Archives tagged: retail
What will drive success at your company? I asked seven executives charged with generating revenue in business markets this question on May…
For most of the 20th century, reading utility meters had been a mundane process. Meter readers traversed neighborhoods, examined dials, and recorded…
The Automated Meter Reading (AMR) industry is big stuff. During the past decade, advances in radio frequency (RF) technology, software, and powerline…
Business research indicates that most acquisitions fail to create value, but a rare few firms are capable of acquiring new businesses and…
When hundreds of thousands of transactions per month are required in order to achieve a million dollars in revenue, businesses must embrace…
In August of 2002, Stephanie Covall-Pinnix was appointed as Director of Business Development at SGS Net. Despite the tough economic times and…
Websites are an evolving creature. Initially, they were simple informational sites. They contained gobs of content describing the corporate venture, the principals,…
When company names appear in my column, I have noticed a trend of corporate officers contacting me to ask how I learned…
Recent news concerning power outages have been of dour amusement for this Chicagoan. Once again, a subset of people (read: the state)…