C.J. Skelton

Facebook wants local news to thrive, which should encourage SMB’s

We’ve chronicled the demise of some traditional print media for years now, here, here, and here.  We’ve noticed along with the rest of you about the shift to online and away from traditional yellow pages, newspapers, magazines and more.  So it was with great interest when we heard that Facebook was investing $3 Million dollars

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Consumer Insights of Mass vs. Direct to Consumer Model: Not a Close Shave

For the last number years or so we’ve seen the emergence of quirky, innovative and sometimes irreverent consumer shave clubs.  Dollar Shave Club and Harry’s come to mind. These businesses are full of personality…some wacky, others cheeky…but definitely not boring.  Recent examples of videos from this group are: (here, here, and here). The internet has

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Retail Reflections for 2019: More of the same for the once mighty but a silver lining for SMB’s

Recent articles and events re-inforce the narrative started a few years ago: the retail shake-down cruise is nowhere near over.  Issues with once mighty giants like Sears Holdings filing for Chapter 11 – on life support waiting for last minute funding, JCPenny becoming a penny stock for the first time since the 70’s, and others

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