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Harry and David: Interim CEO named

February 20, 2011

Someone submitted a comment about my February 16th post in which he pointed out that Kay Hong has been appointed [...]

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Did e-readers kill Borders?

February 18, 2011

It’s easy to blame e-readers and associated technological changes for Borders’ predicament, but they are merely the symptoms and not [...]

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Harry and David: From my interview this morning….

February 16, 2011

Podcast of Renee Fellman being interviewed by Bill Meyer about Harry and David's current predicament. [...]

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Beware of LinkedIn!

February 13, 2011

The lesson:  If you want to invite people you know to “connect” on LinkedIn, don’t use the section that says, [...]

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Harry and David

February 12, 2011

You may be interested in what I had to say about Harry and David in these articles from the Portland [...]

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Leadership and vision: Setting the agenda

February 7, 2011

Many people believe that the CEO should have the “vision thing.”  I believe that our presidents (plural!) and other elected [...]

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Distressed Investing Conference: What I learned

February 2, 2011

What I learned at the TMA conference is not what you expected. I met with a private equity partner who [...]

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Size DOES Matter: The Pop-up Principle

January 31, 2011

Everybody did it:  Borders, Burlington Coat Factory, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Toys “R” Us and others all opened “pop-up” stores for [...]

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Distressed Investing + Leadership

January 25, 2011

Wednesday, I am leaving for the Distressed Investing Conference of the Turnaround Management Association and am eager to see whether [...]

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Smarter than the Apple Analysts?

January 20, 2011

As you may recall, last Spring, I held a contest, “Are you smarter than an economist?” My two winners, who [...]

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