Word: cores
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...Dell's core business is being pinched by three things. The first is that the company was fairly late at expanding into retail outlets overseas. It depended on its direct sales model for too long. The second problem is that the recession has cut Dell's sales. Dell's final problem is that it cannot find the right people to run the company. It recently dumped most of the senior management that it hired just over a year ago. It takes time for new people to get up to speed. Dell does not have time...
...million in the first 40 weeks of 2008, compared with a $36.7 million profit during the same period in 2007. Same-store sales dipped 7.2%. In December, Jamba stopped shipping ready-to-drink smoothies to grocery stores because of production difficulties. "They still don't know who their core customer is," says Brian Moore, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan. "They have to define that. Is it the health-conscious consumer or someone who is looking for a treat? That's why the brand has had difficulty." Responds new CEO James White, an ex-Safeway executive who took over Jamba eight...
...just left one another alone. Michaels believed that the high-performance, horizontal model represented the best bet for the future. To drive his vision though his organization, he first created a "burning platform" for the change, which centered on business issues; he then shrewdly hooked his vision into Mars' core values. (See the top 10 food trends...
...desperate attempt to escape the horrors of the Core-Gen Ed transition years, Harvard undergrads, enraptured by the hope of real change they can believe in, will flee to work for The One. President Drew G. Faust will breathe a sigh of relief, as the mass departure of students will provide temporary relief for House overcrowding and allow her to delay costly building renovations until better economic times...
...core, Rockwell's Imagination Playground simply gives children more stuff to do with sand and water. "Kids need to dig in the dirt, take risks, fall down and get back up," Benepe says. "That's the only way to teach them how to work together and build the great cities of the future." Or, at the very least, the next cool playground...