Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: July 23, 2009
W.W. Grainger Inc. last Wednesday reported an 18% drop in second-quarter profit but said it was able to carve out market-share gains even as the economy is showing no signs of a rebound.
Apple® announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly [...]
Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: March 31, 2009
In January we blogged about Hyundai America’s buyer assurance plan. We noted in that post that we loved the idea and that time would tell if it worked. On February 17th, we notedthat JetBlue had picked up on the idea. SmartMoney reportedon March 26th about other companies following the same approach. They also mentioned that Hyundai [...]
Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: December 1, 2008
The U.S. auto industry is in melt-down mode, that’s not news. The root cause problem(s) depend on who you ask, but the need to sell cars and trucks … now … is not in dispute. And there lies a problem.
In the early 1990s another recession struck the U.S. economy. Back then it was an accepted [...]
