By Adeline Lambert This article originally appeared on Policymic. It’s rather difficult to think about Valentine’s Day without the holiday’s two major selling products: flowers and chocolate. In a recently released survey about Valentine’s Day spending, the National Retail Federation reported that 47.5% of adults buy candy for Valentine’s Day, and 34.3% buy flowers. It is […]
Starbucks CEO Schultz’s Campaign Spending Attack Misses Target
by Chris Nidel Given the current state of the U.S. economy, particularly our high level of unemployment, a recent interview by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz caught my attention. After watching, and ultimately re-watching the interview, I became completely frustrated with the misleading nature of the discussion, based on what may be simple ignorance on the […]