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		<title>Return to Retailing Roots</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For fourth quarter 2007, Wal-Mart ditched its George label, its attempt to widen the aisles, and its push to offer fashions that are more contemporary. Instead, the Bettonville Behemoth did what it does best: ever day low pricing. The move paid off as Wal-Mart reported strong stales.
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Run Electricity Through My Body, Bro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milevin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shockingly hot

At Blipverts, we enjoy listening to Grammar Girl&#8217;s podcasts because they help us (1) write better and (2) correct other people&#8217;s mistakes. Okay, the second reason represents why we like Grammar Girl. Well, that, and the girl geek thing.
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		<title>One Stop Financial Shopping</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many ideas in business appear quite possible, reasonable, and profitable. Where others failed before them, business leaders swear they possess the knowledge to use better the resources needed to implement successfully these ideas. These often tried but never successful ideas include

doing more with less
cutting our way to profitability
buying market share
selling checking accounts and IRAs

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		<title>HLC, not Waves, Tell the Better Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[laziness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a Boomer, You&#8217;re a Boomer, Wouldn&#8217;t you want to be a Boomer too?
The Boston Globe puts on its generational glasses to look at the presidential candidates. Through these thick lenses of lazy reporting, the paper lumped Barack Obama in with the Boomers. Many took umbrage at this lumping action. The Globe then asked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blipverts.wordpress.com&blog=1112368&post=29&subd=blipverts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paying for Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>milevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[changes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Major record labels continue their journey to obsolescences. They jettisoned their promotion responsibilities to MTV and Clear Channel long ago to concentrate on brand management responsibilities. The major record labels fail in their current role  because they ignore their consumers to focus on sales of compact discs. Because they no longer promote their acts, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blipverts.wordpress.com&blog=1112368&post=25&subd=blipverts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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