Unless they arrange travel for others or travel a lot themselves, most people tend to assume that all airlines ticket websites are created equal — all showing the same availability and fares. Not so.
Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, based the cornerstone of his marketing campaign in the mid-80s on “Made in America”, offering to pay 5% more for goods manufactured in the United States — a practice and ethic long gone at the world’s largest retail store.
Today, consulting firm Retail Forward estimates that 50% to 60% of [...]
While surfing around today, I discovered a really cool utility called Sonic Memo. An enterprising guy named Jay Jennings created a series of very basic Flash applications that have one simple purpose: play streaming audio files on a website with very intuitive and easy-to-use controls. I wish I’d thought of it myself. The KISS (Keep [...]
“Rebate promotion may increase price of bed.”
That’s contained within the fine print at the bottom of the screen during the commercial for a Craftmatic adjustable bed. The way the deal is presented is that you, the consumer, calls a toll-free number to get some information pack about the bed. In the packet is a $200 [...]
On one hand…
It seems really stupid for me to complain about gasoline prices since we, the American public, pay less for gas than those in just about any other country. The reason? Mainly the low federal tax, about 12% in the United States versus 40%, 50%, and higher around the world. Here I am, about [...]
