5 Exceptional Lessons from Avalon December 18, 2007

Jackie Victor and her partner had no business experience and weren’t bakers, but they formed the right relationship with the earth, the community, and their employees and have now been successful for over 10 years. Though, they have learned several lessons along the way. They learned to do your homework, start small, have [...]

Bringin’ Sexy Back July 3, 2007

“Lingerie is second to handbags as the fastest-growing apparel category, so everyone in retail is trying to capitalize on that growth.” Retailers, including JCPenney, Kohl’s, Target, Macy’s, and Walmart, are changing their lingerie line to make it more “sexy.” This has hurt Victoria Secret’s sales dramatically. For 20 years, Victoria’s Secret has had the [...]

New Mall in Town? June 14, 2007

There has been talks of opening a mall in the area of 8 mile and Woodward in Detroit since 2004. A major step was taken yesterday as a bill allowing for this retail development moved out of state Senate. Now it must be considered by the full Senate, which may pass it as [...]

How to Get a 2.85% Interest Rate June 7, 2007

Homeowners around the world are taking currency gambles in loans.  These risk takers take out a mortgage in a foreign currency to gain lower interest rates.  This financial strategy to “borrow cheaply in one country to invest in a higher-yielding asset somewhere else” is usually used by “big-money speculators.”  Though I am not a Wall [...]

Forty-One Cents! May 22, 2007

Stamps are now $.41. That is absolutely unbelievable. It feels like just yesterday that they raised the prices. With technology soaring and becoming more leveraged each and every day, I wonder how high the price of stamps have to be before they begin to vanish. People now send more letters through the [...]

ePrize April 5, 2007

Last Friday our class, Right Now, ventured to the exciting land of ePrize. ePrize is a full-service interactive promotion company. ePrize has administered over 2,500 successful promotions for 73 of the top 100 brands, including Coca-cola, Visa, Proctor & Gamble, and Dell. As the leading promotion company, ePrize produced over 85% more [...]

Opportunity March 30, 2007

When we were first told that we would be going on trips with Dan, I was quite intimidated. What if he asks me those eccentric questions he is known for? What if I don’t know how to respond to any of them? What if I completely fail the “who can find the [...]

800 333 ROCK February 23, 2007

On Friday we had two guest speakers from Rock Financial.  David Hall, Regional Vice President, and Stephen Luigi Piazza, Senior Vice President of
Michigan’s largest mortgage company were kind enough to tell us their story.  Surprisingly, they didn’t talk much about the mortgage industry, but instead, they spoke of their advertising strategies. 
 
“It is difficult to [...]