GLG News by Media Buyers

This PwC study really got me riled because it reflects a nonsensical version of the brand, one that can only be broadcast over the TV, that is just no longer true.  Sure, Comcast and Time Warner and ESPN may want you to believe it it true, but Google's interactive medium is the wave of the future,...

The release of the first "Google phone" certainly does not come at an ideal time, given the economic environment.  Sure, they can price high, then lower as everyone does.  However, the true measure of how long they can sustain the high price is looking at pent-up demand, which is done in this...

The ChangeWave survey paints an overly positive picture on Apple and Dell sales this year.  As Circuit City and Best Buy foreshadow, this holiday season will be awful for high-end products, especially those whose purchase can be forestalled.

DeBeers' decision to double its advertising investment in the US market comes too late to help retail jewelers this year; especially the middle market ones like Zale and to a lesser degree Signet.  However, leadership in rough diamond distribution and a renewed commitment to the US market could...

Blue Nile faces huge challenges in the fourth quarter, as well as, in FY 2009.  Here's why the Internet's biggest jeweler's growth may slow to a trickle.

For the first time in a half century diamond prices are behaving like commodities.  Here why the $65 billion dollar jewelry industry is in for even more volatile times.   

Microsoft has a checkered history of product releases as of late -- from Vista to updated versions of Windows Mobile and Internet Explorer.  They seem to release minimal updates, expecting a non-demanding user not looking for vast improvements in user experience and features.  In the face...

Cox must have something up their sleeve with wireless.  Otherwise, why would they become a Sprint MVNO, right on the heels of the huge flame-outs by Amped, Helio, Disney, and others?  Bundling surely can't be the only answer, as there has been precious little proof behind that strategy; there...

Yahoo faces a miserable head wind entering this holiday season.  Retail marketers, those likely to drop big bucks around Turkey Day, are having a very bad Fall and may not chase the ghost of Christmas Future.  Yahoo's dependence on online display ad revenue could be disastrous for their holiday...

In just this instance, Apple's arrogance may be its undoing over the holiday season and into next year.  It is generally wise, and always tempting, to stay true to the brand, and, in Apple's case, deliver premium pricing on its premium product.  However, there are several pricing strategies...