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Virgin America Hosts Victoria's Secret Supermodels In-Flight PJ Party

Virgin America and Victoria's Secret hosted the first ever in-flight PJ party and fashion show aboard a regularly scheduled late night Virgin America flight from JFK-LAX on November 28. Supermodels Selita Ebanks and Miranda Kerr co-hosted the party flight on "Runway Angel," the Virgin America plane named by the Victoria's Secret Angels.
During the flight, a few lucky guests received "supermodel" makeovers courtesy of Victoria's Secret using Very Sexy Makeup, available in stores now. Guests on this special Virgin America flight also received free Victoria's Secret PJs and runway cosmetic totes filled with travel sizes of the supermodels' favorite Victoria's Secret beauty products. The PJ party go-ers stayed up late, finally ending the evening with a movie hand-picked by the supermodels.

Ironically, we were talking about marketing and promoting in class just yesterday and I think this is a great example of personal and non-personal marketing.

Limited executives buy stock at lows

Limited Brands Inc. shares got a much needed boost on Wednesday after company executives reported they bought 400,000 of the retailer's shares at multi-year lows in the days after Thanksgiving. After the purchases were reported on Tuesday, Limited shares jumped $1.31, or 7.3 percent, to $19.24 on Wednesday. During the past 52 weeks, the stock has fallen from a high of $31.96 last December to a four-year low of $16.50 a week ago.

I'm not sure if I understand this correctly...

Is it that they purchased shares within their own company?

Is this some little business trick where you buy shares from within the company you work for and it causes the value of the shares to rise or was this just a case of pure luck?

Victoria's Secret, Slave Labor & So-Called "Free Trade"

When you slip on your Victoria's Secret garb, remember this: it comes to you partly due to the wonders of so-called "free trade." And, in particular, that little Victoria Secret garment (I guess "little" is redundant in this context) may even hail from Jordan--which was supposed to be the poster child for how one forges the "right" kind of so-called "free trade" deal. But, instead, Victoria Secret exposes the exact fallacy of so-called "free trade."
To read more check out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-tasini/victorias-secret-slave-_b_74261.html

It is amazing how many of these companies are operating under such unethical labor practices. It is even more appalling how many consumers, including myself (bowing head in shame) will still purchase these products knowing what it took to produce them.

Verizon Wireless Says ‘Bring Your Own’ Device

Verizon Wireless has stunned the wireless world by announcing that by sometime next year it will open its network to “any apps, any device.”
There is a lot of fine print, but the essence appears to be that Verizon will offer two flavors of service: its traditional bundle, which typically includes a subsidy for phone purchase and various other features, and “bring your own” device service, which will be open to any device that meets “minimum technical standards.”

Very Innovative

Bus104- Review

Chapter 6

1. Entrepreneurs- someone who seeks to capitalize on new and profitable endeavors or business; usually with considerable initiative and risk.
2. Different types of entrepreneurs: classic entrepreneur, intrapreneur & change agents.
3. Pros- Desire to be your own boss, financial success, job security, better quality of life.
4. Environment for entrepreneurs- globalization, education, information technology, demographic & economic trends.
5. How does Entrepreneurship affect the economy?- innovation, generates employment, diversity.

Chapter 7

1. E-commerce.
2. Business-to-business e-commerce (B2B).
3. Business-to-consumer e-commerce (B2C).
4. Functions of the internet-e-mail, IM, electronic bulletin boards, e-commerce.
5. Advantages of e-commerce: 24/7 service, all businesses have a fair chance to compete.
6. Disadvantages of e-commerce: fraud, consumer security, privacy concerns, system overload, poor quality of service.

Chapter 8

1. Management- the act of directing and controlling a group of people for the purpose of coordinating and motivating a gropu towards accomplishing a goal.
2. Management Hierarchy: Top Managment - CEO, CFO, Mayor; Middle Management- Regional Manager, Director, Division Head; Supervisory (1st line) Manangement- Supervisor, Section Chief, Group Leader.
3. Managerial Skills: technical skills, skills & conceptual skills. Functions of a manager: planning, organizing, directing & controlling.
4. Different types of planning: strategic planning (TM)- organizational objectives, strategies, etc. For example, GM's purchase of the Renaissance Ctr about 4 yrs. ago; tactical planning (MM); operational planning (SM) & contingency planning (ALL).
5. Mission Statement- written explanation of an organization's business intentions and aims.
6. Decision making- the process of recognizing a problem/ opportunity, evaluating it and coming up with the most suitable solution/alternative.
7. How do you recognize a problem?- expected minus what actually happened equals problem/ deviation. A problem could either be (-/+).
8. Importance of decision making is not only to find solutions but realistic alternatives as well.

Chapter 9

1. Human Resource Management entails all of the following- planning, recruiting, selection, orientation, training, performance appraisal, compensation, compliance, safety.
2. Key terms to remember: performance apprasial, wages and salaries, employee benefits & flexible benefit plans, flextime, job sharing, downsizing & outsourcing, contingent worker, job enlarement & enrichment.

