Tag Archives: trends

How the Music Industry Has Changed

As we know, the music industry has changed dramatically in recent years. Check out this animated timeline from Digital Music News. What does this timeline mean from the perspective of music retailers and their merchandising strategies?     Post suggested … Continue reading

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Retailers Experimenting with Mobile Devices and the Job Search

Many retailers have been using some form of computerized job search tools for a quite. Now — slowly — retailers have begun incorporating mobile media in the process. As reported by Lauren Weber for the Wall Street Journal: “‘With the … Continue reading

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Lessons on Social Media Behavior

I recently gave a talk about how to be more careful online — especially with social media. More and more, identity theft, invasion of one’s privacy, and other forms of online misbehavior have been occurring. Whether it involves Twitter, the … Continue reading

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