Author: Tribune News Service
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The number of U.S. trademark registrations in Cuba is multiplying
MIAMI – The policy of rapprochement with Cuba promoted by the Obama administration has sparked a frenzy of U.S. companies rushing to register their brands on the island. The Cuban Office of Industrial Property, or OCPI, the government agency that examines and awards trademark and trade name registrations on the island, has received more than…
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Who’s Driving app aims to help parents in need of a carpool
MINNEAPOLIS – Busy parents who know the difficulties of arranging carpools for their kids now have a new application, Who’s Driving, to help. Entrepreneurs Paul and Anne Cramer created the app because as busy parents, they realized there had to be a better way than group text messages to manage rides for kids. In late…
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Consumer spending stalls as incomes post slowest growth since January
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON – Consumer spending barely grew in August after a sharp rise the previous month as incomes rose by the smallest amount since winter, the Commerce Department said Friday. Analysts had expected Americans to slow…
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Consumer spending stalls as incomes post slowest growth since January
WASHINGTON – Consumer spending barely grew in August after a sharp rise the previous month as incomes rose by the smallest amount since winter, the Commerce Department said Friday. Analysts had expected Americans to slow their pace of spending following strong 0.4 percent growth in July. But the growth of less than 0.1 percent –…
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Augmented reality offers new way to shop for furniture
SAN DIEGO – Close your eyes. Can you picture that sofa you’re coveting in your living room? Now, open your eyes and pull out your phone – because edgy furniture stores are giving you a tool that’s more accurate than imagination. It’s called augmented reality. And all you need is a smartphone or tablet. Take…
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These Red Wing boots are made for women to walk in (finally)
RED WING, Minn. – Red Wing Shoe executives figured it probably wasn’t young boys who were suddenly snapping up the iconic Minnesota company’s $300-plus boots. The more likely explanation for the surge in sales of men’s shoes in sizes 3 and 4? Women. There have been other tipoffs that the boots, for decades a symbol…
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Current popular books about business
Looking for ideas and guidance in your business endeavor? Consider these top books, according to 800-CEO-READ: 1. “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” by Angela Duckworth, Scribner Book Co. In Angela Duckworth’s view, the adage that only practice makes perfect is not only true; it is inexorable. Indeed, the secret to achievement is not…
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Retailers look to high tech to engage visitors to their store
MILWAUKEE – The store, that basic building block of commerce, is emerging as a high-tech laboratory. All sorts of things are bubbling up – from exotica such as holograms and virtual reality to more-prosaic but potentially more-useful technology – as legacy retailers seek to merge their physical outposts with the online world. The transformation has…
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Every type of check fraud you have to worry about
Check floating and counterfeiting are among the many types of check fraud you have to worry about. Almost 75 percent of companies were targets of payment fraud in 2015, according to a March report by the Association for Financial Professionals. And by far the most defrauded payment method was checks, responsible for 45 percent of…
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Petite shoppers seeing fewer options on racks
PHILADELPHIA – At 4 feet 9, Mindee Hewitt is a dynamo with a can-do personality. But finding clothes that fit her tiny frame often becomes deflating. It’s getting harder for Hewitt and other women 5 feet 4 and under, as department stores from Macy’s to Lord & Taylor scale back or dissolve their petite divisions.…