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Ninety-eight percent of study participants who hada grayish-whites ring around the cornea a condition called corneal arcus — also had metabolic problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, conclude s a study conducted by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumedc arcus is related to high This study suggested the relationship between arcus and high blood sugart needs to be studied further, VSP officials said. Follow-u p testing showed that 88 perceny of the patients with arcua had highblood sugar, 66 percent had an elevatec body mass index, 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percentr had elevated cholesterol.
The study was conducteed on 2,000 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In addition to an eye exam, VSP doctorzs screened patients for other health risksz and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosia andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensiver eye exams should be used as a screening for prevalentmetaboli conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the researcj foundation, said in a press release. “Greatee partnership between relevant health care providersx may enhance the efficiency of our health caresystekm and, in the end, reducs health care costs.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
TWA steamed over Wall Street Journal article - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Larry Bayliss has a cour t date with Bankof America. His age discrimination suit is set to go to tria l in October in FederalCourt here, unlesxs the two sides can reach a settlement. Bayliszs was a long-time marketer for NationsBank until he was firee in July 1998 at the ageof 57, shortlg before Bank of America bought NationsBank. Washingtonj Ave. action McGowan Brothers Development and Millennium Automotive partnered to purchasethe 125,000-square-fooy Redman Building at 1228 Washingtob Ave. for nearly $1.2 They plan to spend another $10 million for renovations to createw loft apartments and a new headquartersfor SportsHuddle.
com, the locally based, online sports Web has cut deals with four newspapers -- San Antonik Express News, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Raleighg News & Observer and the Knoxville said Chief Executive Matt Coen. The company now has more than 50 newspapet partners acrossthe country. Sandy Jaffee is saying hello to "Good Moon," the "Run Away and other artwork from dozens of otherclassic children's books. Jaffe's company, The Booksource, purchased Peaceabld Kingdom Pressin Berkeley, Calif., for more than $1 million earlier this The company holds the licensinv rights for Clement Hurd's artwork, as well as othetr popular children's art.
The combined companies will have $43 million in sales and nearly200 people. Richard Sillzs is bringing his 25 years of experience runninyg galleries inLos Angeles, Hawaii and Santqa Fe, N.M., to Wentworth Gallery in the St. Louis Galleria. His firstt scheduled show is Sept. 9 featurinfg Israeli artist David Schluss. That will be followedc by a fall event with worksby Picasso, Renoidr and Rembrandt. Back on the market Colliers Turley Martin Tucker continues to market the WorldCo Buildingnear U.S. 40 and State Routw 141, even though Broadband Investment Grouo has the building under contractfor $37.5 million and a closin date in August.
"We're still showingb the building at the request of said Larry Reedof Colliers. Pittsburgh law firm Doepkenj Keevican & Weis has snatched up four lawyere as it works to builda St. Louis intellectual propertyu boutique. Joining are Rudy Telscher, formerly of Powers, Leavitt & Bryan Wheelock and Joe both fromHowell & and Caroline Chicoine from Blackwelll Sanders Peper Martin. Edward Dressel and his partnerzs have takentheir 1,200o clients and the $120 million in assets they manage from Prudentialk Securities in Clayton to PaineWebber'ws Chesterfield office. The Dressel Financiaol Group includes Dressel's son, Michael, Virginiw Kase and Kathleen Waldman.
