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<title><![CDATA[Water Hybrid Kit... Vaporizer Ready!]]></title>
<link>http://dreamdrivenent.wordpress.com/?p=28</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dreamdrivenent</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Great News from the World of Dream Driven!!!
After much frustration in terms of constructing a Plexi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great News from the World of Dream Driven!!!</p>
<p>After much frustration in terms of constructing a Plexi Tower for the Electrodes... We have decided to run with a vaporizer system until we get a shipment of Plexi Towers in. This is a big step for us. Our first kit was, to say the least, an interesting build. We cracked a couple plastic lids, blew out the bottom of a tube of Goop and even managed to crimp the wrong connector butt to the wire (we put a fork instead of a loop - it will work either way we are just picky) for the electrolyzing wire harness.</p>
<p>Things we can walk away with from this procedure...</p>
<p>1. Plexi Towers should not be built at home UNLESS you have the proper tools to make them.<br />
2. One must use light pressure when drilling through a softer material.<br />
3. Laughter is the key to getting through the frustration. These kits are being built for profits yes, though they are being built more for you all to save money and because for me its fun working with my hands.<br />
4. Lastly, we forgot to take pictures of the process. I know I know, it is a Duh moment over here so please no need to rub it in. The next Kit will be used as the Picture taker.</p>
<p>So that is it for now. One Vaporizer kit is ready to go. The plexi towers will be ordered up and soon we can say proudly, WE HAVE A FULL KIT!!!</p>
<p>Also in light of all the developments. We have set a price for a DIY Manual of $15 to which will be a hard copy until we figure out how to make an ebook (to which we will adjust accordingly). The Installation book/DVD will be a combo pack for $20. Both the Install Package and DIY together will go for $30.<br />
At this time we are in the process of putting this information together! We will be doing a Supply on Demand system. So if you order it, we will get it spun up and sent out.</p>
<p>Have a great weekend Everyone and look back here for more updates!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Is your Starbucks on the list?]]></title>
<link>http://libizblog.wordpress.com/?p=3367</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Henry E. Powderly II</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Last night, Starbucks Corp. released the full list of the 600 stores it will close nation wide.
Here]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://libizblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/1338047903_44bb1525e9.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3368" src="http://libizblog.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/1338047903_44bb1525e9.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="448" /></a>Last night, Starbucks Corp. released <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/USStoreClosureInfo.pdf" target="_blank">the full list</a> of the 600 stores it will close nation wide.</p>
<p>Here are the Long Island stores:</p>
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<li>2330 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow</li>
<li>426 Central Avenue, Cedarhurst</li>
<li>101 South Research Place, Central Islip</li>
<li>123 Fulton Avenue, Farmingdale</li>
<li>385B Broadway Mall, Hicksville</li>
<li>1750 Veterans Highway, Islandia</li>
<li>106 Old Country Road, Mineola</li>
<li>1441 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park</li>
<li>1 Railroad Avenue, Roslyn Heights</li>
<li>20 North Highway, Southampton</li>
<li>53345 Route 25, Southold</li>
<li>467 Old Country Road, Westbury</li>
<li>1504 Old Country Road, Westbury</li>
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<p>New York City will see six stores close, but there will still be at least 50 in the metropolis.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121633639681663785.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">the Wall Street Journal story</a>:</p>
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<p class="times">The list reads like a cross section of the U.S., with closures planned inside shopping malls, near beach resorts, in college towns and off highways. Las Vegas will lose the most stores of any U.S. city, with 13 expected to close. It is followed by San Diego, with 10; Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., each with nine; and Houston, with eight. Starbucks's hometown of Seattle is scheduled to lose seven cafes.</p>
<p class="times">Most of the nation's major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, will lose at least one Starbucks. Although there are economically struggling towns on the list, such as Flint, Mich., there are also affluent suburbs, including Walnut Creek, Calif., and Newton, Mass.</p>
<p class="times">The closings will thin out some areas that had a high density of Starbucks. San Francisco's Metreon entertainment complex, located at an intersection the company had determined could support three Starbucks, will lose one of those locations. In towns with fewer Starbucks, city officials have said they will try to persuade the company to reconsider closing their location, and customers have said in Internet postings that they are circulating petitions to save their location.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pays-Bas : Boost Media gagne la cha&icirc;ne C1000]]></title>
<link>http://oohtv.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/pays-bas-boost-media-gagne-la-chane-c1000/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Redaction</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oohtv.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/pays-bas-boost-media-gagne-la-chane-c1000/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L´opérateur de digital signage Boost Media a conclu avec le groupe Schuitema en vue de l´installa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L´opérateur de digital signage <a href="http://www.boostmedia.nl" target="_blank">Boost Media</a> a conclu avec le groupe <a href="http://www.schuitema.nl" target="_blank">Schuitema</a> en vue de l´installation d´un réseau d´affichage dynamique au sein de l´ensemble des enseignes (plus de 400) de la chaîne de supermarchés&#160; <a href="http://www.c1000.nl/" target="_blank">C1000</a>.
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<p>La création et production des contenus ainsi que l´exploitation du réseau sont assurées par Boost Media.
<p>Quatre magasins sont déjà concernés. 5 canaux, dédiés chacun à une zone du magasin (boulangerie, boucherie, caisse, etc.) y ont été déployés.
<p>Une chaîne "locale" (ie propre à chaque magasin) va également être développée, permettant à chaque staff d´animer son supermarché.
