GLG News by Direct Mail Marketing Experts

The joke is that the only place lonlier than a GM dealers showroom is the Chrysler /Dodge Dealer across the street. What does that mean? It means that retailers sporting a domestic brand will need to retrench and regroup ...start stocking up on used imports which are still selling well, and pray for...

HP is a long time solid provider of computer hardware, and EDS (founded the information technology out-sourcing industry more than 45 years ago) is a longtime provider of system services. The Plan of Merger, dated as of May 13, 2008, by and among EDS, Hewlett-Packard Company and Hawk Merger...

- Plastic Cards as access devices to various types of payment accounts will continue to be important but will increasingly give way to alternative access methods - These alternative access methods will include devices such as smart-card enabled devices such as cell phones, watches or other devices and...

With 45 percent of contingent sales identified as "short sales," or sales in which the lender will be required to accept less than the principal balance owed, we can't expect investor demand to grow. Investors currently have other more liquid and stable securities to place their bets, and...

MGA's can seek out better lines and Company deals. MGA's can seek out training to meet the changing demands. One very specific area an MGA can capitalize on is TECHNOLOGY.

While advancements in technology can allow for the ultimate online social experience, the mob doesn't care about technology.  But what do they care about?

The causes of food cost inflation aren't about to go away.  Demand in emerging economies for a higher quality and more varied diet will increase, and ethanol production will make it more difficult for producers to respond quickly to the market. 

- The economy is working in favor of McDonalds. - Recent menu additions (coffee) are adding to average check.

eBay’s deal with Buy.com represents a tectonic shift in a marketplace known for its “level playing field.”   Will the shift help? As Rany Smythe says in his blog, “If you ever wanted a preview of the "New eBay," I've got a treat for you, it will look a lot like Buy.com's eBay store.”  ...

Sure, Google gets the best out of the deal with a weakened Yahoo and a non-strengthened Microsoft, but I'm not sure if this deal would have been good for Microsoft anyway.  They showed a lack of brutish eagerness that has hurt Yahoo, near fatally, and that hurt could help Microsoft climb up the...