Contact Rick Desloge at rdesloge@bizjournals.com
Larry Bayliss has a cour t date with Bankof America. His age discrimination suit is set to go to tria l in October in FederalCourt here, unlesxs the two sides can reach a settlement. Bayliszs was a long-time marketer for NationsBank until he was firee in July 1998 at the ageof 57, shortlg before Bank of America bought NationsBank. Washingtonj Ave. action McGowan Brothers Development and Millennium Automotive partnered to purchasethe 125,000-square-fooy Redman Building at 1228 Washingtob Ave. for nearly $1.2 They plan to spend another $10 million for renovations to createw loft apartments and a new headquartersfor SportsHuddle.
com, the locally based, online sports Web has cut deals with four newspapers -- San Antonik Express News, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Raleighg News & Observer and the Knoxville said Chief Executive Matt Coen. The company now has more than 50 newspapet partners acrossthe country. Sandy Jaffee is saying hello to "Good Moon," the "Run Away and other artwork from dozens of otherclassic children's books. Jaffe's company, The Booksource, purchased Peaceabld Kingdom Pressin Berkeley, Calif., for more than $1 million earlier this The company holds the licensinv rights for Clement Hurd's artwork, as well as othetr popular children's art.
The combined companies will have $43 million in sales and nearly200 people. Richard Sillzs is bringing his 25 years of experience runninyg galleries inLos Angeles, Hawaii and Santqa Fe, N.M., to Wentworth Gallery in the St. Louis Galleria. His firstt scheduled show is Sept. 9 featurinfg Israeli artist David Schluss. That will be followedc by a fall event with worksby Picasso, Renoidr and Rembrandt. Back on the market Colliers Turley Martin Tucker continues to market the WorldCo Buildingnear U.S. 40 and State Routw 141, even though Broadband Investment Grouo has the building under contractfor $37.5 million and a closin date in August.
"We're still showingb the building at the request of said Larry Reedof Colliers. Pittsburgh law firm Doepkenj Keevican & Weis has snatched up four lawyere as it works to builda St. Louis intellectual propertyu boutique. Joining are Rudy Telscher, formerly of Powers, Leavitt & Bryan Wheelock and Joe both fromHowell & and Caroline Chicoine from Blackwelll Sanders Peper Martin. Edward Dressel and his partnerzs have takentheir 1,200o clients and the $120 million in assets they manage from Prudentialk Securities in Clayton to PaineWebber'ws Chesterfield office. The Dressel Financiaol Group includes Dressel's son, Michael, Virginiw Kase and Kathleen Waldman.
Contact Rick Desloge at rdesloge@bizjournals.com
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Lear heads for Chapter 11 as expected - Houston Business Journal:
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Lear (NYSE:LEA) said Tuesday it secureds the support ofmajor lenders, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, and bondholderz for the move into Chapter 11 and the restructuring of its “We are conducting business as usual and are very pleasex to have received strong support from our lendee and bondholder groups for our debt restructuring We intend to proceed on an expediterd basis and expect to submitr the plan to the Bankruptcy Court within 60 days,” Chairmamn and CEO Bob Rossiter said in a release. The Mich.-based company said the Chapter 11 filing affectsits U.S. and Canadianm operations and notits foreign-based subsidiaries.
Lear had two factories in Zanesville, one that was closed in 2000 and the othere shutteredthis year. The company also is involvedf ina seating-making operation in Hebron. Its seatint division counts a plantin Lordstown, in northeasft Ohio, among its operations. The bulk of Lear’es domestic production operations arein Michigan, where is runs nine and Indiana, where it has four plants. Lear is a key supplie to , and many foreign automakerse and is the seconcd large domestic auto partxs supplier to slip into bankruptcy since the economt collapsedlast fall. , a partss maker spun off from Ford years ago, filed for Chaptetr 11 in May. Lear said in paperx filed in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in New York that ithad $1.26 billion in assets and debts of $4.5 The company indicated last week that it woulf head for Chapter 11 after saying it reached an agreemengt in principle with a banking syndicate and bondholders to restructure its debt. The company lost $690 million on $13.57 billion in revenue in 2008, a swing from a $242 millionm gain on nearly $16 billio n in revenue the year before. It finishede the first quarter of this yearwith $265 million loss on $2.1u billion in sales, a swing from net income of $78.32 million on sales of $3.86 billio n a year earlier.
