Black Friday Rumble

I’m still sick to my stomach and it’s not all the turkey. It’s Black Friday. The whole thing has always freaked me out and this year was no different.

First, a few numbers:
•     Store visits on the Friday after Thanksgiving rose 3.5 percent from last year, to more than 307
       million visits. Yet retail sales decreased 1.8 percent. – ShopperTrak.
•     Retail sales online this year topped...

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Don't Lie To Me

Well, Obama gets another four years. No big surprise there. Though I can’t even conclusively tell you whether this is a bad thing or a good thing. Still haven’t muddled through all the lies, half-truths and misrepresentations served up by both sides. And frankly, I lost my motivation to figure out who was the bigger “manipulator of the truth”. Too much work.

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What CMOs Can Learn From The NFL Referee Labor Dispute

You all remember this call, Seahawks vs Packers. Ruled brilliantly as incomplete and a touchdown at the same time. Crazy. It was the iconic image of the epic fail of NFL’s replacement referees. While we don’t know why (but can easily imagine) this dispute couldn’t have been resolved prior to the season, we do know that...

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I Am Officially A Prisoner

And my jail is Apple. And my jailer is Steve Jobs, may he rest in peace. Now, to be clear, I am an Apple disciple. I’ve had an Apple since my first, a IIc eons ago. I have an iPhone (5 on preorder), iPad2, and few Macbook Pros. And we’re all happily living in iCloud. So I’m believer. The beauty is everything works pretty seamlessly together, convergence is happening, and it’s all going the way it’s supposed to. 

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