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Category Archives: Business
Remembering Newton, Iowa
I spent a number of years working for a local Phoenix appliance distributor, selling major appliances to home builders. Later in my career, I went to work for the Maytag Company to help them get new business for their Maytag, … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Business, Cooking, Marketing, Products, training
Tagged Amana, appliances, Iowa, Jenn-Air, Magic Chef, Maytag, Newton, training
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GE Sells Appliance Unit to Chinese Firm, Haier
$5.4 Billion Sale Follows Failed Deal With Electrolux General Electric has announced the sale of its appliance division to the Chinese firm, Haier for 5.4 billion dollars. The sale includes GE's 48% share of Mabe, a Mexican based appliance firm. … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Business
Tagged antitrust, appliance industry, appliances, Electrolux, federal, GE, GE Appliances, General Electric, Haier, management, monopoly
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U.S. Sues to Stop Electrolux – GE Appliance Merger
FEDS Sue to Stop Electrolux Deal with GE Appliances In a shocking move, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to prevent the 3.3 billion dollar sale of the GE Appliance business to Electrolux. According to Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Business, Economics
Tagged appliance industry, appliances, Electrolux, federal, Frigidaire, GE, GE Appliances, General Electric, Hotpoint, monopoly
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GE Attempt at Deception Doesn’t Fool Anyone
Shocking Overstatement by GE in Leading Trade Magazine The Nov. 2014 Retail Observer has a two-page GE ad/editorial pronouncing- “GE Appliances is committed as ever to serving our customers and helping them grow their business.” They must be kidding. … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Business
Tagged Electrolux, GE Appliances, GE Monogram, General Electric
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Employee Dress and Appearance at Starbucks
Tattoos OK…Jewelry Not So Much There’s been so much blather on social media about the recently announced Starbucks’ Dress Code, I wanted to see for myself what this dress code actually says. I looked it up, and I’ve attached the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Products
Tagged food service, jewelry, Nordstrom, Starbucks, tattoos
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Management Advice
Peter Drucker’s Wisdom As I review my previous blogs, a brief blog referring to one of Peter Drucker’s famous quotes shows up in my top 10 blogs, no matter how I seem to sort them. It’s at least partly because … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Management
Tagged business, entrepreneur, leader, leadership, manage, management, marketing, Peter Drucker
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Small Business Marketing
Guerrilla Marketing I was doing some research today, and I came across the name of Jay Conrad Levinson, the author of the book Guerilla Marketing (1984), and the founder of the Guerilla Marketing movement. Unfortunately, Mr. Levinson, died in 2013. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Marketing
Tagged Geurrilla Marketing, Guerilla Marketing, haircuts, Jay Conrad Levinson, MBA, price, Pricing, strategy
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Boulder City, Nevada – Home to the Fisher Space Pen
The Fisher Space Pen – Very Cool Outside of cool electronic devices and apps, there are a few really popular cool things out there worth sharing. You know, the slinky, the swiss army knife, moleskine notebooks, and…wait for it….The Fisher … Continue reading
U.S. Appliance Manufacturer Selling Out
Giant appliance company gets bigger General Electric, the company that invented the electric toaster back in 1909, is now the second largest manufacturer of major appliances in the U.S. GE recently announced the sale of its appliance division to another … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Business
Tagged airlines, American Airlines, Electrolux, Frigidaire, GE, GE Monogram, General Electric, Monogram, US Airways, Whirlpool
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Who will buy GE’s appliance division?
GE Appliance Division For Sale General Electric has confirmed that they are in talks with Electrolux and others for the sale of GE’s Appliance division. At 8.3 billion dollars in annual sales (includes appliances and lighting), the numbers are not … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Business
Tagged appliance industry, appliances, Electrolux, Frigidaire, GE, General Electric, Whirlpool
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