<p>Des stands/meubles intégrant un écran et diffusant un programme particulier devraient également être installés, à l´image des réalisations de Boost Media ces dernières semaines pour différentes marques :
<p>- <a href="http://www.boostmedia.nl/news/article/a=221/introductie_nieuw_tapsysteem_grolsch.html?p=1" target="_blank">Pour Grolsch</a></p>
<p><img style="margin:5px 0 5px 10px;" height="275" alt="image" src="http://oohtv.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/image30.png" width="377"></p>
<p>- <a href="http://www.boostmedia.nl/news/article/a=222/friesland_foods_primeur_met_boost_100.html?p=1" target="_blank">Pour Friesland Foods</a>
<p><img style="margin:5px 0 5px 10px;" height="279" alt="image" src="http://oohtv.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/image32.png" width="380"></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Br&eacute;sil : Lojas Colombo installe un r&eacute;seau in-store, choisit Megamidia]]></title>
<link>http://oohtv.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/brsil-lojas-colombo-installe-un-rseau-in-store-choisit-megamidia/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Redaction</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ La chaîne d´électronique et d´électroménager Lojas Colombo a mis en place un réseau in-store]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="margin:5px 0 5px 10px;" height="133" alt="image" src="http://oohtv.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/image28.png" width="186" align="right"> La chaîne d´électronique et d´électroménager <a href="http://www.colombo.com.br" target="_blank">Lojas Colombo</a> a mis en place un réseau in-store dans 200 de ces 340 magasins à travers le pays. </p>
<p>Les programmes, diffusés sur les téléviseurs en démonstration au sein des enseignes, ont deux vocations : la formation des employés et la promotion des ventes. </p>
<p>L´installation repose sur la solution IP de <a href="http://www.megamidia.com.br/" target="_blank">Megamidia Group</a>, qui permet au retailer une communication différenciée par région ou même par magasin, selon les stratégies marketing développées.</p>
<p>Fondée en 1959, Lojas Colomba compte plus de 1,8 millions de clients réguliers.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[secret Levi's Laser Show &amp; a free pair of 501s]]></title>
<link>http://mybrandedlife.wordpress.com/?p=177</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mybrandedlife</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mybrandedlife.wordpress.com/?p=177</guid>
<description><![CDATA[so a really cool thing happened last night. the boyfriend and i had heard there would be some sort o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>so a really cool thing happened last night. <strong>the boyfriend and i had heard there would be some sort of 'happening' on the corner of Long Street and Wale Street (Cape Town) at 8pm. </strong>so we braved the cold to go check it out. upon arrival we saw a small crowd of people clustered on the street corner. we waited around for about 15 minutes and then a <strong>laser projection</strong> appeared on the side of one of the buildings. the projection was of a <strong>graffiti artist</strong>, who appeared out of nowhere and started <strong>spraypainting</strong> the wall. at first it looked realistic, then the <strong>lasers</strong> started making all sorts of interesting shapes and effects on the words, which read: <strong>"Live Unbuttoned."</strong> periodically the guy would disappear and reappear, bouncing over geometric shapes and doing <strong>Parkour-type jumping</strong> off the walls and roof of the building. then he would start his graffiti over again.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/2678664463_00551eba13.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="349" /></p>
<p>in the beginning were the words. and the words were 'Live Unbuttoned.'</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2678664499_71fef594cc.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>the artist starts playing with lights.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2678664501_7543900ebf.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>things get a little more interesting on the laser front.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2678664547_198be0fa5d.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2678664571_212d02d83e.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2678673745_6b9cf1e110.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2678673765_9724ba5b1c.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>jumping over laser shapes.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2678673793_878ba32e5d.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>laser squiggles</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2678673807_731bb84036.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>missioning around with his materials</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/2678673847_c369b51498.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="375" height="500" /></p>
<p><strong>and this is where it gets interesting.</strong> suddenly, he's no longer painting, but he's playing on his mobile phone. next thing a number appears on the projection, and a word to SMS to the number. so we all frantically SMS, and receive a text back instructing us to <strong>find the 'Live Unbuttoned' truck</strong>, which is apparently parked nearby. we spot it in seconds and run across the road and bang on the door. a young guy asks me to show him the text message, and next thing <strong>i have a brand new pair of 501s in my hand.</strong> fantastic!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2678681653_7c4d761661.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="492" height="440" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2678681669_93b726103b.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="400" /></p>
<p><strong>if you want to get your hands on a free pair of 501s, i've heard that there will be more laser shows in and around Cape Town. <span style="color:#ff0000;">And Levi's, if you're reading this, please tell me why you didn't throw any girls jeans into the mix? </span>Because as rad and as cool as this stunt was, i can't wear a guy's cut, which makes it a bit of a let-down. How about something for us ladies? </strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dublu de recrutari fata de anul trecut]]></title>
<link>http://myjobro.wordpress.com/?p=249</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>myjobro</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myjobro.wordpress.com/?p=249</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cererea de servicii de recrutare din partea companiilor a crescut in prima jumatate a lui 2008 cu 10]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cererea de servicii de <strong>recrutare</strong> din partea companiilor a crescut in prima jumatate a lui 2008 cu 100% fata de aceeasi perioada a anului trecut, scrie Business Magazin. Numarul organizatiilor care au <strong>locuri de munca</strong> vacante a crescut simtitor fata de anii precedenti, lucru care se reflecta in activitatea companiilor de <strong>resurse umane</strong>.</p>
<p>Cea mai mare crestere au inregistrat-o, potrivit sursei citate, solicitarile pentru pozitiile de <strong>top management</strong>, cu 67% mai mult decat in 2007 si cele de executie, cu 57%. Domeniile cu cele mai multe locuri de munca disponibile au ramas si in 2008 <strong>constructiile</strong>, <strong>retailul </strong>si imobiliarele, iar <strong>turismul</strong> devine un segment din ce in ce mai explorat de firmele de resurse umane.</p>
<p>Gaseste <a title="Locuri de munca pe www.myjob.ro" href="http://www.myjob.ro/locuri-munca/romania-strainatate.html"><strong>locuri de munca</strong></a> in domeniul de interes.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lipstick sales shine even brighter in tougher times]]></title>
<link>http://espaces.wordpress.com/?p=603</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lans</dc:creator>
