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The Ice Cream Man is Coming!: The Race to Radial Marketing
February 13, 2013 by Jim GoodyearThat song. Still as much a part of summer as swimming pools, picnics and sandlot baseball. A Pavlovian auditory announcement that a frozen, delicious treat is right around the corner…literally. Kids (some of us still are) hear that famous mouthwateringly melodic message and immediately slip into a state of euphoric, near-hysteria. Doesn’t matter if you’re sitting on the couch watching cartoons in just the top half…
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Death of the Dinostore
May 21, 2012 by Jim GoodyearFrom Distinction to Extinction The old adage of “the bigger they are, the harder they fall” seems to be ringing true for consumer electronics behemoths like Best Buy, CompUSA, Ultimate Electronics and Circuit City. These traditional bricks-and-mortar retail giants are systematically being turned into showrooms, erased and replaced by their more evolved web-based and supermarket rivals. A key factor to note in the demise of…
