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Wild Success Of THE SONS OF ANARCHY Might Have Influenced Hells Angels General Store

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 17, 2010 · Comments (5)

THE SONS OF ANARCHY has been a wild success. And there's sure a lot of interesting stuff to be found over at Ebay. Maybe these two worlds have somehow come together when even the Hells Angels Los Angeles chapter have a store over at Ebay that sells bumper stickers, magnets,... [Full Story]

Beleaguered Beer Industry Funding Battle Against California's Measure 19

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 13, 2010

One of the most consequential ballot measures this November is California's Measure 19, which would legalize and tax marijuana. Some polls suggest the measure might actually pass and has a narrow lead among some polls. However, the nation's beer industry, which is hurting from the continued recession is pouring money... [Full Story]

UK Segway Owner Killed In Segway Accident

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 27, 2010 · Comments (1)

Nothing is much worse product advertising than this. But, the UK owner of Segway was killed when a heavy duty version of the scooter transportation device rolled over cliff killing him. Jimi Heselden, 62, was a multimillionaire defense contractor who became wealthy as a result of the Iraq and Afghanistan... [Full Story]

UPS Government Bailout Plan Hidden In Legislation

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 17, 2010 · Comments (1)

UPS, the 100 year old merchandise and package delivery company with the trademark brown trucks has found itself in a $6 billion dollar hole and has lobbied members of Congress to add language to pending legislation to bail the company out with what might amount to as much as $5... [Full Story]

Servpro: Looking For A Few Good Criminals & Vandals

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: July 5, 2010 · Comments (1)

Unfortunately my recent bad experience with Servpro, a national disaster cleanup and restoration service which is individually and locally owned and operated as a franchise business is far from the exception. In Atlanta, Georgia, lawyers from the law firm of Pate & Brody had to file a lawsuit against the... [Full Story]

Washington State Hits, Beer, Candy, Sodas With New Taxes

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 31, 2010 · Comments (2)

Washington state is hoping to climb it's way out of it's own budget shortfalls by some new taxes on beer, candy, bottled water and sodas. While some health claims were made to boost the new taxes, the real truth is that a serious state shortfall of funds is the primary... [Full Story]

Mexico's Great Jarritos Sodas

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 26, 2010 · Comments (1)

One of the very best Mexican imports into the U.S. is Jarritos sodas. Each of the nine flavors is made with real cane sugar,which gives these sodas a decidedly great unique flavor compared to common use of corn syrup. Jarritos also has unique flavor varieties such as watermellon, mango, strawberry,... [Full Story]

June PLAYBOY Goes 3D, But Does Anyone Still Care?

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 13, 2010 · Comments (2)

With plummeting sales down to just 1.5 million circulation from the November 1972 sales peak of 7,161,651, PLAYBOY Magazine hopes to prove that it's still relevant by offering up a 3D issue for June. Suddenly with both wacky 3D glasses and PLAYBOY Magazine, you've now got the perfect storm of... [Full Story]

Starbucks Inks Deal With AMC Theaters

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 12, 2010

Starbucks coffee shops seem like they're on every block these days. Now, you'll be seeing them in 300 AMC theaters as well. Soon you can enjoy a great coffee with that movie. The coffee giant had just inked a new deal back in February to provide coffee for Burger King.... [Full Story]

Domino's Pizza Sales Grow With New Recipe Pizza

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 8, 2010 · Comments (1)

Domino's Pizzas bold experiment to change their 50 year old pizza recipe has proven results for the company. Sales are 14.3% in the first quarter. It was a high risk move that has so far paid off. Domino's made three important changes to their pizzas. One was to add a... [Full Story]

Nutrisystem Drops Lawrence Taylor

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 7, 2010

Who would have ever guessed that rape charges might be bad for business? But Nutrisystem seems to think so, and has promptly canceled the promotion contract with former football great Lawrence Taylor. As reported here yesterday, former New York Giants linebacker legend, Lawrence Taylor, was arrested on rape charges after... [Full Story]

America's 2nd Largest Video Store Chain, Movie Gallery & Hollywood Video Closing

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 4, 2010 · Comments (1)