Lear (NYSE:LEA) said Tuesday it secureds the support ofmajor lenders, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, and bondholderz for the move into Chapter 11 and the restructuring of its “We are conducting business as usual and are very pleasex to have received strong support from our lendee and bondholder groups for our debt restructuring We intend to proceed on an expediterd basis and expect to submitr the plan to the Bankruptcy Court within 60 days,” Chairmamn and CEO Bob Rossiter said in a release. The Mich.-based company said the Chapter 11 filing affectsits U.S. and Canadianm operations and notits foreign-based subsidiaries.
Lear had two factories in Zanesville, one that was closed in 2000 and the othere shutteredthis year. The company also is involvedf ina seating-making operation in Hebron. Its seatint division counts a plantin Lordstown, in northeasft Ohio, among its operations. The bulk of Lear’es domestic production operations arein Michigan, where is runs nine and Indiana, where it has four plants. Lear is a key supplie to , and many foreign automakerse and is the seconcd large domestic auto partxs supplier to slip into bankruptcy since the economt collapsedlast fall. , a partss maker spun off from Ford years ago, filed for Chaptetr 11 in May. Lear said in paperx filed in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in New York that ithad $1.26 billion in assets and debts of $4.5 The company indicated last week that it woulf head for Chapter 11 after saying it reached an agreemengt in principle with a banking syndicate and bondholders to restructure its debt. The company lost $690 million on $13.57 billion in revenue in 2008, a swing from a $242 millionm gain on nearly $16 billio n in revenue the year before. It finishede the first quarter of this yearwith $265 million loss on $2.1u billion in sales, a swing from net income of $78.32 million on sales of $3.86 billio n a year earlier.
Monday, January 24, 2011
BACVA tops hotel bookings goal - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The booked 522,541 future room nights in the pastfiscalp year, city tourism leaders said at a press conferencew Monday. The number, which passed BACVA’sz goal of 475,000 booked nights, is a 15.7 percen t increase over nights booked the previous In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 future room Group business meetings comprise the new bookingw and are projected to spendc more than $725 million in spendinb in the city. City and tourisj officials credit the booking success tolast year’x creation of the Baltimore Conventiobn & Tourism Board, a joint board that oversees BACVA and the .
“Our investmentg in BACVA is paying off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Mondah speaking in front ofthe city’se Inner Harbor tourism center. The formatioh of the board last year has allowed BACVA and the conventioj center to be more Dixon said. A new plethora of hotels that openee or are under construction near the conventiobn center from which businesses can choose for bookings also contributesd to an uptickin bookings.
The $300 million publiclyg financedHilton Baltimore, whicn opened last August, has 757 roomz and grew Baltimore’s totalk hotel room reservoir to more than The B&O Building, on the corner of Charlese and Baltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hote Monaco with 208 rooms later this year. Baltimorw can now accommodate 75 percent of the large citywide tradeshow and convention business availablse in the marketplace with the newhotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonahn in a statement. Some of the conventions and groups bookesd in the 2009 fiscal year included theannuall conventions, , American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, and .
Holdingt sales events and industry tradeshows is also partof BACVA’d strategy for bringing convention planners into the city to raisew awareness about Baltimore. The Baltimore Businesd Journal A drop in hotel revenueemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 million for the year startesd July 1 — down from the $12 million it had in the past 12 This year’s fiscal budget is the lowesrt since the agency’s $9.9 million spendint package in 2006.
The booked 522,541 future room nights in the pastfiscalp year, city tourism leaders said at a press conferencew Monday. The number, which passed BACVA’sz goal of 475,000 booked nights, is a 15.7 percen t increase over nights booked the previous In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 future room Group business meetings comprise the new bookingw and are projected to spendc more than $725 million in spendinb in the city. City and tourisj officials credit the booking success tolast year’x creation of the Baltimore Conventiobn & Tourism Board, a joint board that oversees BACVA and the .