<guid>http://espaces.wordpress.com/?p=603</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lipstick sales were holding up at Clicks as women continued to spend on this &#8220;affordable]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lipstick sales were holding up at Clicks as women continued to spend on this "affordable" luxury despite the downturn that had hurt sales of discretionary goods, the retail chain said this week.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="color:#636363;"><span class="BucketDate">July 17, 2008</span></p>
<p></span></span>By Tom Robbins</p>
<p>Cape Town - Lipstick sales were holding up at Clicks as women continued to spend on this "affordable" luxury despite the downturn that had hurt sales of discretionary goods, the retail chain said this week.</p>
<p>Clicks, which is owned by New Clicks, had "north of 25 percent of the colour cosmetics market", according to Michael Harvey, the chain's managing director.</p>
<p>The Leading Lipstick Indicator is based on the theory that consumers turn to less expensive indulgences, such as lipstick and nail varnish, in tough economic times. Legend has it that the phrase was coined by Estée Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder, who found that sales of these highly visible and affordable luxuries grew during recessions.</p>
<p>Cheaper lipsticks sell for about R30 but at top-end retailers a tube of colour can cost up to R400.</p>
<p>Sales of pricier luxuries, such as cars and furniture, have registered negative growth for almost a year as high interest rates and inflation have dampened consumer spending on all but the most basic items.</p>
<p>Bruce Rubenstein, the chairman of Stuttafords, agreed that colour, which includes make-up for lips, nails and eyes, was outperforming sales of the other cosmetics categories such as fragrance and face creams.</p>
<p>Rubenstein said consumers were becoming more "frugal" in using fragrance and were trading down on face creams.</p>
<p>Woolworths, a more recent entrant into cosmetics, said its beauty business was a relatively steady seller. Customers loyal to high-end products continued to be so, but others sought better value in colour cosmetics.</p>
<p>Harvey said growth in Clicks' cosmetics sales had slowed "slightly" from 13.9 percent in the half-year to February. Since then, growth had been about 12 percent.</p>
<p>"Our colour sales are off a huge base and are still showing real growth," he said.</p>
<p>Paradoxically, the strongest cosmetic category was facial skincare, traditionally an area where women cut back spending first. He attributed this to consumers trading down from more expensive products at traditional department stores.</p>
<p>Clicks' share of the fragrance market was "in the single digits", but it was dedicating more shelf space to the category, as it saw an opportunity to boost its share.</p>
<p>Black haircare products continued to grow at 70 percent, as the chain benefited from having introduced the products into all its stores.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rates thin the queues at retailers ]]></title>
<link>http://espaces.wordpress.com/?p=601</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lans</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Retail sales fell for a third consecutive month in May as higher interest rates and record petrol pr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Retail sales fell for a third consecutive month in May as higher interest rates and record petrol prices curbed consumer spending.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="color:#636363;"><span class="BucketDate">July 17, 2008</span></p>
<p></span></span>Retail sales fell for a third consecutive month in May as higher interest rates and record petrol prices curbed consumer spending.</p>
<p>Sales dropped an annual 3.6 percent after declining a revised 1 percent in April, Statistics SA said yesterday.</p>
<p>Retail sales were expected to fall 1.3 percent, according to the median estimate of seven economists surveyed by Bloomberg.</p>
<p>The Reserve Bank has increased its benchmark interest rate six times since June 2006, crimping spending and undermining profit at firms such as JD Group.</p>
<p>JD Group said in May that profit in the six months to February fell 47 percent as higher rates cut spending on furniture and electrical appliances.</p>
<p>"Consumer spending has been eroded," said Nicky Weimar, an economist at Nedbank Group. "There are signs of the economy losing momentum dramatically."</p>
<p>Consumer confidence had its biggest drop in 24 years in the second quarter, First National Bank said on July 2.</p>
<p>Other indices also signal further declines in retail sales.</p>
<p>The slowdown in consumer spending may undermine economic growth.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Crappy economy slowing bar traffic]]></title>
<link>http://screenmedia.wordpress.com/?p=884</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Haynes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://screenmedia.wordpress.com/?p=884</guid>
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Media Buyer Planner is reporting that fewer people are heading out to bars and clubs and of those t]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/07/17/alcohol-purchases-in-bars-restaurants-hurt-by-economic-downturn/" target="_blank">Media Buyer Planner is reporting</a> that fewer people are heading out to bars and clubs and of those that do go, they're skipping the Grey Goose and drinking Absolut.</p>
<p><em>Nearly 44 percent of bar managers, bar owners and bartenders report a decrease in consumer traffic at their establishments, <a href="http://us.acnielsen.com/news/20080708.shtml">according to</a> a May 2008 study from The Nielsen Company and Bevinco, <a href="http://www.marketingcharts.com/direct/alcohol-purchases-in-bars-restaurants-hurt-by-economic-downturn-5273/">writes</a></em> MarketingCharts.</p>
<p><em>Among the 500 bar operators surveyed, 25 percent note a decrease in the number of on-premise drinks ordered, and 22 percent say customers are ordering less-expensive drinks. </em></p>
<p><em>The bars were located in U.S. nightclubs, hotels, casual restaurants and fine-dining restaurants. Among these types of establishments, the casual dining sector appears hardest hit, with 46 percent of respondents reporting a decline.</em></p>
<p>I mention this because bars and clubs are one of the hotter sectors in the Digital Out Of Home  space, and fewer eyeballs is not all that great a thing. On the other hand, there is an argument to be made that the premium brands need to  work a little harder to inspire purchases, or that thinned out crowds are actually a better demographic.</p>
<p>There's also reason to think a lot of people will be about as disciplined in cutting back their barhopping as they are about going on diets every new year.</p>
<p>A related story mentions that retailers are seeing no real drop in booze sales, which means people are still getting silly, but they're doing so in backyards, kitchens and dorm rooms.</p>
<p>Maybe there's a business case for running screen networks in frat houses and off-campus rooming houses, but someone has to be prepared to install a new screen every hour or so.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[CapitaMall Trust to offer bumper payout]]></title>
<link>http://idealresidence.wordpress.com/?p=2586</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>idealresidence</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[CapitaMall Trust to offer bumper payout
 