Usually, in hard economic times such as the Great Depression, Americans go to the movies for entertainment. However, this past recession did not mean very good times for many video rental stores. Now, America's second largest video store chain, Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video are closing all of stores under... [Full Story]

Comic Book Stores Struggle, But Hang On

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 3, 2010 · Comments (2)

May 1, was supposed to be the biggest day of the year for comic book retailers, with Comic Book Day. And despite the lure of free comics or discounts up to 50% on some merchandise, the public largely could care less. Such is the struggle of those in comic book... [Full Story]

May Brings Higher Beer Prices

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: May 1, 2010

This may be a hard one to drink to, but May is bringing in higher beer prices for a number of brands. First hit will be a number of highly successful regional craft beers, as prices may rise about $4 wholesale per case of four six packs. Higher material prices... [Full Story]

Pita Pit Franchise Offers Fresh Flavor & Healthy Eating Alternative

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 28, 2010

Pita Pit is an interesting newer entry into the crowded field of franchised eating establishments. Besides really great tasting food, Pita Pit lets you build your pita your way. You can add a huge variety of great items to your meat, vegetarian or vegan pita. Do you like tomatoes, onions,... [Full Story]

Cigarette Industry Confronts New FDA Rules

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 23, 2010 · Comments (1)

New FDA rules on the cigarette industry are creating some interesting new changes for both retailers and cigarette producers. As of June 22, when The Family Smoking Prevention And Control Act Of 2009 becomes law you will see some changes in cigarette POS(point of sale) advertising as well as new... [Full Story]

Gallup Polling Indicates Improving Business Climate & Economy

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 21, 2010 · Comments (4)

Good news for both Wall Street and "Main" Street, is that the latest round of Gallup Organization polling indicates more signs of continued improving economic conditions with an improving business climate and easing unemployment issues. Gallup found that more than 1.5 million American workers who claimed to be underemployed are... [Full Story]

Springfield Pineapple Soda:The Best Soda That You Probably Never Tried

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 14, 2010 · Comments (1)

United Western Grocers in California is a distributor for a small independent brand of economy priced sodas, Springfield. And, while many of the Springfield flavors are really nothing special, they have one particular flavor, their pineapple flavored soda, that has to be one of the best tasting sodas in America.... [Full Story]

Lavish Spending For University Talk By Sarah Palin Spurs Investigation

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 14, 2010 · Comments (12)

Celebrity guest speakers at colleges are a common event. Often, speakers give such time for little or no money. However, outrageous lavish spending for a guest speech by former Governor Sarah Palin at a California university has spurred an investigation into spending by the college and accusations of paper shredding... [Full Story]

Toyota Releases Statement On $7.13 Per Vehicle Safety Violation Fine

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 7, 2010

Toyota issued a short response on their official website in response to federal transportation regulators seeking $16.4 million dollar fine for failing to notify safety regulators in a timely fashion when the potentially deadly sticking accelerator problem became known by the company. Toyota issued this statement: "Toyota Motor Corporation(TMC) received... [Full Story]

Wizbang Pop Web Traffic Up Sharply

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 3, 2010

All-important business web traffic rating sites Google SE and RealWebsiteWorth.com both report on the sharp increase in web traffic to Wizbang Pop during the January 10 to February 10 accounting period. RealWebsiteWorth statistics rate 2,288 visitors to the site each day, and 6,863 page views each day. Very good traffic... [Full Story]

Some FOX Affiliates Wary Of Possible New Conan Show

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: March 21, 2010

Reportedly, FOX is putting pressure on local stations to set aside the 11:00 pm time slot for a possible new Fall season Conan O'Brien show. However, no financial deal has yet been struck between FOX and O'Brien, which is still a critical issue. But, some local FOX network affiliates are... [Full Story]

GoDaddy's Big Biker Daddy, Bob Parsons

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: January 31, 2010

Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy.com is a huge motorcycle fan, and even owns a Ducati dealership as well as a collection of cool custom bikes. Ducati and BMW bikes tend to be among his favorites, although Harleys and custom choppers he both owns and loves as well. Those Orange County... [Full Story]

GoDaddy.com's Potential Super Bowl Ads Condemned By Extremist Morality In Media Organization