“Our investmentg in BACVA is paying off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Mondah speaking in front ofthe city’se Inner Harbor tourism center. The formatioh of the board last year has allowed BACVA and the conventioj center to be more Dixon said. A new plethora of hotels that openee or are under construction near the conventiobn center from which businesses can choose for bookings also contributesd to an uptickin bookings.
The $300 million publiclyg financedHilton Baltimore, whicn opened last August, has 757 roomz and grew Baltimore’s totalk hotel room reservoir to more than The B&O Building, on the corner of Charlese and Baltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hote Monaco with 208 rooms later this year. Baltimorw can now accommodate 75 percent of the large citywide tradeshow and convention business availablse in the marketplace with the newhotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonahn in a statement. Some of the conventions and groups bookesd in the 2009 fiscal year included theannuall conventions, , American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, and .
Holdingt sales events and industry tradeshows is also partof BACVA’d strategy for bringing convention planners into the city to raisew awareness about Baltimore. The Baltimore Businesd Journal A drop in hotel revenueemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 million for the year startesd July 1 — down from the $12 million it had in the past 12 This year’s fiscal budget is the lowesrt since the agency’s $9.9 million spendint package in 2006.
Friday, January 21, 2011
BFC Financial, Woodbridge to merge - South Florida Business Journal:
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In a joint press release the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they entered into a mergere agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pin k Sheets: BFCF). BFC currently controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgeand BBX). BFC lost $58.9 milliojn on revenue of $487.5 milliojn in 2008. Woodbridge owns , whichg is building Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investments in variouas companies includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.3 million on revenuee of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its first quarter earnings Woodbridge warned that Core Communitiesd could default on the loans for Traditioj Florida if its lenders demandx that it put more equitycapital down. Undedr the merger deal, all shareholdersw of Woodbridge Class A commonh stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’ss Class A common stock per With shares of BFC opening at 40 cent Monday, it equals nearly $1.39 a share for each shared of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.10 Levan and Abdo are chairman and vice respectively, of both companies.
The merger woulx save between $1 million and $2 millioj in professional fees and SEC reporting cost s forthe companies, Levan It would also reduce the taxese Woodbridge would pay on its earningzs once it returns to profitability, he said. Currently, Woodbridg pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portionof Woodbridge’x earnings that it counts on its balance sheet. The move will not causse any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continuw operate independently.
The agreement would include all current board members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridgse President Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorlp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as Wise would also become executivw vice president of BFC. The deal is expected to clos before the endof 2009. BFC shares closes unchanged at40 cents. The 52-weeik high was 95 cents on 2. The 52-week low was 6 cents on Feb. 5. Woodbridgs shares closed down 2 centasto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6 on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.
In a joint press release the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they entered into a mergere agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pin k Sheets: BFCF). BFC currently controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgeand BBX). BFC lost $58.9 milliojn on revenue of $487.5 milliojn in 2008. Woodbridge owns , whichg is building Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investments in variouas companies includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.3 million on revenuee of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its first quarter earnings Woodbridge warned that Core Communitiesd could default on the loans for Traditioj Florida if its lenders demandx that it put more equitycapital down. Undedr the merger deal, all shareholdersw of Woodbridge Class A commonh stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’ss Class A common stock per With shares of BFC opening at 40 cent Monday, it equals nearly $1.39 a share for each shared of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.10 Levan and Abdo are chairman and vice respectively, of both companies.
The merger woulx save between $1 million and $2 millioj in professional fees and SEC reporting cost s forthe companies, Levan It would also reduce the taxese Woodbridge would pay on its earningzs once it returns to profitability, he said. Currently, Woodbridg pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portionof Woodbridge’x earnings that it counts on its balance sheet. The move will not causse any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continuw operate independently.
