Top of The News
by Thom Forbes
In what is the largest private-equity deal of the year so far, a consortium led by London-based BC Partners is acquiring PetSmart's chain of 1,387 stores in the U.S., Canada … Read the whole story
RESEARCH
by Karl Greenberg
Ford's third annual trend report, overseen by in-house futurist Sheryl Connelly, says that while Generation Z shares traits with Y, the members of the … Read the whole story
ELECTRONICS
by Aaron Baar
"We are starting to see sales level off," John Buffone, executive director of connected intelligence at The NPD Group, tells Marketing Daily. "While we … Read the whole story
FOOD
by Karlene Lukovitz
The top five food stories overall were: The drought that drove up prices of beef and many other products; the shrinking bee population; the … Read the whole story
RETAIL
by Sarah Mahoney
Neal Hoffman believes he has a brand he can build on. In addition to taking the product -- a stuffed doll named Moshe the … Read the whole story
BEVERAGES
by Larissa Faw
Napa Valley and Sonoma Vintner and Winemaker Joseph Carr created Josh Cellars as a wine he thought his father, a volunteer firefighter who also … Read the whole story
RESEARCH
by Steve McClellan
JWTIntelligence is out with a new report highlighting 100 trends and developments to be mindful of the coming year. Millennials are abstaining, South Korean … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Bob Garfield, Featured Columnist
The attempt to fight rumor with fact will not conquer blind zealotry. On the other hand, it does demonstrate that McDonald's is capable of … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Gregory J. Furman, Bob Shullman
Big picture, 51% of the C-suiters who had formal "listening" programs in place stated their programs had a major impact on their businesses while … Read the whole story