Obsessed Much? Mobile Addiction Is Real

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Description: According to the survey, which polled 2,000 US internet users ages 18 to 75, most people check their device approximately 47 times per day. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Nov 16, 2017 Link: https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Obsessed-Much-Mobile-Addiction-Real/1016759?ecid=NL1001 Questions for discussion: What does the report say about consumer attitude toward smartphone devices? How should managers of businesses that make use… Read more »

Wendy’s loses in burger wars

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Description: Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 08, 2017 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/08/investing/wendys-earnings-burgers-mcdonalds-burger-king/index.html Questions for discussion: What does the report say about Wendy’s competitive performance? Why is Wendy’s losing the burger wars? What can management do to better compete?

Are Honey Nut Cheerios Healthy? We Look Inside the Box.

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Description: Honey Nut is America’s best-selling breakfast cereal, and by a comfortable margin. Roughly 151 million boxes and other containers of various sizes were sold over the past year, well ahead of the second best-selling breakfast cereal, Frosted Flakes, according to IRI, a Chicago based market research firm. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 11, 2017 Link:… Read more »

‘We absolutely have a problem’: Canada’s tech sector gender gap

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Description: Canadian technology companies may be breaking new ground as innovators, but a landmark study published on Wednesday finds the sector is behind the times when it comes to finding a place for women in senior roles. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: Oct 20, 2017 Link: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/technology/we-absolutely-have-a-problem-canadas-tech-sector-gender-gap/article36789423/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com& Questions for discussion: Summarize the findings presented in this report?… Read more »

Michael Oreskes Quits NPR Amid Sexual Harassment Accusations

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Description: Michael Oreskes, who led NPR’s news division and was formerly a high-ranking editor at The New York Times, resigned on Wednesday after being accused of sexually harassing women. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 01, 2017 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/business/media/mike-oreskes-npr-sexual-harassment.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=13&pgtype=sectionfront Questions for discussion: How serious a problem is a charge of sexual harrasement for an individual and for… Read more »

‘Fight the Man’ Ski Resort Leads Crowdfunding to Snub Vail

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Description: A tiny Canadian ski resort forged by Scandinavian miners chasing an 1890s gold rush has become the unlikely recipient of a record equity crowdfunding raise, tapping into powder hounds’ quest to fend off a wave of consolidation led by Vail Resorts Inc. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Nov 01, 2017 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-01/-fight-the-man-ski-resort-leads-crowdfunding-to-snub-vail Questions for discussion: How is… Read more »

Small businesses face perfect storm that can challenge growth

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Description: BDC’s Small Business Week report finds 25% of respondents are already feeling the impact of demographic shifts Source: MontrealGazette.com Date: Oct 20, 2017 Link: http://montrealgazette.com/entrepreneur/1017-biz-dd-bdc/wcm/0e5640b0-7a59-4d2d-8b7a-92051097d281 Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights in the BDC’s report. What is the advice to small business managers? Given the research in the report, what would you also advise… Read more »

Watch CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo Discuss The Company’s Powerful Response to Opioid Epidemic

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Description: Pharmacy chain has the tools to begin formulating solutions to America’s crisis. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Oct 26, 2017 Link: http://for.tn/2gNw5gW Questions for discussion: What are the issues pharma stakeholders are dealing with, with respect to the opioid epidemic? What are the management implemications for CVS and other distributors in the pharma… Read more »

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

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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

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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 »