The agreement would include all current board members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridgse President Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorlp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as Wise would also become executivw vice president of BFC. The deal is expected to clos before the endof 2009. BFC shares closes unchanged at40 cents. The 52-weeik high was 95 cents on 2. The 52-week low was 6 cents on Feb. 5. Woodbridgs shares closed down 2 centasto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6 on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
County to seek requests for proposals on industrial site - Houston Business Journal:
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The county could send out the requestxs by the end ofthe day. The decisionm comes after commissioners twice delayed makinvg a decision on a proposakl tospend $14 million to buy 808 acres in Bel Aire for a county-owned industrial park. Commissioners said Wednesday the county shoulrd look for tracts of land with at leastf 500 acres and access to rail and The county says the proposals are dueJuly 1. County staff has argued groundx is needed to createa shovel-ready industrial site for large users.
The , fundexd by the private sector andlocaol government, has said the metro area hasn’ been able to compete well againsty other communities when industriapl companies are seeking large sites with rail access, somethinyg that’s become more common as fuel pricea have increased. The issue came to the forefront in May when overlookeds the Wichita area in its searcjh for a place to constructa 300,000-square-foot wind turbine Wichita’s lack of large tracts of industrialp ground with rail access likelty kept it on the sidelines. The plant instead, be built in Hutchinson and could employ400 people.
The county’s plan to buy land in Bel Aire came undedr fire as opponents accused commissioners of being toonarrowly
The county could send out the requestxs by the end ofthe day. The decisionm comes after commissioners twice delayed makinvg a decision on a proposakl tospend $14 million to buy 808 acres in Bel Aire for a county-owned industrial park. Commissioners said Wednesday the county shoulrd look for tracts of land with at leastf 500 acres and access to rail and The county says the proposals are dueJuly 1. County staff has argued groundx is needed to createa shovel-ready industrial site for large users.
The , fundexd by the private sector andlocaol government, has said the metro area hasn’ been able to compete well againsty other communities when industriapl companies are seeking large sites with rail access, somethinyg that’s become more common as fuel pricea have increased. The issue came to the forefront in May when overlookeds the Wichita area in its searcjh for a place to constructa 300,000-square-foot wind turbine Wichita’s lack of large tracts of industrialp ground with rail access likelty kept it on the sidelines. The plant instead, be built in Hutchinson and could employ400 people.
The county’s plan to buy land in Bel Aire came undedr fire as opponents accused commissioners of being toonarrowly
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Oil Spill Commission: Report meaningless unless implemented - WLOX
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Oil Spill Commission: Report meaningless unless implemented WLOX BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - President Obama's Oil Spill Commission spent time here with South Mississippians still struggling to ... |
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Moms gear: Try these cosmetics that are toxin free - Macon Telegraph (blog)
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Moms gear: Try these cosmetics that are toxin free Macon Telegraph (blog) There's no need for alarm but pregnant women should be aware that cosmetics are absorbed into the bloodstream and shared with the fetus. ... |
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Re-branding retells a company
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If so, you may be among those who have takenb note as oneof America’s iconicc brands — — decided to change the longtim look on the juice’s package, only to pull a quick about-facd and bring it back again. In Tropicana replaced the venerable orange and protrudin g straw with an image of a tall glass of juicew wrapped around the side ofthe box. Tropicanz also altered the type style and positioning of the words onthe carton. Then all hell brok e loose. Consumers complained immediatelyand loudly.
They twittered, e-mailed and called to say the new packagingv made it more difficult to find their favoritde juice on the shelvesz and to determine what type of juice was in thecarton (some pulp, extra pulp, just a hint of no pulp, orange-banana, orange-pineapple and so fort h ). In covering this case of re-branding gone bad, New York Timesz advertising columnist Stuart Elliot calledit Pepsi’se version of “New Coke” ( Inc. owns Tropicana) and quoted Tropicanaw executive NeilCampbell saying, “We underestimatedr the deep emotional bond” that consumers had with the originakl packaging.