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: January 28, 2010 · Comments (2)

GoDaddy.com has released a preview of five new potential funny or attention grabbing Super Bowl ads on their website. Indy racer Danica Patrick is featured in some of them. However, strangely, one ad called "Lola" was turned downed by CBS because it might be viewed as offensive to Gay men.... [Full Story]

Business:Rising Beer Prices & The New Inflation Threat To The Economy

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: January 4, 2010 · Comments (2)

With the new year many beer companies are struggling with lukewarm sales and tighter profit margins than in boom times. However, many companies are seeking to raise prices by as much as 25% in this bad economy, hoping to jockey into higher profit margins. But this presents a huge threat... [Full Story]

The Entertainment Business Barometer: Wall Street Stock Performance & Washington

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: December 15, 2009

The entertainment business, like other business segments is certainly linked to the larger economy as well as the performance of Washington during economic crisis times. Modern American business community history of performance of Wall Street stocks also seems to be an important barometer of ultimate Washington performance approval more than... [Full Story]

Comcast Deal To Purchase NBC Is Complex

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: December 8, 2009

The tentative deal for cable TV giant Comcast to purchase a 51% share of NBC is a complicated deal meant to free up capital for GE to concentrate on their highly profitable jet engine and medical equipment businesses. But before GE can sell NBC to Comcast, GE has to purchase... [Full Story]

Every Good Boy Deserves Payment; My Dispute With A London Lookalike Talent Agency

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: December 4, 2009 · Comments (2)

Yesterday, I found a snotty little Email in my inbox from a London based talent agency, Splitting Images(which is a name ripped-off from a popular UK TV show, btw). This company is the talent agency for a large number of small-time UK actors who impersonate famous public figures such as... [Full Story]

NEWSWEEK Goes For The Hip ROLLING STONE Cool Cover Look With Controversial Sarah Palin Cover

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 19, 2009 · Comments (9)

NEWSWEEK like most print journalism is in a real struggle right now for better circulation. Magazines and newspapers are dropping like flies in this recession. So what does NEWSWEEK do to grab a little attention? Why, it rips off the hip formula of ROLLING STONE and uses an offbeat, but... [Full Story]

The News Business: Lou Dobbs Abruptly Quits CNN

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 12, 2009 · Comments (3)

News personality Lou Dobbs pulled a sudden shocker yesterday when he abruptly announced that he was quitting CNN. Today, John King was announced as a replacement for Dobbs by CNN. It is only the latest strange twist in the Lou Dobbs saga. Dobbs sometimes outrageous antics have been a source... [Full Story]

The News Media Business & Public Violence Outbursts

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: November 6, 2009 · Comments (4)

In the last 24 hours, both the United States and Japan were horrified by three acts of public violence. Yet like watching an accident, millions were attracted to watching the news-cycle reports of these terrible incidents. In the Texas army base incident, it appears that a combination of depression as... [Full Story]

Business: Big Regional Utility Puts Their Fingers Into Salvation Army Kettle

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 25, 2009 · Comments (5)

Portland General Electric, a big electrical supplier to the Portland, Oregon area with 0ver 99,000 retail business customers has a new revenue raising scheme. In addition to the huge electrical bills that small business has to pay monthly to PGE, which may run hundreds of dollars per month, PGE is... [Full Story]

Chinese Auto Production Tops 10 Million Units This Year

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 20, 2009 · Comments (2)

China's automobile production continues to surpass the United States and grow. To date, China has produced 10 million automobiles so far this year, making it the third largest auto producer behind the EU and Japan. The United States trails far back at #4 with a rapidly declining auto industry. In... [Full Story]

Business: A Mixed Picture As Retailers Gear Up For "Black Friday"

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 17, 2009 · Comments (1)

Retailers awaiting "Black Friday" have some interesting data to chew on. World oil markets and Wall Street aren't exactly in sync with each other. Friday's mixed economic news drove up oil prices for the seventh day in a roll, while other so-so economic news set the tone for a mild... [Full Story]

Hey Y'all! Paula Deen Cookware Recalled

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 16, 2009

Paula Deen the queen of Southern cooking has a little problem. For some reason some of her iron cookware sold over at QVC has been recalled because the metal easily shatters. At least 79 consumer complaints have been filed to QVC or federal consumer agencies prompting the recall. Likely, the... [Full Story]

