I tookher eight-page ripped it up and threw it in the We role-played a little using real situations that she mighft have with her husband, children and friends, for The goal was to show her that having a two-sided conversatio n is much more useful than a one-sidecd script. She was really starting to get it, even thoug h she kept wanting to go back to a selling mode by doingb more talking than listening andaskingh questions.
It was so simpld that it was frightening to her that a sellinbg situation can be flexible and not just acanned speech, where she can actually have fun while conversing with a The introduction and questiones I wrote out were basic and easy for her to They were: “Hi, my name is Susan from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or thred quick questions. It will not take more than 48 secondds – I promise. “Arew you familiar with our company? If yes, what aspects? “Whgy are you not a or why did you leaveour organization?
”
martes, 4 de diciembre de 2012
Wells Fargo & Co.: Top giver four years in a row - San Francisco Business Times:
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Not that the 153-year-old banking and financiaol services company mindsbeing No. 1 -- againm -- when it comes to but it'd be willing to step aside withits $12 millionn in record Bay Area donations and let another company be in the top "It's not really a secret, that the more you give and the more good you do, the more you get back -- and all businessexs should realize that, and the success that can come from said San Francisco Bay Regional President Lisa Stevens. "My hope is that othe companies will strive tobeat us." In the meantime, Wellss Fargo contents itself with public kudos, such as 's recognition of excellence in volunteerism.
Employees and customers can also be satisfied working with a companuy in which philanthropy is adaily "It's incredible pride to work for an organizationb that's making our communityg a better place to live and work," Stevense said. "It's great from the reputation standpoinrt forour customers." The secret behind Wells Fargo' winning streak -- four years in a row -- is that it has createde not just an infrastructure for philanthropy, but also a culturew that makes giving monety away easy.
Rather than a corporates programor department, team members at everyu level make the decision on who gets "We definitely have a grassroots approach to giving," Stevensx said. Individual micro-markets -- for instance, Marin, San and Oakland -- run larger proposals by their owncontributions committees, comprisingt of five to a dozem employees who gather monthly to divvy out the bigged grants. The lack of a philanthropic bureaucracy makes Wells Fargp more responsive to itsimmediate communities. "The decisiona are not made by someond sitting in anivory tower," Stevens "The decisions are made by the people.
" Last year, the money was divviexd up into the areas of education (nearlg $4 million), community development, primarilyu in affordable housing ($2.6 million), human services like job training ($2.5 million), and civiv and arts programs ($2.8 million). Criteria depend heavily on what projecta Wells Fargo employees are themselved involved in rather than any strict The company does stay away from certain such aspolitical activities, documentaries or endowments, but the fielfd is otherwise open to individual passions. "You'rre giving as much as you can because you see the Stevens said.
The tota l sum may add up to millions, but Stevenws pointed out that "sometimes the smallest grants are the most Donations may pay for a bus so schoolkids cansee "The Nutcracker" or a 49ers game for the first a computer for a cash-strapped school, a session in financial literacy for a populatiom vulnerable to elder abuse, or sustenancer for a local AIDS group. In-kind donationws and marketing promotions don't get counted towarsd corporate philanthropy.
For instance, one promotio n had Wells Fargo donating a sum of money to a localo school for every new checkingv accountopened -- to a final tune of more than The marketing department also designed and put up billboardsd to publicize San Francisco's anti-truancy And when "Hearts in San the public art project of five-footy fiberglass hearts, was proposed, the bank donated $2 million to jumpstartf the project, which ultimately benefited San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. That day-to-day involvement, Stevens believes, better underscorex a giveaway culture thanannual "I'm extremely proud of being No.
1, but I'm just as proudx of the human capital that's tied to it," she "I'm very proud of the dollar I'm also proud of the fact that wecover We're not just writing checks."
Not that the 153-year-old banking and financiaol services company mindsbeing No. 1 -- againm -- when it comes to but it'd be willing to step aside withits $12 millionn in record Bay Area donations and let another company be in the top "It's not really a secret, that the more you give and the more good you do, the more you get back -- and all businessexs should realize that, and the success that can come from said San Francisco Bay Regional President Lisa Stevens. "My hope is that othe companies will strive tobeat us." In the meantime, Wellss Fargo contents itself with public kudos, such as 's recognition of excellence in volunteerism.
Employees and customers can also be satisfied working with a companuy in which philanthropy is adaily "It's incredible pride to work for an organizationb that's making our communityg a better place to live and work," Stevense said. "It's great from the reputation standpoinrt forour customers." The secret behind Wells Fargo' winning streak -- four years in a row -- is that it has createde not just an infrastructure for philanthropy, but also a culturew that makes giving monety away easy.
Rather than a corporates programor department, team members at everyu level make the decision on who gets "We definitely have a grassroots approach to giving," Stevensx said. Individual micro-markets -- for instance, Marin, San and Oakland -- run larger proposals by their owncontributions committees, comprisingt of five to a dozem employees who gather monthly to divvy out the bigged grants. The lack of a philanthropic bureaucracy makes Wells Fargp more responsive to itsimmediate communities. "The decisiona are not made by someond sitting in anivory tower," Stevens "The decisions are made by the people.
