Eddie Lampert is looking to grab the last of the family jewels at Sears Holdings. The hedge-fund billionaire, who is chief executive of the company that owns Sears and Kmart, disclosed in a Friday letter to its board that he’s looking to buy the Kenmore appliance brand. Lampert — who Read more…
Good brands are good brands because they stay focused on solving problems for consumers (and, yes, themselves) based on keen insight. I know it’s coincidental, but I couldn’t help but make the connection between a past Apple problem-solving effort and its most current one. Let me explain. I recently had Read more…
Diane von Furstenberg is among those who’ve rallied around the designer as stars begin to wear the brand again: “It’s disturbing when women are penalized for the crimes of an abuser.” On March 15, after six months in hiding, Georgina Chapman emerged from her West Village brownstone in New York. Read more…
There is no better place to cook up tech innovation than through pizza delivery. In short order, we’ve gone from calling in orders by telephone (which feels prehistoric now), to sending them online, to texting them, to filling them via emoji. Pizza Hut has concocted a fresh way to get Read more…
TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees and Red Sox have the Curse of the Bambino, Bucky Dent’s home run and the “Idiots” historic comeback of 2004 highlighting their rich and sometimes volatile history. Now, they are looking to add a new chapter — in England. The teams are close to an Read more…
Toys “R” Us in the U.S. is actively pursuing a deal that would preserve the 82-store operation in Canada, according to a statement from Toys R Us Canada issued Thursday. “Toys ‘R’ Us Canada’s business is managed in Canada, operates autonomously from U.S. operations, and continues to be a stable Read more…
MillerCoors has invented a generation that’s younger than millennials but old enough to legally imbibe. The purpose is to sell more beer, which has been losing business to wine and hard liquor for a decade. MillerCoors, the U.S. division of Molson Coors Brewing Co., is gearing its marketing to 21- Read more…
I have a friend who told me she doesn’t send her mother Mother’s Day cards. Her mother’s attitude is that a pretty card, although a nice gesture, isn’t a substitute for a year’s worth of appreciation. While I know for a fact that my friend absolutely appreciates her mother, this Read more…
That politics are becoming increasingly more polarizing is an understatement. This is having a profound effect on how we interact and communicate (or don’t) with each other as individuals. It’s also having a profound effect on brands, whose users are increasingly demanding that brands take a stand on the most Read more…
From the high-end designers hustling to get their gowns on Hollywood stars at any price, to the fast fashion retailers readying to serve up spinoffs of the most beloved looks from Sunday’s big event, everybody is angling to make the Academy Awards a win. “For the fashion and beauty world, Read more…