Feeling Froggy?

Then Leap.Here they go again. Time for this season's first to blink contest.And the winner is ...............SAK'S FIFTH AVENUE!!!!!!!!!After enraging the retail community last fall by doing markdowns +40% off in October (?!?), here comes the first, in recent memory, idea of pre-Easter promotions.They are not the only one's doing crazy discounting.As the...

I Am Legend

Before we start, I promised a very helpful young lady that I would let my readers know about Lord & Taylor's free shipping for online purchases of $99 and more (click HERE). Since free shipping is New Economy, I have now done so.< I took a trip to a Chicago-area shopping mall last night with with a friend and, as you can imagine, I was moved enough to...

The Economy's War on Children

I have been reading a number of interesting developments in regards to companies that service children and young adults.Hopefully you have already had that talk with your kids about the New Economy, because if not, some of their habits are going to be broken for them.From the obvious (you can't charge 55.00 for the right to walk in the door and expect to get...

A Big Black Eye

This is a story you may, or may not, know about, but it is certainly something you should know is going on...and on it's way to your city (if it has not already arrived) once the weather breaks.America is certainly better than this.During the beginning of the Depression, several people wandering the nation in search of work started erecting, shanty-like, permanent...

Applying Pressure

These are a couple of interesting articles on the New Economy applying pressure on the Old Economy. Some benefit us, some do not. However, the mantra is the same: It's evolve or die!I hope you find them as useful as I did.Sacha Segan from PC Magazine writes about:Is Cheap Wireless the Recession's Bright Spot?JP Raphael at PC World has written the scariest article I have read in months:People Search Engines: They Know Your...

Banking on Sin

These are indeed dark times.And in dark times, sometimes, cloudy judgement can catch on and go from shameful whisper to shout, then ultimately, a full-throated rallying cry.This seems to be the case in the first forays into how we jumpstart the bad economy. There seems to be a growing outcry for solutions involving one form of business. Nothing innovative, or...

The "New" Economy

People, we are in a New Economy. An economy that requires: a higher level of awareness, to be more connected to others than ever before, a new level of discipline and a new commitment to decisiveness than ever before. The only thing at stake is survival.There are those that are resisting it, some that doubt it's existence, and a few more that are drawing...

We're Back!

After a month of: stockpiling information, sussing out news stories and travelling the country in search of new ideas, the Oasis is BACK!New articles begin tomorrow morning.Thanks for your patience.By the way, anyone that can top this Star Wars poster will become a hero in my eyes (click pic for better detail). It is not the most cerebral poster for the series,...