Where is Your Plumber Buying Parts? Increasingly Online
As with most retail, online sales of parts for plumbers, mechanics and other tradesmen is rapidly sucking up market share. Rather than heading to...
Will Better Looking Renewable Power Make a Difference?
One of the sad realities of renewable power to date is that it doesn't look very good. Towering wind turbines and bulky solar power...
Can American Fashion Reinvent Itself?
Big name American fashion brands like Michael Kors and Ralph Lauren have been using heavy promotions to sell their goods of late. But now...
Pumping Gas to the Tune of $8 Million
Hard to even comprehend, but this great story, courtesy the WSJ's Anna Prior, recounts how Ronald Read accumulated an estate valued at almost $8 million....
Is 2017 the End for Independent Grocers?
A number of headwinds are slamming into independent grocers, including competition from Amazon, a proliferation of "Dollar Store"-type discount retailers, and increased cost cutting...