Some Retailers Say More About Their Clothing’s Origins

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Description: The revolution that has swept the food industry is expanding to retail: origins matter.With fair-trade coffee and organic fruit now standard on grocery shelves, consumers concerned with working conditions, environmental issues and outsourcing are increasingly demanding similar accountability for their T-shirts. The issue has been brought to the forefront by the garment factory collapse… Read more »

Whatever happened to these Fortune 500 companies?

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Description: Here are seven companies from the first Fortune 500 that have since been merged, split up, or put out to pasture. Source: Fortune.com Date: May 06, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/gallery/leadership/2013/05/06/500-where-are-they-now.fortune/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report tell you about the successes and failures of big companies and their managements?

Despite Wear, True Religion Finds a Buyer for $835 Million

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Description: True Religion Apparel (TRLG) may be a little tattered, but it’s still a handsome asset for TowerBrook Capital Partners, which plans to buy the luxury jeans company for $835 million. Source: Businessweek.com Date: May 10, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-10/despite-wear-true-religion-finds-a-buyer-for-835-million#r=hp-lst Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the high-end fashion market? Do you think… Read more »

Why General Mills opposes GMO labeling

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Description: General Mills CEO Kendall Powell says that genetically-modified food is safe and does not need a special label. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/n-general-mills-gmo.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: How should top management deal with this issue? Do you think it is good strategy to oppose GMO labeling? What message should top… Read more »

What makes a great board of directors

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Description: Fortune’s Geoff Colvin talks about how the success of a company depends on the relationship between the CEO and the board. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/fortune-500-geoff-colvin-photo-essay-board.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What makes for a great board of directors? What does this report tell you about the role of the… Read more »

Bangladesh tragedy pressures retailers

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Description: After a building collapse in Bangladesh killed over 400 workers, retailers are under pressure to improve overseas manufacturing standards. Source:  CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/n-retail-in-bangledesh.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Who is responsible for assuring proper working conditions of foreign workers? Should the industries involved set up standards for monitoring working… Read more »

Whole Foods Local Forager Elly Truesdell Is a Grocery Tastemaker

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Description: The dairy cows smell. All farm animals do, of course, but these particularly pungent Holsteins have just come in from the rain. TheyÕre huddled in open stalls inside a white wooden barn at Cella Brothers in Wallingford, Conn., swishing their tails, chewing on bales of hay, and remarking on the terrible weather with a… Read more »

All major social sites see more usage among moms compared with the general population

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Description: US moms continue to increase their social media usage. According to a March 2013 study by comScore for online parenting resource BabyCenter, more than 90% of US mom internet users reported using social media on a regular basis. BabyCenter estimated that 20% more moms used social media in 2013 than did so in 2010…. Read more »

Inventors Paradise Is Coolest Spot in San Francisco

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Description: Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Brink” explores how cutting edge technology and high-end machinery are increasingly accessible. Here, Rachel Crane visits San Francisco’s TechShop. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Apr 26, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/17n0GSV#ooid=03eXI3YjrSOwaG5KTdiQMGS7jtB6IW3Y Questions for Discussions: What role does a Techshop play in the development of innovation and product development? Which other… Read more »

Is it ever OK to compliment appearance on the job?

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Description: When Lisa Parker was new to corporate coaching, a senior-level colleague she respected brought her in as his No. 2 for a series of training seminars. Time and time again, he introduced her as smart, capable and beautiful. “I was so uncomfortable,” she said. “The first time it happened I remember standing there waiting… Read more »