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ROI Doesn't Mean 'Return on Ignorance'

Too many companies are diving into social media without thinking a project through. Brian Solis has some thoughts on a better way to use these new tools

 

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Generation Y has already upset plenty of media businesses with its unconventional consuming habits. Another sector may be about to get smacked—cable and satellite television.

Michael Arndt, NEXT: Innovation Tools & Trends

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Insight

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Tony Hsieh: Redefining Zappos' Business Model

How the founder of Zappos, amid the dot-com bust, revamped the company from a drop and ship operator to an e-tailer

 

Media

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Tyler Brûlé, Media Maverick

Canadian-born Tyler Brûlé's magazine, Monocle, challenges just about every piece of received wisdom about what works in media these days

 

Debate Room

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School Kids, Ax the Social Networking

For students, social networking sites have no educational value due to the inherently truncated, shallow nature of communication on them. Pro or con?

 

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The Infomercial Business Goes Mainstream

Goods touted in the schlocky TV ads are increasingly moving onto the shelves of big retailers like CVS and Target or online, and the ads now serve to build a brand beforehand

How LEGO Revived Its Brand

In an excerpt from Design Is How It Works, former BusinessWeek staff writer Jay Greene explores Lego's troubles and its comeback

Innovator: Marissa Evans

The former marketer started Go Try It On, a website that uses instant online feedback to help solve a daily dilemma: What to wear?

Next Life: From Disney Sales to Swimwear

After years of covering up by the pool, former Disney sales exec Lynn Werner decided to design a line of swimwear she could stand to be seen in

McDonald's Is Lovin' Ethnic Marketing

The BBW50 chain taps Latino and black culture for mainstream ads

Marketing

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Landon Donovan: Mexican Marketers' Bad Guy

The U.S. soccer superstar is a stereotypical villain in TV ads for Grupo Televisa's Gana Gol lottery game

 

Brand Insight

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Hard Choices: Ian Schrager

The father of the boutique hotel reflects on deciding not to brand, working with Marriott, and stopping rivals from stealing his ideas

 

IN YOUR FACE: Innovation Roadblocks

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Reader Noah Writes:

"Unfortunately, people with the checkbooks are afraid of the unknown."

 

Innovation Top Story

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Who's Afraid of Steve Jobs?

Not Consumer Reports. Over the past year the 74-year-old magazine has carved up Apple and made Toyota roll over. Pretty good for a lab in Yonkers

 

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The 50 Most Innovative Companies

For the first time since Bloomberg Businessweek began its annual Most Innovative Companies ranking in 2005, the majority of corporations in the Top 25 are based outside the U.S.

Table: The Innovation Leaders

Innovation Close-up: HTC

Innovation Close-up: LG Electronics

What Executives Make of Innovation

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