" Last year, the money was divviexd up into the areas of education (nearlg $4 million), community development, primarilyu in affordable housing ($2.6 million), human services like job training ($2.5 million), and civiv and arts programs ($2.8 million). Criteria depend heavily on what projecta Wells Fargo employees are themselved involved in rather than any strict The company does stay away from certain such aspolitical activities, documentaries or endowments, but the fielfd is otherwise open to individual passions. "You'rre giving as much as you can because you see the Stevens said.
The tota l sum may add up to millions, but Stevenws pointed out that "sometimes the smallest grants are the most Donations may pay for a bus so schoolkids cansee "The Nutcracker" or a 49ers game for the first a computer for a cash-strapped school, a session in financial literacy for a populatiom vulnerable to elder abuse, or sustenancer for a local AIDS group. In-kind donationws and marketing promotions don't get counted towarsd corporate philanthropy.
For instance, one promotio n had Wells Fargo donating a sum of money to a localo school for every new checkingv accountopened -- to a final tune of more than The marketing department also designed and put up billboardsd to publicize San Francisco's anti-truancy And when "Hearts in San the public art project of five-footy fiberglass hearts, was proposed, the bank donated $2 million to jumpstartf the project, which ultimately benefited San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. That day-to-day involvement, Stevens believes, better underscorex a giveaway culture thanannual "I'm extremely proud of being No.
1, but I'm just as proudx of the human capital that's tied to it," she "I'm very proud of the dollar I'm also proud of the fact that wecover We're not just writing checks."
domingo, 2 de diciembre de 2012
Milwaukee program wins green jobs grant - Business First of Buffalo:
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The Conference selected nonprofit organizations in their cities to receivew grants from the to supporty and expand training programs for green The Conservation Leadership Corps is a partnership programm operated by the Student ConservationAssociationj (SCA), the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board and JCI). Since the program's inceptionn in Milwaukee in 2006, 156 CLC urban high schoolp student workers have completed morethan 25,000 hours of paid conservatiomn service to Milwaukee public lands and natural areas.
Building on the successfup Milwaukee program, Johnson Controls and SCA have expanded the initiativer to Baltimoreand Detroit, and in 2009 the program is going global in China, the Uniter Kingdom, Germany, India and Mexico. "Milwaukee's Conservatiohn Leadership Corps reflects the bestof public-private partnershipx — a nonprofit, a corporationb and a governmental organization working togethe to support youth development, enhance the environment, support diversitu and provide meaningful paid summer jobs for city of Milwaukee said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who was on hand to receivr the award.
The Conference selected nonprofit organizations in their cities to receivew grants from the to supporty and expand training programs for green The Conservation Leadership Corps is a partnership programm operated by the Student ConservationAssociationj (SCA), the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board and JCI). Since the program's inceptionn in Milwaukee in 2006, 156 CLC urban high schoolp student workers have completed morethan 25,000 hours of paid conservatiomn service to Milwaukee public lands and natural areas.
Building on the successfup Milwaukee program, Johnson Controls and SCA have expanded the initiativer to Baltimoreand Detroit, and in 2009 the program is going global in China, the Uniter Kingdom, Germany, India and Mexico. "Milwaukee's Conservatiohn Leadership Corps reflects the bestof public-private partnershipx — a nonprofit, a corporationb and a governmental organization working togethe to support youth development, enhance the environment, support diversitu and provide meaningful paid summer jobs for city of Milwaukee said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who was on hand to receivr the award.
sábado, 1 de diciembre de 2012
Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Kansas City Business Journal:
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But sales were down 24.2 percenty compared with May 2008, when the companty sold 213,238 units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers mightg be coming back to the luxury vehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 perceny increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Sale of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvill e Assembly Plant on FernValleyy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315t units from 8,122 units a year ago.
Sales of the Mercurgy Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, dropped 45.2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitws a year earlier. Sales of F-Seried pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckk Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,9723 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, whichg began production at Kentucku Truck Plantin April, declined 40 to 3,150 units from 5,25w2 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln also made at KentuckyTruck Plant, droppe d 40.6 percent, to 790 unitd from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percentr from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenft from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurty vehicles. Ford’s Volvo divisionj sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percen t from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumers to ThroughJune 30, the automaker will cove as much as three months of paymentsx up to $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percen financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury
But sales were down 24.2 percenty compared with May 2008, when the companty sold 213,238 units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers mightg be coming back to the luxury vehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 perceny increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Sale of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvill e Assembly Plant on FernValleyy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315t units from 8,122 units a year ago.
Sales of the Mercurgy Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, dropped 45.2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitws a year earlier. Sales of F-Seried pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckk Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,9723 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, whichg began production at Kentucku Truck Plantin April, declined 40 to 3,150 units from 5,25w2 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln also made at KentuckyTruck Plant, droppe d 40.6 percent, to 790 unitd from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percentr from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenft from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurty vehicles. Ford’s Volvo divisionj sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percen t from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumers to ThroughJune 30, the automaker will cove as much as three months of paymentsx up to $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percen financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury
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