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An innovation that makes some people mad!
Michael Burger for the Relevant Report As you know, here at the Relevant Report, we scour the world for innovations that revolutionize a company or an industry. But I’ve actually found an innovation that makes a certain group of people very, very angry. Got your attention, didn’t I? This is the Tide laundry pod, and […]
Are You Innovating? If not, they will!
Michael Burger here for the Relevant Report Every morning I wake up to brand new innovations, seemingly created overnight. Seriously, people are so creative and innovative; new products faster than I can share them with you. However, as I was remodeling my home office, I ran across a new one you just have to see. I bought a new […]
Vitamin Cottage “Off Hours”
This is a tiny, but powerful Relevant Report today. I want to introduce you a grocery store called Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage. They have about 80 locations and have been in business for over 55 years. But what you will find significant is their store hours. They are open from 8:56 a.m. until 8:04 p/m/ weekdays. […]
Subway’s Market Share Grab
The world’s largest fast food chain, Subway, has 25,000 locations. With that kind of clout they figured they could go after more market share currently held by McDonald’s and Burger King. How and where did they start? They quickly identified that there was ton of business to be had in the “morning day part” i.e., […]
Auto Paint & Weddings are Similar
I spoke at a big Auto Body Paint convention and learned that (for years) PPG was the world’s leading oil-based auto paint supplier. But when their scientists created a superior paint color match water-borne paint, they knew they had to retrain thousands of body shop painters. Realistically, that meant investing 10-12 months with each painter…and […]
How to Grab More Market Share
Ross Shafer’s newest book (Grab More Market Share) was written for any CEO, President, Manager, or business owner who wants to garner more market share in a flat (or declining) economy. Face it, even the world’s best experts have no idea when (or if) the economy will “rally.” So stop waiting. If the entire economy […]
Go to the Wrong Meetings!
Too many business owners and managers ONLY attend the conferences and conventions within their own industry. They only listen to industry “experts.” That’s fine but if that’s how you get your information you are missing out on an entire world of great ideas. What’s worse is that you may be robbing yourself of finding innovations […]
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