GLG News by Media Buyers

Chairman Lampert would have prospective investors believe Sears' problems are because of the recession.  That's understandable, since he isn't likely to admit that he blew it squandering billions on overvalued stock buy backs, while reducing its retail business to the worst operation in the...

The days of trust between the ad agency and the technology advertiser will be a thing of the past.  Gone will be those days when technology companies could give robust product roadmaps to their ad agencies trusting that they will not turn the table and use that information to negoatiate a better...

Amazon's lawsuit may be more about the viability of sales and use taxes to collect state revenue than about one e-commerce company collecting New York sales tax.  Here's why.

While early first quarter earnings have been better than expected and liquidity has improved in the credit markets, there is no sustainable consumer spending rebound insight.  That's bad news for retailers and investors alike. 

Overseas expansion into mature Western-like countries has been hit and miss for many US retailers.  Despite the potential profits, opening stores in emerging countries like Russia, Brazil, India, and China is even more risky.   Here's why

Did I help kill the local daily? The Capital Times, an afternoon daily in Madison, Wis., this weekend folded its print edition and became an online-only newspaper.  As an online marketer do I think this is a likely to continue trend and more so, do I feel a tad bit responsible or...

Wireless researchers keep getting the voice to data point wrong, and they shouldn't still be making this mistake.  Consumers aren't using data because they have been given poor devices with poor interfaces, not because they wouldn't use the Internet or other data if the device was better. ...

It’s problematic whether Zale is a good quarter to quarter play during the current down turn.  But it ‘s even more uncertain if it will be a successful turn around in this decade.  Here's why.

The NRF's Mother's Day survey seems to overstate Mother's Day sales potential.  Here's a contrarian's point of view.

The delay in Sprint's Xohm initiative is absolutely telling, telling that there are many problems with WiMax.  The truth is that the U.S. needs faster broadband speeds to compete with Japan and Europe, but I'm not sure if Sprint has the answer.  This article discusses some of the major problems,...