NewsTarget.com: According to a study conducted by market researchers Constat Inc. and The Kelsey Group, 70 percent of American households now find local businesses using the Internet. A poll conducted in October 2003 found the figure to be 60 percent, with 73 percent using the local newspaper. If current trends continue, the Internet will become more popular for local business […]

Gannett News Service: Emulating A-listers such as Gwyneth Paltrow or Halle Berry is a snap: The latest celebrity-channeling accessory is a set of prosthetic choppers modeled after Hollywood’s most Chiclet smiles. Think of the snap-on smile as the white-enameled cousin to the press-on nail. Think of it as yet more evidence of a public firmly sinking its incisors into celebrity […]

Wired News: Sure, it’s still March, but summer’s fast approaching. For a high school or college student, that means job-hunting season will soon be under way. Plenty of places on the internet are geared toward helping would-be employees find a job. But what if you’re looking for seasonal or part-time employment — is there a more appropriate place to hit […]

The Sunday Times – Business: Experience shows that if you can spot a trend in the market and get your products out there quickly, the rewards can be immense. And the good news is that small- or medium-sized firms are often able to move faster than the big companies. So how do you spot a trend? David Lewis, who runs […]

INVESTORS.com: Colorful shirts, pretty prints and sharp men’s suits brought a new look to the apparel industry in 2004. The industry’s finances were brighter as well. Apparel sellers took a beating when the economy went into recession in 2001. Sales declined for three years. But last year, apparel industry revenue finally rose again. Growth is expected to continue this year. […]

The Economic Times: These two gentlemen personify the global ambitions of their companies. Jalaj Dani, the thirty-something scion of Asian Paints practically lives out of his suitcase. He has to. Asian Paints, manufactures in 21 countries, are a licensee in 4, and sells in 65 countries, employing 1,400 people outside India from 22 nationalities . Since 1999, the company has […]

Technology Review: Ten thousand songs in your pocket. Millions of tunes on the Internet at your fingertips. And books on tape — they’re going down the path of vinyl records. Welcome to the new world of digital audio. Though the first portable MP3 player debuted in 1999, most personal music libraries still consist of piles of CDs, and relatively few […]

TrendTracker: The future is likely to be the age of virtual businesses. The newly opened two-person office will be able to look big, established, and successful. Build a really good website, toss in some color printers, fast computers, and cell phones, and you’re halfway there. After that, it’s a question of leveraging your creativity and ability to partner with other […]

Small Business Trends: The Death of Distance – “Telecommuters and remote workers are closing in. Recent improvements to enterprise voice-over-IP (VoIP) are promising to make the concept of location irrelevant.” The article points out that users of enterprise VoIP are finding out the cool things that can be done with it, not just the cost savings. Those cool things — […]

Business 2.0 Blog: Craigslists, the biggest online business still pretending not to be a real business, knocked another company out, a San Francisco area apartment listing service. The San Francisco Chronicle notes that: RentTech, which bought Berkeley’s Rental Solutions about five years ago, closed earlier this fall. Two other rental services — San Jose’s Home Renters Guide and Berkeley Connection […]