UNITHOLDERS of CapitaMall Trust (CMT) will receive a bump]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">CapitaMall Trust to offer bumper payout</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">UNITHOLDERS of CapitaMall Trust (CMT) will receive a bumper payout for the second quarter, with distributable income up 20 per cent to $58.6 million from last year.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">The trust will pay out 3.52 cents per unit for the three months ended June 30, compared with 3.12 cents per unit last year.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">CMT said its portfolio performed better than forecast, mainly due to stronger rentals achieved on new and renewed leases.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Consultant Jones Lang LaSalle and CapitaLand Research also project CMT’s rental rates to increase between 16.1 and 17.5 per cent by 2012.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">This is despite record inflation threatening a further decline in retail spending and rising operating costs for retailers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">CMT, listed in 2002, is the first real estate investment trust (Reit) to report its second-quarter results. With a current asset value of $7.2 billion, it is the largest Reit in both asset size and market capitalisation in Singapore.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">It is also on track to reach its target asset value of $9 billion by 2010 through new acquisitions and enhancements to its current pool of shopping malls.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">‘Asset enhancement has grown to become a key contributor to CMT’s distribution per unit and net asset value growth,’ Mr Pua Seck Guan, the chief executive of the Reit’s manager, said yesterday.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Upgrades to enhance its retail malls are expected to continue into 2010.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">In May, CMT said it would pay the Government $840 million for The Atrium@Orchard. It said the integration with the adjacent Plaza Singapura would require an additional $150.1 million in capital expenditure.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">CMT units rose 3 cents to $3.07 yesterday.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Source: Straits Times</span></em><em><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"></span></em></p>
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<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Objective: Customer Service
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Objective: Customer Service<br />
Target Items: none really, just browsing the store<br />
Date/Time of visit: 17 July 2008, 7PM<br />
How busy: pretty crowded (it just opened today)</p>
<p>ALL HAIL THE NEW BEST BUY which marks the first anchor store to open in the Streets at Southglenn, an haute-couture vista-style shopping experience complete with luxury residences which, when finished in 2009, will have replaced Southglenn Mall.  The store opening was at 6PM, and I rode past at about 5PM to find more than 100 people (closer to 500) camping outside because the first 50 in the door got a free $20 gift card.  Yes, you do the math - the first 50 get something, the other 450 I guess were too committed to actually just leave (or go to park meadows).</p>
<p>Some notes on my visit.  I was willing to give ground and be lenient if I found that there was a high percentage of employees actually helping customers.  I'm no idiot - I've been to store openings before and they are always a little hectic.  Also, this store is a fair bit smaller than its Park Meadows counterpart, so it feels stuffy by comparison and the volume of people it supports is a good deal smaller.  However, it looks like this location wants to carry nearly the same inventory level, so it's VERY cramped and there are VERY few wide-open spaces for demonstration setups.</p>
<p>Now, on to the details.  If you've read any of my retail store reviews before, you know by now that I first walk around the store and count the number of employees I pass that do not speak to me at all.  I don't count employees who are talking to another customer or ones who are clearly helping another customer.  My previous worst (highest) count was somewhere in the 23-25 range.  Today, I decided to count out loud as I walked by employees.  I got up to 48 (forty-eight) before I decided I'd had enough.  </p>
<p>Let me clarify a point here.  My tally of 48 employees that ignored their opportunity to take some of my money includes:</p>
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<li>the store manager
<li>every single department manager I could find
<li>several gaggles of employees who were in a pow-wow near the front
<li>every person in a blue shirt that I could find
<li>every member of the Geek Squad that I could find
<li>the Qwest people at their kiosk
<li>the Verizon people who were out front
<li>the vendor sales guys in the computer department
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<p>REMEMBER, I only counted people that I felt had an opportunity to either assist me or at the very least welcome me to their store and/or ask me if I need any help and/or just acknowledge that I am walking around in their AoR of the store.  Nada.  I probably did pass 20-30 engaged employees, though that's likely exaggerated since I likely hit some more than once in this smallish store.</p>
<p>Some people will say that I need to ask for help if I need help.  I would agree if I was actually in the store to do something other than evaluate how good the service is BEFORE I have to ask for help.  What I learned today in this store is a two-item list:  </p>
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<li>My property taxes are going up because of a store I will probably never shop in again</li>
<li>The lack of desire to assist the customer starts at the very top of that employee staff</li>
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<p>If I can't get the store manager to at least welcome me to her store when she practically runs me over in her high heels and power pants, how can I expect the blue shirt guys to do any better?  Even the security guy / greeter by the door didn't acknowledge me as I left.  Even in the worst of times at other Best Buy locations, I get that little "have a nice day" line as I exit. </p>
<p>I did not find it fair to place my visit to Best Buy today on the same rating scale as any of my previous shopping experiences.  Therefore, I went with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts#Grading_and_assessment">Harry Potter O.W.L. grading system</a>, whereby T is the worst possible grade (short for Troll).  Even though I <a href="http://themysteryshopper.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/attention-employees-of-the-new-southglenn-best-buy/">fired a warning shot about visiting</a> today, I had an abysmal time.</p>
<p><u>Summary</u> (OWL scoring throughout)<br />
Service grade: T. Forty-eight, that is all I need to say.<br />
Store cleanliness: E. It was littered with fliers they were handing out.  Otherwise, it's a brand new store.<br />
Store organization: P. It's quite cluttered in attempt to squeeze in a lot of inventory.<br />
Ambient noise: D. One of the 48 was in car stereo booming some shit that you could hear outside.<br />
Today’s Overall Grade: T. I cannot believe that this store was actually ready to open.  maybe the building was ready, but the people inside it weren't.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Organized Retail Crime article]]></title>
<link>http://organizedretailcrime.wordpress.com/?p=4</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pjjones</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[New Legislation was introduced yesterday by Congressman Brad Ellsworth to help retailers combat Orga]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New Legislation was introduced yesterday by Congressman Brad Ellsworth to help retailers combat Organized Retail Crime.</p>
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<p>Visit- <a href="http://www.stopretailcrime.com">www.stopretailcrime.com</a></p>
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<link>http://goodlifegal.wordpress.com/?p=326</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman is reporting that The North Face is coming to downtown Boise and will be located]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Idaho Statesman is reporting that The North Face is coming to downtown Boise and will be located in the old "Mode" building downtown!  Hooray!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/445146.html">http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/445146.html</a></p>
<p>ALSO, my favorite store, Real Deals is having an Open House today and Saturday.  Rumor has it, they've "prettied" up the place... </p>
