Category Archives for COMM101
Berry Squash
RE: BlackBerry Buyout Squashed; New Deal Yields $1 Billion, New CEO In relation to my previous blog post on Blackberry’s potential buyout, it turns out that Fairfax Financial has decided to scale down on the deal as stated in Troy Wolverton’s … Continue reading
Streaming Giant
Online streaming, in China, is bigger than ever. Unlike North America and Netflix, China does not have a definite counterpart. Many websites that adopt the “look” of YouTube actually offer full-length TV and movie streaming, but it’s hard to say … Continue reading
Small but Bright
Nowadays, how many small businesses in town do you think has its own website? Probably more than you think. With the continuing rise in technology and social media, it is no surprise that small businesses are able to catch … Continue reading
Seamingly Risky
Bangladeshi, a country located in fertile South Asia, is a fast-growing industry for clothing and textiles. Its possession of great potential and capital allows the clothing industry to boom and it also attracts many big western retailers by having the … Continue reading
Abreadcrumb and Fish?
RE: Bad Press or Good Value Proposition? Upon stumbling onto Julie’s blog post on Abercrombie & Fitch, I have to agree that the company has a very distinct image (and smell) that pops right up when someone mentions their name. … Continue reading
Rocky Trouble
RE: “Tesla Shares Drop After Fire” Fellow classmate Vivian’s blog post on Tesla’s accident caught my attention and interest, and the content also engaged me to think about how much the Internet can blow certain things out of proportion, to the … Continue reading
Marketing and Bubble-gum Pop
AKB48 is Japan’s crowned pop idol group, and all of their CD singles for the past two years sold over 1 million copies in Japan. What lies behind this miracle degree of success is no other than the genius marketing … Continue reading
Berry Madness
As Blackberry transcends into the private, it’s always helpful to find out what was occurring for the company, and what drove their decision. The once massively popular and leading provider of smartphones, Blackberry Ltd., has “signed a letter of intent … Continue reading
Shorter Time, Higher Cost
With the launch of the new iPhone, carrier companies are more than ready to jump into action. Under the new wireless code, Canadian phone carriers have shortened the 3-year contracts to two years, but instead raised the cost of monthly … Continue reading
Ethics that Swirl
“Ethics” is a word I’ve heard many times before, but “business ethics” is a concept I had a better grasp of after reading a certain story. In 2012, a pair of twin entrepreneurs, Marvin and Jon Gurman, ventured into the … Continue reading