FedEx Has Gotten a Few Upgrades to Take On E-Commerce

Posted by & filed under Change, Decision Making, Global Management, Innovation/Creativity, Leadership, Management, New product, Planning, Strategy, Technology.

Description: We peeked into FedEx Ground hub in New Jersey. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Oct 26, 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2y7Iz5B Questions for discussion: How has technology helped FedEx serve customers better? Do you think Amazon would benefit by a greater degree of collaboration with just one delivery system?

Want to buy the world a Coke? Sales pop in U.S. and Asia

Posted by & filed under Decision Making, Global Management, Leadership, Management, New product, Operations Management, Planning, Strategy.

Description: Coca-Cola’s push to focus less on high-calorie drinks seems to be paying off. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 26, 2017 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/investing/coca-cola-coke-earnings/index.html Questions for discussion: Why have Coke sales grown? From a marketing point of view, how can managers nurture this trend?

Nature’s Mix removes cancer claim from granola label after Marketplace investigation into ‘superfoods’

Posted by & filed under Communication, Decision Making, Management, New product, Planning, Social Responsibility, Strategy.

Description: Nature’s Mix, a company that makes granola with quinoa that it markets as a “superfood” and that included a nutrition label that claimed quinoa “prevents cancer” has removed the claim after a Marketplaceinvestigation. Source: CBC.ca Date: Oct 20, 2017 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/natures-mix-label-1.4365399 Questions for discussion: How do you think consumer decision-making will be affected by this report?… Read more »

Facebook Makes a New Bid to Woo Teens

Posted by & filed under Decision Making, Global Management, Innovation/Creativity, Management, New product, Planning, Social Responsibility, Technology.

Description: Is Facebook worried that it’s starting to show some gray? This week the world’s most popular social network acquired the teen-focused platform tbh, as in “to be honest,” for an undisclosed sum. (TechCrunch reported the purchase price was less than $100 million.) Source: eMarketer.com Date: Oct 18, 2017 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Facebook-Makes-New-Bid-Woo-Teens/1016634?ecid=NL1001 Questions for discussion: Why… Read more »

Canadian independent breweries focusing on ‘economies of scope’

Posted by & filed under Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Innovation/Creativity, Management, New product, Planning.

Description: TORONTO — Canada’s remaining independent breweries know they can’t compete with the economies of scale and marketing capabilities of global conglomerates, so they’re concentrating on winning customers over by catering to craft beer lovers’ unquenchable thirst for new and innovative styles. Source: CTVNews.ca Date: Oct 08, 2017 Link: http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canadian-independent-breweries-focusing-on-economies-of-scope-1.3624198 Questions for discussion: How are… Read more »

Is Amazon getting into the pharmacy business? This is what you need to know

Posted by & filed under Control, Decision Making, Management, New product, Operations Management, Planning, Strategy, Technology.

Description: Drugstore chains and pharmacy-benefit managers are likely at risk, Wall Street analysts say Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Oct 14, 2017 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-amazon-getting-into-the-pharmacy-business-this-is-what-you-need-to-know-2017-10-09?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Do you think this move would be good for the firm? Why? What are the synergies already in place at Amazon that gives one confidence that the project would be… Read more »

‘Tragically pathetic’: Former Sears CEO says total liquidation is inevitable

Posted by & filed under Decision Making, Innovation/Creativity, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Planning, Social Responsibility, Strategy, Teams.

Description: A former chief executive of Sears Canada says complete liquidation is inevitable and is the only likely outcome for the troubled retailer. “It sounds like it’s an inevitability,” said Mark Cohen, in an interview on BNN Wednesday. Source: BNN.com – video report Date: Sep 28, 2017 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/tragically-pathetic-former-sears-ceo-says-total-liquidation-is-inevitable-1.875337/fabrice-taylor-s-top-picks~1225912 Questions for discussion: Why is liquidation… Read more »

Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS

Posted by & filed under Control, Decision Making, Global Management, Innovation/Creativity, Organizational Change, Planning, Technology.

Description: Amazon.com Inc. is experimenting with a new delivery service intended to make more products available for free two-day delivery and relieve overcrowding in its warehouses, according to two people familiar with the plan, which will push the online retailer deeper into functions handled by longtime partners United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. Source: Bloomberg.com Date:… Read more »