<p>LASTLY, an update....After lunch at The Blue Moose Cafe in Eagle today, I had a minute to pop into The Trading Post Beside the Moose - WOW!  For a small store, it has some really cool stuff!  If you are looking for some really interesting pasta, head over there.  It's multi-colored, and absolutely gorgeous...and direct from Italy!  She also has some amazing gift sets and her prices are really reasonable.  Check it out - on Aikens in Eagle...next to the Blue Moose Cafe!</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The sale of the Hudson&#8217;s Bay Company by one American owner to another sent me to my bookshelve]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The sale of the Hudson's Bay Company by one American owner to another sent me to my bookshelves to pull out Peter C. Newman's 2000 book on this storied old enterprise, <em>Empire of the Bay: the Company of Adventurers That Seized a Continent.</em> It is one of Newman's less celebrated works. I say that because, as a semi-official history of the fur trader cum department store, some critics have questioned whether Newman was as tough as he should have been on the company's management -- dead and alive.</p>
<p>Many Canadians lamented the sale by Toronto's Thomson family of The Bay to American entrepreneur Jerry Zucker. The store's been up for sale again since his death in April. The buyer, real estate investor Richard Baker, controls Lord &#38; Taylor, the big American department store that's respected for its long heritage but is having the same problems as The Bay in attracting younger and more affluent shoppers.</p>
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<p>Newman, as always, wrote an engrossing tale in <em>Empire of the Bay</em>. He has that ability to transport the reader into an exotic environment. And that was certainly one way to describe the court of King Charles in 1702 when two French fur traders, <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Raddison and Groseilliers, convinced British investors and the King's nephew, Prince Rupert of Bavaria, to put money into a scheme to bring furs out of the country around Hudson's Bay.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">The Company of Adventurers of course went on to reign over most of Canada's territory west of the Great Lakes. Newman properly salutes the role of George Simpson, the Scottish-born trader who headed the company in its glory years of the 19th century. Like a modern day jet setter, he spent most of his time on "the road" (except in his case it was on the river, by canoe). He also found time to father around 70 children by various Indian maidens he maintained at different trading posts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Canadians by now have become accustomed to seeing many of our major assets pass into foreign hands. Just as well, because that's what the global economy is all about. In fact, more Canadians are investing abroad than foreign companies are investing in this country. And foreign investment has declined in Canada as a share of total global investment -- 2.9 per cent in 2001 compared to 7.1 per cent in 1985.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Foreign take-overs still stir Canadian emotions, however. One of the things that's always puzzled me about the Left has been their strident support of domestic capitalists. There's tons of evidence that Canadian owners have been complacant, non-innovative, and generally lacking in the wit or will to invest in technology and systems that increase productivity and build wealth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Perhaps it was okay to give an edge to local entrepreneurs when the country was young and our manufacturers were unable to compete against bigger and richer foreign (American) operators. Hence the National Policy of Sir John A. Macdonald that kept low-priced farm implements out of Canada. The Masseys and the Harrises got rich on it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">In today's global economy, the factor of ownership really doesn't count for much. You can argue all you wish that a Head Office in Duluth has no interest in keeping jobs in North Bay. The same goes for a Head Office in Toronto, or in Calgary. They're all pretty well driven by the same economic realities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">We should wish Richard Baker well in his venture with The Bay. He's going to have to meet the Canadian "value challenge," as the retail analysts call it. Better products, lower prices, good service. What's not to like about that?</span></p>
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<link>http://dahuad.wordpress.com/?p=12</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dahuad</dc:creator>
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<h2 class="txt1" style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;">George Chetochine es un reconocido consultor francés, vinculado a la constitución del gigante Carrefour, y es uno de los mayores referentes internacionales del marketing at retail, cuya teoría de las marcas en relación a la situación del trade es actualmente la base para cualquier planteo que una marca deba hacerse en relación a su posición en la distribución, incluido el punto de venta. En la última edición de Pop Zone Forum ?07, las segundas Jornadas de Conferencias sobre Marketing at Retail, realizadas en el marco de Pop Zone y Promo Zone Forum&#38;Expo, dio una conferencia titulada “Las marcas en el punto de venta: Las mentiras del marketing en el lugar de la verdad”, que Infobrand está publicando en dos entregas.</h2>
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<td class="txt1" style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;">Tenemos que comprender que la distribución alimenticia está orientada a las mujeres, el gran error que hacemos es de decir “el consumidor”; no es verdad, es la consumidora y una mujer no es un hombre en términos de cerebro. Trabajamos con mujeres, cuando hablamos de marca de productos de consumo, hablamos de la relación de la mujer a la marca, no estamos hablando de la relación del hombre con la marca. Eso parece una broma, pero es un error fatal. ¿Quién tiene los niños? Una mujer, si los hombres tuvieran que ser los embarazados y tener un niño, no habría nadie aquí, porque el coraje de una mujer que tiene un niño es formidable. Ahora, el coraje de un hombre que mata al elefante también es formidable, la mujer no va a matar al elefante, ni lo ve, ni lo comprende, ni imagina cómo hay que matarlo.</p>
<p>Por eso yo soy de los que dicen que la idea de hacer la igualdad es una estupidez total, es un crimen tecnológico; no digo que una mujer no puede ser un buen director de marketing, digo que una mujer puede ser un inmenso buen director de marketing del producto de consumo, no de coches. La directora de marketing de Renault es una mujer: habéis visto las ventas, puc!.</p>
<p>En una ciudad pequeña, de 600 habitantes, todo el mundo conoce al alcalde y si algo no va se lo dice directamente; son amigos. Cuando usted toma una ciudad como París, al alcalde se lo ve en la televisión y es un imbécil y no va a votarlo y él va tener que gastar mucho dinero ¿Qué quiere hacer el alcalde de París? Hacer que toda la gente de París sea su amiga. Hoy, eso es la gran revolución y es la suerte de los fabricantes ¿Por qué? Porque los fabricantes van a tener que ayudar al distribuidor.</p>
<p>Yo quiero tener clientes, y mejor: yo quiero tener clientes y quiero echar a los que no compran mucho. Tesco hace 10 años era la peor cadena de Europa, pero hoy día es número uno en Europa. ¿Por qué? Porque fue primera en decir: vamos a transformar a nuestro cliente, no únicamente con tarjeta de fidelidad, no; sino que vamos a tomar una actitud completamente diferente para que tengamos nuevos comportamientos.</p>
<p>Fuerza del servicio: voy a dar servicio. ¿Qué quiere decir servicio? ¿Cuánto me cuesta el servicio? Compartir la emoción de shopper, comprender lo que pasa cuando una mujer no encuentra su producto, cuando hay una ruptura. Comprender lo que es para una mujer ver una promoción que no puede comprar porque no tiene bastante dinero en el bolsillo; comprenderlo, tener ya otra visión, percepción. Comprender las contradicciones de mi punto de venta; ya sé que mi punto de venta está hecho así o así y que no se ve bien y que tenemos góndolas que son viejas.</p>