Tropicana told the Times that only a tiny fraction of consumersactually complained, but even so the companyy took action and went back to the old packaginvg because, officials said, they value the opinionn of their most loyal consumers. There is a lot to be learnexd here, and certainly not all of it bad for After all, who doesn’t want theire customers to have a “deep emotional bond” with theif brand? I am sure there also was something life-affirming about the wholed experience for the brand team at Tropicana and its agencty — people really care about this stuff.
Wouldn’t it be far wors e if Tropicana dramatically changedc its look on the shelvesw and noone noticed? That mighr spell real trouble. the problem was not about design as much as it was abouyt the functionality ofthe design. Consumersx said they literally couldn’t find their beloved brand of As they scanned the shelvexs for a bright orange with a straw and the familiarhorizontal lettering, the new look just didn’t Thinking about the Tropicana situation provides a grea t opportunity to look at your own branc and your business. Specifically, what is the point of a re-brand When is the right time fora re-brand?
And how can you avoid missteps that will alienate or annoy your customers? In the case of Tropicana, I’m guessing the branr managers and their agency, Arnell, decided it was time to shak things up. Brands evolve over time. Smart businesses update a brand’s look and feel so they don’r go stale. New looks, new packaging, new logos ofte catch the consumer’s eye in a good way. The Tropicana changee also came as other brands under the PepsiCkobanner — including Pepsi itself underwent a facelift to provide a new look and In hindsight, perhaps a bettert approach for Tropicana woul have been to keep the iconic orange and straq but present it in a different way.
Doinhg so might have sent a signap to consumers that Tropicana is keeping up and changing with the but not abandoningits roots. When you thinmk about your business and wonder whena re-branding might make ask yourself these questions: Have the fundamentak offerings of my business changed since we firsyt created the brand identity? Have we gone throughh any major merger and acquisition activity?
If so, you may be among those who have takenb note as oneof America’s iconicc brands — — decided to change the longtim look on the juice’s package, only to pull a quick about-facd and bring it back again. In Tropicana replaced the venerable orange and protrudin g straw with an image of a tall glass of juicew wrapped around the side ofthe box. Tropicanz also altered the type style and positioning of the words onthe carton. Then all hell brok e loose. Consumers complained immediatelyand loudly.
They twittered, e-mailed and called to say the new packagingv made it more difficult to find their favoritde juice on the shelvesz and to determine what type of juice was in thecarton (some pulp, extra pulp, just a hint of no pulp, orange-banana, orange-pineapple and so fort h ). In covering this case of re-branding gone bad, New York Timesz advertising columnist Stuart Elliot calledit Pepsi’se version of “New Coke” ( Inc. owns Tropicana) and quoted Tropicanaw executive NeilCampbell saying, “We underestimatedr the deep emotional bond” that consumers had with the originakl packaging.
Tropicana told the Times that only a tiny fraction of consumersactually complained, but even so the companyy took action and went back to the old packaginvg because, officials said, they value the opinionn of their most loyal consumers. There is a lot to be learnexd here, and certainly not all of it bad for After all, who doesn’t want theire customers to have a “deep emotional bond” with theif brand? I am sure there also was something life-affirming about the wholed experience for the brand team at Tropicana and its agencty — people really care about this stuff.
Wouldn’t it be far wors e if Tropicana dramatically changedc its look on the shelvesw and noone noticed? That mighr spell real trouble. the problem was not about design as much as it was abouyt the functionality ofthe design. Consumersx said they literally couldn’t find their beloved brand of As they scanned the shelvexs for a bright orange with a straw and the familiarhorizontal lettering, the new look just didn’t Thinking about the Tropicana situation provides a grea t opportunity to look at your own branc and your business. Specifically, what is the point of a re-brand When is the right time fora re-brand?
And how can you avoid missteps that will alienate or annoy your customers? In the case of Tropicana, I’m guessing the branr managers and their agency, Arnell, decided it was time to shak things up. Brands evolve over time. Smart businesses update a brand’s look and feel so they don’r go stale. New looks, new packaging, new logos ofte catch the consumer’s eye in a good way. The Tropicana changee also came as other brands under the PepsiCkobanner — including Pepsi itself underwent a facelift to provide a new look and In hindsight, perhaps a bettert approach for Tropicana woul have been to keep the iconic orange and straq but present it in a different way.
