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?
Posts Tagged: Controls
Despite Wear, True Religion Finds a Buyer for $835 Million
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
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
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
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
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
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 »
Apple’s 10-Year-Old iTunes Loses Ground to Streaming
Description: A decade ago, the newly started iTunes Store gave away a song called Over My Head (Cable Car) by an obscure Denver rock group called The Fray. That was, explains lead guitarist Joe King, the band’s big break. “I’ll never forget, our manager e-mailed and said there had been 300,000 downloads,” says King. “Immediately… Read more »
Is it ever OK to compliment appearance on the job?
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 »
Boutique Vintners Turn to Private Equity for Help
Description: When Ed Sbragia started Sbragia Family Vineyards, it was an accomplishment that was nearly a century in the making. His grandfather moved from Italy to California in 1904 to work in the wineries just north of San Francisco. In the 1940s, Mr. Sbragia’s father bought property in the Dry Creek Valley near Healdsburg and… Read more »