<p>Tenemos que tener una trasabilidad del cliente, para eso tenemos soft que nos permite hacer una trasabilidad. Esta persona ha venido a nuestro punto de venta, ha comprado en otro punto de venta, qué ha hecho. Yo quiero ser un experto de trasabilidad. Me vais a decir “Chetochine, nosotros somos proveedores, qué nos interesa eso”. Vamos a ver que es muy importante para vosotros porque vais a tener un papel enorme; y el seguimiento, nivel de switch hablaré de eso después.</p>
<p>¿Cómo yo fabricante y cómo yo distribuidor voy a comprender? Primero, voy hacer un estudio de las frustraciones durante la compra en el punto de venta. Cuando una mujer va a comprar productos para belleza, ¿cuáles son sus frustraciones, no necesidades: frustraciones? Y, es un estudio que tengo que hacer con el distribuidor porque el distribuidor sólo no puede comprender porque la frustración puede venir del producto -la marca- de la góndola o de la manera que se ha puesto la cosa.</p>
<p>Después, estrategia de otros emblemas. En Francia, Carrefour invierte millones de euros en la relación con el cliente. Además, con la fuerza de Internet, que permite mandar información a la clientela sin que eso cueste mucho, sino que hay que pagar por los equipos que trabajan todos los días, etcétera, con una relación; es decir, la gente me habla, hablo a la gente, foros, etcétera. El foro de un gran distribuidor tiene 20.000 conexiones por día en su sitio.</p>
<p>¿Qué puedo hacer? Respuesta a las contradicciones, política de servicio, comunicación, conocimiento del cliente y causa defendida. ¿Qué quiere decir causa defendida? Ahí viene una idea completamente nueva. ¿Cuál es la causa que defiende tu marca en mi góndola para el consumidor? Para trabajar el marketing, hay que tener una causa.</p>
<p>Tenemos compañías norteamericanas que no ven eso, entonces, cuando decimos que el plan de marketing tiene que ser cambiado, no comprenden; puede ser que en Estados Unidos la situación sea completamente diferente, sea otra cosa, pero así está en Europa.</p>
<p>¿Cuál es el problema hoy? Es disfrutar inmediatamente sin tener imposiciones. “Yo quiero hacer el amor pero no me quiero casar”: satisfacción inmediata, no tener problemas. Hoy día, es disfrutar sin imposición, eso quiere decir que la ecuación tiene que siempre ser superior a uno; el positivo tiene siempre que ser mejor que el negativo.</p>
<p>Cuando voy a un punto de venta quiero disfrutar, no quiero tener ninguna imposición, contrariedad. Entonces, tu combate es contra mis decisiones, quiero entrar, quiero ver los productos, quiero tomar, quiero comprar, quiero comprender, quiero irme, te doy mi dinero, adiós.<br />
Voy a dar otro ejemplo: mi madre viene de España, por la revolución española, mi padre vino de Rusia, después de la revolución, en 1920, mi madre en el ‘35. Vivieron en Francia y mi padre en la guerra del ‘39 se fue de voluntario extranjero a la guerra, fue preso seis años por los alemanes. Mi madre se quedó con sus hijos haciendo todo lo que pudiera para que comamos. La vida pasa, yo hago otra guerra, la guerra de Argelia, y yo soy capitán herido. La vida pasa, soy alcalde de una ciudad y reconocido, y un día me roban mis papeles y me dicen usted tiene que dar la prueba de que es francés: -“He hecho la guerra, ?eso no es una prueba? Mi padre fue preso. ¿Eso no es prueba? Soy alcalde, ¿no es una prueba? ¿Qué tengo que hacer?”. Si es así, usted no es francés y terminan por decirte que no estás en el ordenador.</p>
<p>En los puntos de venta, porque tenemos que hablar de eso, la compu es el alma del mundo y por eso está la revolución hoy. ¿Y quién fabrica al shopper usuario? La compu, es la compu que los fabrica porque la compu manda al mundo, no hay que olvidarse de eso. Entonces, ¿el category management de qué sirve? A los compradores, al merchandising y a la coordinación de las promociones. No vamos hacer el mismo día una famosa promoción sobre la pizza congelada y la pizza fresca. Y sobre todo, es un método para tener datos e ir a ver la distribución, fue inventado por Nielsen y otros consultores para ver cómo se podía hacer para trabajar con la distribución.</p>
<p>El shopper debe poder reconocer inmediatamente que en cada sección hay una orientación específica para mejorar su vida, estamos entrando en algo muy positivo. Y en cada categoría podrá haber un combate específico del fabricante y del distribuidor para liberar al shopper. ¿Por qué? Porque hemos comprendido. Algunos habrán oído sobre el grupo Sephora. ¿Qué hacen para ayudar al shopper? Voy a dar un ejemplo: los perfumes están por orden alfabético. “No queremos disgustarte, tú vienes a buscar un Channel número tanto: boom. Tú vienes a buscar para tu marido tal perfume: boom! ¿Por qué? Primero para que no tengas la frustración de buscar y no encontrar, perder tu tiempo. Segundo, porque sabemos que en los alcoholes no ganamos dinero porque los precios son iguales en todas partes ¿Qué hacemos entonces? Decimos que tienes que pasar el mínimo de tiempo en buscar los productos, es el management del tiempo de compra. Entonces, las góndolas están por orden alfabético, no pierdes tiempo, encuentras inmediatamente porque un perfume sabes lo que quieres comprar.</p>
<p>Ahora, cuando tú entras en los productos de cosméticos, hacemos shopping de shop; cosméticos para joven, cosméticos para mujeres de 40 años, cosméticos para mujer que tiene más de 50 años, 60 años. Y, después está toda la parte de las cremas.</p>
<p>Si vais a París, pero hay también en España, hay en varias partes, Polonia, etcétera; es algo formidable y veráis como las mujeres están contentas. Una madre va con su hija, pero cada una va donde quiere y se ven después, pueden ir de un lado al otro juntas, pero son universos diferentes. ¿Para qué sirve el POP? A eso, a explicarte cómo está este lado y después de eso en cada categoría debe haber un combate específico.</td>
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<td align="left"><a title="Tendencias del retail" href="http://www.infobrand.com.ar/nota.php?idx=9744" target="_self">Redacción Infobrand</a></td>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Club Monaco opened its first store in Hawaii at the Ala Moana Center.  To celebrate, they partnered]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.clubmonaco.com" target="_blank">Club Monaco</a> opened its first store in <a href="http://gohawaii.com" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> at the <a href="http://www.alamoanacenter.com" target="_blank">Ala Moana Center</a>.  To celebrate, they partnered with <a href="http://www.honoluluacademy.org" target="_blank">Honolulu Academy of Arts</a> and <a href="http://www.artafterdark.org" target="_blank">ARTafterDARK</a> to featured a few local photographers around the store with an event called <a href="http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/10/features/story02.html" target="_blank">"See the World in Black and White"</a>.   It was a great event with a lot of attendees checking out the clothes, the black and white photos, and each other.  Haha.  I must say there were a lot of good looking people in attendance</p>
<p>Here's a short video I took on my <a href="http://www.theflip.com" target="_blank">FLIP camera</a> and edited on <a href="http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie" target="_blank">iMovie</a>.  Let me know what you think since I'm still tinkering with my camera and my editing skills.</p>
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<p>By the way, the photos were being sold, starting at $175.  Beautiful shots but too rich for my blood.  The photos were almost as expensive as the clothes at Club Monaco.  As you saw on the video, I agree with my friend and probably wait until there's a sale at the store.  Who pay more that $25 for a pair of boxers?</p>