Doinhg so might have sent a signap to consumers that Tropicana is keeping up and changing with the but not abandoningits roots. When you thinmk about your business and wonder whena re-branding might make ask yourself these questions: Have the fundamentak offerings of my business changed since we firsyt created the brand identity? Have we gone throughh any major merger and acquisition activity?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Boulevard Co. sets sights on pair of apartment projects - Charlotte Business Journal:
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"We're reinventing ourselves as anapartment developer," says president of The prolific Charlotte which played a key role in the locapl condominium boom, has designs on developing rental buildingw uptown and along Seventh Street in Also in the works are small commercial infill offices on a triangular-shaped parcelp at 1301 Kenilworth Ave. near Carolinas Medical Center and next to the Fowlerr Building at1447 S. Tryon St. in Souty End. Branch says he started looking to changehis firm'ds strategy as Charlotte's condo market began to fade. A $40 eight-story apartment project slated for North Cedaer Street would be the first toestablish Boulevard'sx new direction.
On Mondaty night, approved a zoning change for the 1.8-acrd site near Gateway Villagw to allow both residential andcommercial uses. Boulevarde can now develop up to 250 apartmentwand 5,000 square feet of commercial space next to Cedaf Oaks Condominium. Branch touts the location for its unobstructefd views and its proximityto uptown. It'sw one of two sites his companu is targeting for apartment buildingx across fromthe 72-acre cemetery. Boulevard is also considerin g redevelopment of the OrchardPark apartments, a 42-unit, five-buildinfg complex at the corner of North Clarksobn and Cates streets.
The property is contiguoue to the proposed North CedarStreet apartments, but Branch says the projecta aren't connected. To pursue it plansz for the OrchardPark property, Boulevard needs the site rezoned. But the compant has deferred that request untio it resolves questions about anenvironmental concern. A streaj runs through the property, and that has complicatedf the firm's plans because of new locak restrictions regardingstormwater runoff.
The city's Post-Construction Controls Ordinance takew effectJuly 1, requiring enhancec buffer zones and heightened regulations for the collection and treatment of rain The augmented construction code was required by June 2009 under federal law, which callse for communities to upgrade their rules to reduc e flooding and water pollution in urban areas. The new rulea require new ways of dealingg with the way water moves off a property and into creekxand streams. And Branch and othersd say that meansnew costs.
"You will see more and more developers discovering the unintended consequences ofthe Post-Construction Controls warns land-use consultant Walter who has worked with Boulevard on its plans. "But no one will speak ill of trying to protect surface To gain rezoning approval for his assemblu of three parcels along the 200 block of NorthgCedar Street, Branch had to commit to building an underground sand filter to clean any rain water that runs into his It will be the first of its kind that Branch has builf for one of his developments, and the expense is unclear, he "It's not completely quantified because there is no precedent.
" Branch says he will closre on the land for the city-approved apartments withinb 30 days.
"We're reinventing ourselves as anapartment developer," says president of The prolific Charlotte which played a key role in the locapl condominium boom, has designs on developing rental buildingw uptown and along Seventh Street in Also in the works are small commercial infill offices on a triangular-shaped parcelp at 1301 Kenilworth Ave. near Carolinas Medical Center and next to the Fowlerr Building at1447 S. Tryon St. in Souty End. Branch says he started looking to changehis firm'ds strategy as Charlotte's condo market began to fade. A $40 eight-story apartment project slated for North Cedaer Street would be the first toestablish Boulevard'sx new direction.
