Gift Cards Christmas 2008
Gift cards seem to be the new must have items for all retailers, banks and beyond for the Christmas 2008 rush.This vertical is interesting for me as i have family who live OS and so a gift card or gift certificate work quite well as an easy present.
Interestingly westfield offers near centre wide usage of [...]
Richard Branson – Business Stripped Bare
Good book about a well branded and sometimes well executed company. What really got my attention was that Virgin and Richard Branson, has created 8 billion dollar businesses in different markets. Thats pretty impressive.
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Top counter cyclical businesses
In these days of (probable) economic downturn, what will be the businesses that will continue to grow?
1: Banks – people need somewhere to keep all the cash that is burning a hole in their pocket. So safe banks yes, smaller banks probably not.
2: Liquidators – the ones who turn over valued and underperforming assets back [...]