<p>For those unfamiliar with <a href="http://www.artafterdark.org/" target="_blank">ARTafterDARK</a>, this group is dedicated to exploring the arts and presents an event the last Friday of each month at the Honolulu Academy of Arts from 6 to 9 p.m.  I've been to a couple events and it's been a hit or miss since I mostly go for the food and entertainment.  Check out their upcoming event in July called <a href="http://www.artafterdark.org/event/2008/07/25/so-sari" target="_blank">"So Sari!"</a><strong></strong>.  A play on Indian culture and Bollywood, guests will have a chance to be creative with flowers by helping to make a pukalam and dine on cuisine from <a href="http://www.eotrading.com" target="_blank">E&#38;O Trading Co</a>.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Hong Kong Willie</dc:creator>
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I told Hong Kong Willie to think outside the box and they have with their new Hippie Bags now for s]]></description>
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<p>I told Hong Kong Willie to think outside the box and they have with their new Hippie Bags now for sale in Tampa.  Unfortunately, to my dismay, Hong Kong Willie has priced this hippie bag for $450.00US.  Hong Kong Willie has put some time into making these Hippie Bags but you could buy a decent computer at these prices.  Now with economic times so hard for everybody, Hong Kong Willie not only hasn't sold even one of these Hippie Bags, but they haven't even made one more trip to the Florida Keys in 2008.  As a matter of fact, Hong Kong Willie hasn't had a sale all year as of yet which I've been told.  Now that Hong Kong Willie suffers, their customers suffer with extremely poor customer service heard over and over.  Here is a quote by a potential customer directed at Joe Brown of Hong Kong Willie after basically telling this customer to f#*k off:</p>
<p>"Joe Brown, I'm getting seriously pissed off with this shit! Keep me out of your stupid squabbles. You're taking on the wrong person when you take on me.</p>
<p>Grow up &#38; get a life!<br />
You need to realize that people have lives. Things in this world are bigger then you.<br />
On the 29th of January 2008 I lost my mother very suddenly. After that my life was turned upside down. I have been to hell &#38; back. So excuse me if I don't want to get caught up in your petty little squabbles.<br />
You are a grown man start acting like it."</p>
<p>When Joe Brown suffers, Hong Kong Willie suffers.  When Hong Kong Willie customers suffer, their son Derek Brown is the only one with a real job to pay the bills.  Now the potential customers of Hong Kong Willie are suffering because they will not tolerate the hate built up in the Hong Kong Willie Art Group.  Hong Kong Willie is looking less like an art group and more like a hate group as 2008 slumbers along.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tendencias del retail]]></title>
<link>http://nestorahuad.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<h2 class="txt1" style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;">George Chetochine es un reconocido consultor francés, vinculado a la constitución del gigante Carrefour, y es uno de los mayores referentes internacionales del marketing at retail, cuya teoría de las marcas en relación a la situación del trade es actualmente la base para cualquier planteo que una marca deba hacerse en relación a su posición en la distribución, incluido el punto de venta. En la última edición de Pop Zone Forum ?07, las segundas Jornadas de Conferencias sobre Marketing at Retail, realizadas en el marco de Pop Zone y Promo Zone Forum&#38;Expo, dio una conferencia titulada “Las marcas en el punto de venta: Las mentiras del marketing en el lugar de la verdad”, que Infobrand está publicando en dos entregas.</h2>
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<td class="txt1" style="color:#333333;font-size:12px;">Tenemos que comprender que la distribución alimenticia está orientada a las mujeres, el gran error que hacemos es de decir “el consumidor”; no es verdad, es la consumidora y una mujer no es un hombre en términos de cerebro. Trabajamos con mujeres, cuando hablamos de marca de productos de consumo, hablamos de la relación de la mujer a la marca, no estamos hablando de la relación del hombre con la marca. Eso parece una broma, pero es un error fatal. ¿Quién tiene los niños? Una mujer, si los hombres tuvieran que ser los embarazados y tener un niño, no habría nadie aquí, porque el coraje de una mujer que tiene un niño es formidable. Ahora, el coraje de un hombre que mata al elefante también es formidable, la mujer no va a matar al elefante, ni lo ve, ni lo comprende, ni imagina cómo hay que matarlo.Por eso yo soy de los que dicen que la idea de hacer la igualdad es una estupidez total, es un crimen tecnológico; no digo que una mujer no puede ser un buen director de marketing, digo que una mujer puede ser un inmenso buen director de marketing del producto de consumo, no de coches. La directora de marketing de Renault es una mujer: habéis visto las ventas, puc!.</p>
<p>En una ciudad pequeña, de 600 habitantes, todo el mundo conoce al alcalde y si algo no va se lo dice directamente; son amigos. Cuando usted toma una ciudad como París, al alcalde se lo ve en la televisión y es un imbécil y no va a votarlo y él va tener que gastar mucho dinero ¿Qué quiere hacer el alcalde de París? Hacer que toda la gente de París sea su amiga. Hoy, eso es la gran revolución y es la suerte de los fabricantes ¿Por qué? Porque los fabricantes van a tener que ayudar al distribuidor.</p>
<p>Yo quiero tener clientes, y mejor: yo quiero tener clientes y quiero echar a los que no compran mucho. Tesco hace 10 años era la peor cadena de Europa, pero hoy día es número uno en Europa. ¿Por qué? Porque fue primera en decir: vamos a transformar a nuestro cliente, no únicamente con tarjeta de fidelidad, no; sino que vamos a tomar una actitud completamente diferente para que tengamos nuevos comportamientos.</p>
<p>Fuerza del servicio: voy a dar servicio. ¿Qué quiere decir servicio? ¿Cuánto me cuesta el servicio? Compartir la emoción de shopper, comprender lo que pasa cuando una mujer no encuentra su producto, cuando hay una ruptura. Comprender lo que es para una mujer ver una promoción que no puede comprar porque no tiene bastante dinero en el bolsillo; comprenderlo, tener ya otra visión, percepción. Comprender las contradicciones de mi punto de venta; ya sé que mi punto de venta está hecho así o así y que no se ve bien y que tenemos góndolas que son viejas.</p>
<p>Tenemos que tener una trasabilidad del cliente, para eso tenemos soft que nos permite hacer una trasabilidad. Esta persona ha venido a nuestro punto de venta, ha comprado en otro punto de venta, qué ha hecho. Yo quiero ser un experto de trasabilidad. Me vais a decir “Chetochine, nosotros somos proveedores, qué nos interesa eso”. Vamos a ver que es muy importante para vosotros porque vais a tener un papel enorme; y el seguimiento, nivel de switch hablaré de eso después.</p>
<p>¿Cómo yo fabricante y cómo yo distribuidor voy a comprender? Primero, voy hacer un estudio de las frustraciones durante la compra en el punto de venta. Cuando una mujer va a comprar productos para belleza, ¿cuáles son sus frustraciones, no necesidades: frustraciones? Y, es un estudio que tengo que hacer con el distribuidor porque el distribuidor sólo no puede comprender porque la frustración puede venir del producto -la marca- de la góndola o de la manera que se ha puesto la cosa.</p>
<p>Después, estrategia de otros emblemas. En Francia, Carrefour invierte millones de euros en la relación con el cliente. Además, con la fuerza de Internet, que permite mandar información a la clientela sin que eso cueste mucho, sino que hay que pagar por los equipos que trabajan todos los días, etcétera, con una relación; es decir, la gente me habla, hablo a la gente, foros, etcétera. El foro de un gran distribuidor tiene 20.000 conexiones por día en su sitio.</p>
<p>¿Qué puedo hacer? Respuesta a las contradicciones, política de servicio, comunicación, conocimiento del cliente y causa defendida. ¿Qué quiere decir causa defendida? Ahí viene una idea completamente nueva. ¿Cuál es la causa que defiende tu marca en mi góndola para el consumidor? Para trabajar el marketing, hay que tener una causa.</p>
<p>Tenemos compañías norteamericanas que no ven eso, entonces, cuando decimos que el plan de marketing tiene que ser cambiado, no comprenden; puede ser que en Estados Unidos la situación sea completamente diferente, sea otra cosa, pero así está en Europa.</p>
