Gates Carbon Drive has come a long way from its early days dressing up single-speed mountain bikes with near silent running and hassle-free—i.e., chain lube-free—maintenance. The company has racked up partnerships with a ...
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Editor's note:?This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog.wordpress.com. Retail sales at bike shops were down about 5 ...
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Despite rumours swirling in Silicon Valley that the BYOD phenomenon is losing its buzz, CIOs who think they can abandon the practice risk upsetting an important and growing constituency of their workforce: millennials, also known as ...
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Bedding majors are giving this mattress-loaded Vegas market good reviews. Traffic has been solid and retailers are interested in new products, the producers report. Simmons CEO Gary Fazio said he "has heard very good things" from ...
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Whole home supplier Emerald Home Furnishings is rolling out a rethought casual dining program at the Las Vegas Market. While the company has been known as a casual dining resource already, it is going after middle market customers in the ...
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How do we promote ag by the numbers? Agriculture waiting on Silicon Valley moment I don't pick it, pull it, pluck it, plow it or plant it For all the faults, lies and downright lies associated with social media I would like to think there ...
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Simmons President Tony Smith gets comfortable on a new Simmons CURV bed, aimed at the Millennial market. LAS VEGAS — Simmons is throwing a CURV to Millennials to draw them into the memory foam category. The Simmons CURV line, ...
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A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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You can't say that GE doesn't think outside the refrigerator box. When the appliance maker decided to target the millennial market it turned to someone in that cohort to design a kitchen suite that's both trendy and affordable. Created by a ...
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Soda sold in glass bottles, a package generally phased out decades ago, is providing a rare spot of growth in a declining soft-drink industry. Over the past two years, sales growth of soda in glass bottles has outpaced that of soda in the ...
Soda sold in glass bottles, a package phased out of everyday use over the last several decades, is providing a rare spot of growth in a declining soft-drink industry. Over the past two years, sales growth by soda in glass bottles has ...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Intel have something in common: They all came late to the mobile revolution. Why? Because they're companies where management is top-down and responsibility for innovation and change is ...
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The rise of the "hybrid consumer" is an emerging trend with significant implications for food companies, food retailers and foodservice companies. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are becoming less interested in ...
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The most sensible shopper? The premium-value food retailing trend will be driven partly by 'more objective' women enjoying greater purshasing power Consumers are becoming less interested in mid-market products, preferring to trade down ...
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Independent Mobile Ad Network Reports that 62% of mobile web users indulge in multi-screen activities while watching TV. InMobi, an innovator in mobile advertising and one of the largest independent mobile advertising networks, has ...