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17 hours ago ago from My World is the Best...

While entrepreneurial success stories are always inspiring, the best ones always seem to be those that people can relate to. All due respect to the entrepreneurial geniuses of past centuries, but not many of us are aiming to become a railroad tycoon these days. Here are some amazing success stories of entrepreneurs that started small but made it big. 1. Judi Sheppard Missett Jazzercise The founder of this wildly successful ...

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Sales professionals, an old joke goes, have two modes of communication: talking and waiting until they can talk again. First-year sales reps in particular often personify this by “eagerly spouting all their newly learned product or service knowledge before learning the goals and needs of their customers,” says Marie Warner, president and founder of Warner Sales Architects and a 20-year sales veteran. So if you’re a new sales ...

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The Aerospace Industries Assn. s (AIA) latest annual forecast illustrates how huge order backlogs have shielded large segments of aerospace and defense (A&D) from the global economic downturn. But if you are looking for uplifting news, stop reading. For this late-cycle industry, the next two years may make 2009 seem like the good old days. U.S. A&D companies saw new orders fall a stomach-churning 33% in 2009. But thanks to those backlogs ...

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19 hours ago ago from The New York Times

After a year of recession and uncertainty, the last thing retailers needed was a blizzard to hit the weekend before Christmas. Gretchen Ertl/Associated Press Rhonda Fauria of Massachusetts shopped with her children on Sunday. The weekend before Christmas is important for retailers. Related Storm Finally Exits a Snow-Covered East Coast (December 21, 2009) Snow, sleet and wind on the East Coast gave already ...

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Sales at Stores Sputter but Sizzle Online

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BY GEOFFREY A. FOWLER A holiday season of Web price wars and aggressive online promotions by store-based retailers is leaving e-commerce a larger force in American retail. While sales conducted at brick-and mortar stores are about flat this season compared with 2008, online retailing grew 4% from the beginning of November through Dec. 18 to $24.8 billion, according to Web tracking company comScore Inc. Online sales on Dec. 15 totaled $913 ...

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