<p>¿Cuál es el problema hoy? Es disfrutar inmediatamente sin tener imposiciones. “Yo quiero hacer el amor pero no me quiero casar”: satisfacción inmediata, no tener problemas. Hoy día, es disfrutar sin imposición, eso quiere decir que la ecuación tiene que siempre ser superior a uno; el positivo tiene siempre que ser mejor que el negativo.</p>
<p>Cuando voy a un punto de venta quiero disfrutar, no quiero tener ninguna imposición, contrariedad. Entonces, tu combate es contra mis decisiones, quiero entrar, quiero ver los productos, quiero tomar, quiero comprar, quiero comprender, quiero irme, te doy mi dinero, adiós.<br />
Voy a dar otro ejemplo: mi madre viene de España, por la revolución española, mi padre vino de Rusia, después de la revolución, en 1920, mi madre en el ‘35. Vivieron en Francia y mi padre en la guerra del ‘39 se fue de voluntario extranjero a la guerra, fue preso seis años por los alemanes. Mi madre se quedó con sus hijos haciendo todo lo que pudiera para que comamos. La vida pasa, yo hago otra guerra, la guerra de Argelia, y yo soy capitán herido. La vida pasa, soy alcalde de una ciudad y reconocido, y un día me roban mis papeles y me dicen usted tiene que dar la prueba de que es francés: -“He hecho la guerra, ?eso no es una prueba? Mi padre fue preso. ¿Eso no es prueba? Soy alcalde, ¿no es una prueba? ¿Qué tengo que hacer?”. Si es así, usted no es francés y terminan por decirte que no estás en el ordenador.</p>
<p>En los puntos de venta, porque tenemos que hablar de eso, la compu es el alma del mundo y por eso está la revolución hoy. ¿Y quién fabrica al shopper usuario? La compu, es la compu que los fabrica porque la compu manda al mundo, no hay que olvidarse de eso. Entonces, ¿el category management de qué sirve? A los compradores, al merchandising y a la coordinación de las promociones. No vamos hacer el mismo día una famosa promoción sobre la pizza congelada y la pizza fresca. Y sobre todo, es un método para tener datos e ir a ver la distribución, fue inventado por Nielsen y otros consultores para ver cómo se podía hacer para trabajar con la distribución.</p>
<p>El shopper debe poder reconocer inmediatamente que en cada sección hay una orientación específica para mejorar su vida, estamos entrando en algo muy positivo. Y en cada categoría podrá haber un combate específico del fabricante y del distribuidor para liberar al shopper. ¿Por qué? Porque hemos comprendido. Algunos habrán oído sobre el grupo Sephora. ¿Qué hacen para ayudar al shopper? Voy a dar un ejemplo: los perfumes están por orden alfabético. “No queremos disgustarte, tú vienes a buscar un Channel número tanto: boom. Tú vienes a buscar para tu marido tal perfume: boom! ¿Por qué? Primero para que no tengas la frustración de buscar y no encontrar, perder tu tiempo. Segundo, porque sabemos que en los alcoholes no ganamos dinero porque los precios son iguales en todas partes ¿Qué hacemos entonces? Decimos que tienes que pasar el mínimo de tiempo en buscar los productos, es el management del tiempo de compra. Entonces, las góndolas están por orden alfabético, no pierdes tiempo, encuentras inmediatamente porque un perfume sabes lo que quieres comprar.</p>
<p>Ahora, cuando tú entras en los productos de cosméticos, hacemos shopping de shop; cosméticos para joven, cosméticos para mujeres de 40 años, cosméticos para mujer que tiene más de 50 años, 60 años. Y, después está toda la parte de las cremas.</p>
<p>Si vais a París, pero hay también en España, hay en varias partes, Polonia, etcétera; es algo formidable y veráis como las mujeres están contentas. Una madre va con su hija, pero cada una va donde quiere y se ven después, pueden ir de un lado al otro juntas, pero son universos diferentes. ¿Para qué sirve el POP? A eso, a explicarte cómo está este lado y después de eso en cada categoría debe haber un combate específico</p>
<p>Fuente:</p>
<p><a title="Revista de marketing" href="http://www.infobrand.com.ar/nota.php?idx=9744" target="_self">Redacción Infobrand</a></td>
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<link>http://eduardoangel.wordpress.com/?p=52</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alekos</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How to live with only <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1812048,00.html">100 things</a>, a not very intellectual person commenting about perfumes (read the <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_perfumist">answer</a>), the new Apple store in <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/134545/2008/07/applestorebeijing.html">China</a>, and the <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4345498.ece">worst movie endings</a> ever (I do not agree completely).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[M&amp;S Seek Salvation in IT]]></title>
<link>http://citychap.wordpress.com/?p=27</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Information Age magazine has highlighted a couple of tech-related nuggets from the latest M&amp;S an]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Information Age magazine has highlighted a couple of tech-related nuggets from the latest M&#38;S annual report</p>
<p>The UK's most famous retailer has earmarked <a href="http://www.information-age.com/home/information-age-today/450811/ms-battles-uk-retail-downturn-with-450m-it-spend.thtml">£450 million for IT spending over the next three years</a> in a bid to push into international and online markets and ease its reliance on the ailing UK retail environment.</p>
<blockquote><p>"We’re planning to take more control of our logistics from source to store,  allowing us to monitor our stock more efficiently and improve margins,” the  report said.</p></blockquote>
<p>The report also revealed the company’s motivation for this IT focus - it’s online business, M&#38;S Direct, grew 70% over the year (making £300 million in sales), while international sales grew 16% bringing in £713 million.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Won Hundred from Copenhagen just posted up previews for their two autumn/winter collections. Looks ]]></description>
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<p>Won Hundred from Copenhagen just posted up previews for their two autumn/winter collections. Looks great, definitely one of my favorite labels at the moment. Lookbook was photographed by <a href="http://www.sachamaric.com/portfolio.html">Sacha Maric</a>, who's work I featured a <a href="http://ourbeesmakehoney.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/sacha-maric/">few months back</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wonhundred.com">www.wonhundred.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[France : Pharmagest Inter@ctive signe avec le groupe PHR]]></title>
<link>http://oohtv.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/france-pharmagest-interctive-signe-avec-le-groupe-phr/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pharmagest Inter@ctive-CIP, l´éditeur de solutions logicielles pour les officines, et le groupe PH]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="margin:5px 0 5px 10px;" src="http://oohtv.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/image25.png" alt="image" width="102" height="27" align="right" /><a href="http://www.pharmagest.com" target="_blank">Pharmagest Inter@ctive-CIP</a>, l´éditeur de solutions logicielles pour les officines, et le <a href="http://www.groupephr.fr/" target="_blank">groupe PHR</a> ont signé un accord de partenariat privilégié.</p>
<p>Ce dernier référencera et recommandera à ses affiliés et adhérents les produits de Pharmagest Inter@ctive, parmi lesquels la solution d´affichage dynamique du groupe : <a href="http://www.pharmagest.com/pharmacie/pharmaciens/-nobr-actualites-nouveautes-nobr-/page_9_9.html#encre_635" target="_blank">OffiMédia</a>.</p>
<p>Le groupe PHR (Pharma Référence) compte plus de 1900 pharmaciens adhérents réunis au sein du groupement PHR Référence et de 2 enseignes Pharma Référence et Viadys.</p>
<p>Pharmagest Inter@ctive équipe actuellement, en France, plus de 9800 officines de ses différentes solutions. Il est également présent, depuis septembre 2007 (et l´acquisition de SABCO), en Belgique et au Luxembourg.</p>
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