Posts Tagged: automobile

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Oct 09

Daily Links for October 1st through October 2nd

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  • Op-Ed Columnist – The Wizard of Beck – NYTimes.com – They pay more attention to Rush’s imaginary millions than to the real voters down the street. The Republican Party is unpopular because it’s more interested in pleasing Rush’s ghosts than actual people. The party is leaderless right now because nobody has the guts to step outside the rigid parameters enforced by the radio jocks and create a new party identity. The party is losing because it has adopted a radio entertainer’s niche-building strategy, while abandoning the politician’s coalition-building strategy.
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Sep 09

Daily Links for September 29th through September 30th

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Sep 09

Daily Links for September 3rd

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Jun 09

Daily Links for June 18th

  • The Simple Dollar » The Truth About Grocery Store Flyers – So, a few weeks ago, when I took a long look at the flyers from my grocery stores of choice, I happened to notice that some of the “big sales” listed in the flyer weren’t on sale at all. The price was exactly the same as what I usually paid.

    What gives? I did some research – calling and emailing a few people I know in the grocery business – and I came up with a few interesting facts about grocery store flyers.

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May 09

Daily Links for May 31st

  • FT.com / In depth – Interactive graphic: The decline of US autos – The mediocre quality of the Detroit carmakers’ products, combined with an emphasis on SUVs and pick-up trucks, has cost them dearly over the past 25 years. Besides their Japanese rivals, European companies and South Korea’s Hyundai have also gained ground. The foreigners have captured more than half the market, and their share is set to grow further in coming months.
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May 09

Daily Links for May 19th through May 20th

  • The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation — New York Magazine – Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama’s BlackBerry, and the benefits of overstimulation.
  • Study surveys 25,000 owners, reveals most highly recommended vehicles – "Typically, car buyers are very pleased when they first drive their new car off the dealer lot. But just as a vehicle's worth depreciates over time, some car owners' level of confidence depreciates," says George Peterson, president of AutoPacific. "We have quantified their level of confidence to see which new car owners will recommend their model most and this is information which will help new car shoppers make informed, confident buying decisions. While many owners can be happy with their new cars, it takes another level of confidence to recommend it."
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Feb 09

Designed by Committee

As the Obama Administration charters a ‘presidential panel’ (via the NYT) to ’save’ the domestic automobile industry, I’d like to introduce you to an automobile designed by a committee:

Oh, this will end well.

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Jan 09

What’s not good for General Motors is not good for the country, either.

I strongly feel that the events playing out in the automobile industry are proxy for what is going on (and will go on) in the greater economy.  This is not good.

By examining the causes, effects, and outcomes regarding automobiles, we see a landscape that in no way resembles the old order.   Companies, brands, dealers, suppliers, consumer preferences, buying habits, and entire American institutions will be unrecognizable.

We are at an interregenum across our entire society.  The old order is dead, and the new order has yet to be established.  If you think this is solely a domestic (Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors) problem, you are seriously mistaken.

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Dec 08

Daily Links for December 11th

  • Retailer Survival Tips – Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog – The holidays are going to stink. But I'm hopeful that the crisis will be cathartic for retailers, and that the smart ones will embark in 2009 on the true journeys of reinvention that, up to now, they've barely even recognized, let alone begun.
  • Philadelphia Will Do » Give This The Pulitzer – Does it get any better than these courtroom sketches of Rod Blagojevich? Why yes, yes it does, in the form of a Chicago Sun-Times story headlined, “Is Blago’s hair a sign of sickness?
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Dec 08

Carmageddon!!1

After the atrocious sales figures for the month of November with sales are at their lowest point in 26-years with per capita sales at their lowest levels since the 1950s, its fairly easy to forecast what comes next – widespread dealer liquidations.

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