Retail stocks slump as Black Friday joy fades
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail stocks such as Macy's Inc , Guess Inc and Urban Outfitters Inc fell on Monday as investors digested conflicting, but largely bearish, reports about this year's holiday shopping kick-off.

Just as things were beginning to look a bit promising.

Ok! So which is it?

U.S. Consumers Spent 3.5% Less on Holiday Shopping This Weekend, NRF Says U.S. consumers spent 3.5 percent less during the post-Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend than a year earlier as retailers slashed prices to lure customers grappling with higher food and energy costs.

U.S. Sales Rose 8.3% on `Black Friday' as Holiday Shopping Season Begins U.S. consumers spent $10.3 billion on holiday purchases the day after Thanksgiving, 8.3 percent more than a year earlier, as retailers promoted toys and electronics to lure shoppers.

It seems as though Black Friday sales outnumbered that of the year before but, overall for that weekend consumers shopped less. If you think about it the bargains after Black Friday are not as enticing.

Web bidding help drives live auctions
A study for the Kansas-based National Auctioneers Association found residential real estate auctions have grown 39 percent since 2003, agricultural real estate grew 33 percent, and sales of commercial and industrial property surged 27 percent. Car auctions increased by 10.5 percent and charity auctions rose 16.5 percent.

"I don't know where the auction industry would be without the Internet," said Teets, of Fairmont, W.Va. He turned professional three years ago and made the top 12 at the 2007 bid-calling world championships in San Diego.

"The Internet has educated the buyers. It's educated the sellers. It's opened a lot of these small sales up," said Teets, 31, who works for Joe R. Pyle Auctions of Mount Morris, PA.

Even though its pretty much one of the same, this is a good example of one business driving or getting the ball rolling for another.

Stocks end higher after volatile week
NEW YORK - Stocks rose as investors capped a capricious week by engaging in a bit of Black Friday bargain hunting while awaiting word of how retailers might fare during what is expected to be a tough holiday shopping season.

It is about time the stock market offered some good news. I think no matter what people are still going to shop.

‘Black Friday’ shoppers lay siege to the malls

Bargain-driven shoppers stormed America’s malls and shopping centers Friday, glomming onto earlier-than-ever holiday price cuts dangled by retailers hoping to reverse the effects of an economic downturn.

WOW!!

Heidi Klum Breasts Video: "Great Knockers" Victoria's Secret Ad Online

SIGH...I'm sorry, but I don't really get it.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Lowered Victoria's Secret demand will reduce sales

Limited Brands said on Tuesday that decreased demand caused by scaling back circulation of its Victoria's Secret catalog could reduce direct sales in the fourth quarter by $150 million.
The company said that integration issues within a new distribution center meant it could not meet expected volume, so it planned to reduce its catalog circulation.

I wonder if they anticipated such a huge setback. The company foresaw some potential problems with the use of a new distributor and put measures in place to cushion the blow.

Gold diggers may not get jewelry for holidays

NEW YORK - Gold necklaces, earrings and bracelets may be crossed off some gift lists this holiday season: With gold close to $800 an ounce, these perennial presents may be too much for some shoppers.

Everything is so expensive. Businesses are complaining about a lack of consumer spending yet prices continue to rise. I thought inflation was an effect of demand outweighing supply.

Diamond reveals `Caroline'
LOS ANGELES - Neil Diamond held onto the secret for decades, but he has finally revealed that President Kennedy's daughter was the inspiration for his smash hit "Sweet Caroline."

Sweet caroline

Good times never seemed so good

Ive been inclined

To believe they never would

Sobering thought: Jack Daniels may be tossed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Here’s a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.
Officials seized 2,400 bottles late last month during warehouse raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the southern Tennessee town where the whiskey is distilled.
“Punish the person, not the whiskey,” said an outraged Kyle MacDonald, 28, a Jack Daniel’s drinker from British Columbia who promotes the whiskey on his blog. “Jack never did anything wrong, and the whiskey itself is innocent.”

LOL! Although I'm not a drinker I can't help but agree with Mr. MacDonald. Talk about Peter paying for Paul & Jack paying for ALL.

MTV looks to conquer Middle East market

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - MTV is hoping hip-hop and reality television tailored and sanitized for a more conservative Middle East will draw young Arabs away from dozens of locally produced music video channels that already dominate the market.
MTV Arabia, which launched over the weekend, will feature 60 percent international music and 40 percent

Good for them...

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Check out the website for a few gift ideas and holiday deals!

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Victoria's Secret models took to the runway Thursday night to show off the lingerie line's latest collections. While the models were the main event, performances by the Spice Girls and Seal and a star-studded front row did their best to show up the angelic beauties. The show airs on television Dec. 4, 2007.