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Not Enough Jolt in Starbucks’ Remedy

|  by Brian Quinton

Sales are down at Starbucks, average tickets are off, same-store sales in the U.S. and abroad have slipped, and on Monday the company reported that fourth-quarter earnings were off 97% from the same quarter last year. And what will Starbucks do to cut ...

How to Connect with the Connected

|  by Brian Quinton

One of the more interesting little research overlaps in the last few weeks has been the question of whether online ads are more effective in blogs or in social networks. At the end of October, a study done by Jupiter Media and commissioned by BuzzLogic ...

Super Bowl Bust?

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Many firms are contemplating whether or not to advertise during the Super Bowl based on the soft economy according to The Wall Street Journal. I'm not a fan of these ads because the ROI typically is not there and the buzz they create rarely translates ...

They Gotta Deliver

|  by Larry Riggs

By Larry Riggs After DHL Express said it was cutting out 9,500 jobs and getting out of the parcel shipping business in this country, the U.S. Postal Service quickly responded with a statement saying that it can deliver packages at competitive rates ...