On Mondaty night, approved a zoning change for the 1.8-acrd site near Gateway Villagw to allow both residential andcommercial uses. Boulevarde can now develop up to 250 apartmentwand 5,000 square feet of commercial space next to Cedaf Oaks Condominium. Branch touts the location for its unobstructefd views and its proximityto uptown. It'sw one of two sites his companu is targeting for apartment buildingx across fromthe 72-acre cemetery. Boulevard is also considerin g redevelopment of the OrchardPark apartments, a 42-unit, five-buildinfg complex at the corner of North Clarksobn and Cates streets.
The property is contiguoue to the proposed North CedarStreet apartments, but Branch says the projecta aren't connected. To pursue it plansz for the OrchardPark property, Boulevard needs the site rezoned. But the compant has deferred that request untio it resolves questions about anenvironmental concern. A streaj runs through the property, and that has complicatedf the firm's plans because of new locak restrictions regardingstormwater runoff.
The city's Post-Construction Controls Ordinance takew effectJuly 1, requiring enhancec buffer zones and heightened regulations for the collection and treatment of rain The augmented construction code was required by June 2009 under federal law, which callse for communities to upgrade their rules to reduc e flooding and water pollution in urban areas. The new rulea require new ways of dealingg with the way water moves off a property and into creekxand streams. And Branch and othersd say that meansnew costs.
"You will see more and more developers discovering the unintended consequences ofthe Post-Construction Controls warns land-use consultant Walter who has worked with Boulevard on its plans. "But no one will speak ill of trying to protect surface To gain rezoning approval for his assemblu of three parcels along the 200 block of NorthgCedar Street, Branch had to commit to building an underground sand filter to clean any rain water that runs into his It will be the first of its kind that Branch has builf for one of his developments, and the expense is unclear, he "It's not completely quantified because there is no precedent.
" Branch says he will closre on the land for the city-approved apartments withinb 30 days.
Monday, January 3, 2011
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Baskin-Robbins continues AZ push - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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Based in Canton, Mass., the company is part of Brands Inc. Also on Tuesday, the company announced plansz to develop at least seven franchise stores in the Tucson area. A similar seminar will be held theredJuly 21. “As the Baskin-Robbins brandf continues to developin we’re excited to provide new storre owners with the unique opportunity to capitalize on theit territory’s potential, serve as the face of the brans in the community, as well as set the directiobn of the market’s growth,” said Salmanh Siddiqui, vice president of globalo business development, Baskin-Robbins, in a statement.
Baskin-Robbinss operates more than 6,000 storew in 35 countries, including about 2,700 in the Unitef States and opened more than 600 storexlast year. Last August, the company announced planx to nearly double its Arizona lineup phasing in new restaurantds in metro Phoenix as well asin Pinal, Gila and Yavapaii counties. The Phoenix event will be held from10 a.m. to noon at the Hyatf Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey 7500 E. Doubletree Ranch Road in The eventsare free, but registration is For more: Scott Mellon, 254-235-5855 or scott.mellon@dunkinbrands.com.
Based in Canton, Mass., the company is part of Brands Inc. Also on Tuesday, the company announced plansz to develop at least seven franchise stores in the Tucson area. A similar seminar will be held theredJuly 21. “As the Baskin-Robbins brandf continues to developin we’re excited to provide new storre owners with the unique opportunity to capitalize on theit territory’s potential, serve as the face of the brans in the community, as well as set the directiobn of the market’s growth,” said Salmanh Siddiqui, vice president of globalo business development, Baskin-Robbins, in a statement.
Baskin-Robbinss operates more than 6,000 storew in 35 countries, including about 2,700 in the Unitef States and opened more than 600 storexlast year. Last August, the company announced planx to nearly double its Arizona lineup phasing in new restaurantds in metro Phoenix as well asin Pinal, Gila and Yavapaii counties. The Phoenix event will be held from10 a.m. to noon at the Hyatf Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey 7500 E. Doubletree Ranch Road in The eventsare free, but registration is For more: Scott Mellon, 254-235-5855 or scott.mellon@dunkinbrands.com.
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