Efforts to appeal to younger audiences seem to be paying off for The Economist. Two US students have created a rap about the business title, with lyrics like “The style in which they write is simple and concise, how do they get their sentences so precise?” Ike Edgerton, who created the rap with Chris Misa, says he’s [...]
Elle’s contract with “Project Runway” runs out after its fifth season, at which point they may or may not renegotiate a new contract together. If not, sources say that Marie Claire is expressing an interest in taking over Elle’s partnership. It would make sense that the two would work well together since Hearst, Marie Claire’s publisher, [...]
Restaurant meals are down, store-brand sales are up, and “low prices” are increasingly cited as the overriding factor in decsions about where to shop. A new FMI report, released Monday at the FMI Show in Las Vegas, also cites increased interest in nutrition and some lingering concern about the safety of food sold in supermarkets. [...]
High-end, Charlotte-based grocery chain Harris Teeter plans to enter the Baltimore marke with a 60,00 square foot store that will anchor McHenry Row, a mixed-use development of shops, office buildings and apartments under construction at the former Chesapeake Paperboard site in Locust Point. Baltimore has reportedly been “under-retailed” — especially by the big chains — but [...]
Sports Illustrated Group and Citizen Sports Inc. are working together to develop and promote sports-related web content, including a fantasy-football game that can be played on the Facebook website. Sports Illustated recognized that, instead of competing with other sites for visitors, it’d be better to bring their content to the places where sports fans already are. [...]
Delays Expected; Truckers Strike, Union Pacific Places Embargo
Many independent truckers have initiated a strike in Northern California, lining their trucks bumper to bumper outside of Union Pacific’s rail terminal, aggressively protesting all transactions at the terminal and slowing all progress to a crawl in response to the lack of support for elevated diesel prices.
Giant Food LLC has completed a multimillion-dollar remodel of stores in Bethesda, Md.; Clarksville, Md.; Largo, Md., Rehobeth, Md., Columbia, Md.; and Warrenton, Va. “The renovations are part of the Ahold banner’s three-year Project Refresh investment plan to remodel or replace about 100 Giant Food stores, according to Giant Food e.v.p. and g.m. Robin Michel [...]