Adams Still Selling Magic Tricks & Pranks Since 1906

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 7, 2009

Many people don't realize it, but the old time magic trick and prank manufacturer, Adams, is still around. The company has been in business since 1906 selling tricks for those interested in slight of hand stunts to baffle and fool others. Adams own website features a wide range of card... [Full Story]

Why It Pays To Have A Lawyer As Your CEO

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 2, 2009

General Tobacco has recently learned the net worth of having a CEO who is also the company's chief attorney. The company recently launched a new line small cigars called WRANGLERS that can generally be sold for less than $2 for a pack of 20 that look nearly identical to cigarettes... [Full Story]

Business: Proposed Beverage Tax Is Braindead Upon Arrival

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 27, 2009 · Comments (4)

A proposed national tax on soft drinks, juice drinks and flavored milks by some misguided Washington do-gooders is supposed to encourage more healthy choices and supposedly combat obesity. However, not much real intelligent thought went into this proposal. If this proposal is trying to promote more milk use and less... [Full Story]

Frontera Gourmet 3 Bean Chili Soup Is Simply Awful

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 23, 2009

Absolutely the worst gourmet chili soup that I've ever tasted is from the famous Frontera restaurants own brand which sells in gourmet stores for all of $4.95 retail. For that price, you'd expect something really good. Instead the apple cider vinegar taste is so overwhelming that it tastes more like... [Full Story]

Founder Of Goya Sazon Gourmet Foods Dies

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 21, 2009

The founder Of Sazon Goya foods, Jose Antonio Ortega Bonet, the excellent Hispanic brand of seasonings and foods, has died at age 79. Mr. Bonet was born in Havana, Cuba. Some of the Goya food brands such as their Cuban style black bean soup are simply wonderful. Every product they... [Full Story]

Cock 'N Bull: The World's Best Ginger Ale

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 19, 2009

There are many good brands of ginger ale out there including commercial brands like Schweppes or even acceptably good brands like Western Family. Then there's a small group of high line extreme quality ginger ales like Boylan's or Reed's. But probably the world's best ginger ale by far has to... [Full Story]

Business & Marketing: Eco-Terrorists Attack Hummer Dealer

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 15, 2009 · Comments (1)

Eco-terrorists attacked a longtime Portland, Oregon Hummer and Cadillac dealer yesterday causing extensive acid damage to many vehicles. In true coward's fashion, The Earth Liberation Front was quick to praise the act of terror, however refused to accept responsibility for the terrorism. Unlike other terrorist organization's such as Al Qaeda... [Full Story]

Business & Marketing: Amy's Organic Salsa Is Excellent!

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 13, 2009 · Comments (1)

Amy's which is known for great tasting organic foods has hit a real homerun with their great line of organic salsas. Despite a fairly steep retail price, the flavor of these salsas clearly rates among the very best sold on the American market. Many cheaper salsa simply add ample... [Full Story]

Business & Marketing: "Cash For Clunkers" Creates Good Used Vehicle Shortage & Higher Prices

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 13, 2009 · Comments (3)

The hope of the federal government and the automakers was that the "Cash For Clunkers" program would spur more new car sales and put more high mileage automobiles and trucks on the streets. It was intended to be a win-win business marketing program. Indeed, at least 700,000 total new units... [Full Story]

Business & Marketing: The Success Of Marketing Natural Tobacco Cigarettes

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: August 21, 2009 · Comments (4)

American Spirit cigarettes have scored a direct hit with the marketing of natural cigarettes with the public at least in the Northwest section of the United States. Interestingly, cigarette smokers somehow feel more comfortable with these brands of natural cigarettes that avoid additives than many traditional brands. In sales, American... [Full Story]

Business & Marketing: Lays Introduces 99cent Recession Busters

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: August 19, 2009 · Comments (1)

While Lays potato chips might rank as some as the best quality produced in the United States, many retailers are reporting sales declines of snack foods this year compared to last due largely to the recession . In fact, snack food sales might have declined as much as nearly 40%... [Full Story]

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