Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Private bicitaxis wait for costumers in the city of Holguin around 800 km (497 miles) from Havana January 7, 2012. For the first time since they were nationalized in the 1960s, Cuba has opened the door to private management of some state-run cafes and food service outlets, often scorned for bad service and poor food. The extension of President Raul Castro's plans to put more retail businesses in private hands is under way as an experiment in eastern Holguin province, where the government will lease to employees more than 200 small cafeterias this year. Picture taken January 7, 2012. REUTERS/Marc Frank (CUBA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)
2011 footwear review: Consumers want practicality over glamour
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:10:10 +0100 Riding boots and smoking slippers have emerged as two of the most popular footwear trends of 2011 among various retailers, although labels including Charlotte Olympia have bucked the trend, noting the demand for sky high heels. (Source: AFP Relax News)
20 percent of U.S. consumers research products on Facebook before purchasing
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:00:15 +0200 Based on information collected from 1,500 consumers by Beyond and M Booth, one out of five consumers in the United States turn to Facebook to research a product before making a purchase decision. These consumers avoid using search engines to find product coverage on review sites and look to Facebook to locate product recommendations from friends or research product information on the official company brand page. Over half of the respondents use Facebook to interact with a brand and a third have written a product review on the Internet. ... (Source: Digital Trends)
Online Clothier, Bonobos, Listens to Consumers, Launches Sport Shirt Category
Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:30:12 +0200 In this Brand Innovator Spotlight, Richard Mumby, VP Marketing at Bonobos, shares how the male focused e-tailer is launching new categories while maintaining its brand essence.Brandon Gutman: People tend to think of Bonobos as an online company selling men’s pants. How does that affect the Bonobos brand positioning?Richard Mumby: Bonobos was started to address a common need that guys have for better fitting, higher quality, more distinctive clothes. While we started by solving these issues for guys with pants, we can address the same consumer needs across product categories. ... (Source: Forbes)
Consumers jam a section of an electronics shop selling televisions ...
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:10:10 +0200 (AFP/JIJI PRESS) - Consumers jam a section of an electronics shop selling televisions with a sign informing customers that two days remain before the country will end analog broadcasts, in central Tokyo on July 22. Japan shifted to digital terrestrial broadcasting, switching off its analogue television network in all areas except those worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the government said.(AFP/JIJI PRESS/JIJI PRESS)
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