Warren S. Shoulberg

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Stationery Stationary

I just got finished walking the Stationery Show at Javits in New York and while it’s true this show has felt both the economy and the seminal change in the way people communicate with each other in the Internet age, I have to tell you the show is still a terrific place to see new products. I’m not shilling for the show operators but the last thing any of us need is a trade show that has out... More

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Andy, Andy, Andy

With all due apologies to Mr. Warhol: “In the present, every website will be famous for 15 minutes.” Right now we are in the midst of Pinterest fever with everyone and his cyber brother jumping on this bandwagon and pronouncing this website the greatest thing since…well, since the last greatest thing. And it is a nice site and the ability it offers to gather up all your bits and pieces r... More

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Advice from Coach

Over the run-up in the economy that characterized most of the first decade of the 2000s, perhaps no company rode that wave better than Coach, the accessories company that traded up its product mix and customer base dramatically. Management and the designers there did a terrific job on both counts. And maybe no company reacted faster to the collapse of the economy in 2008 than Coach as well... More

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Keep Those Cards & Letters Coming

I have a feeling I'm about to get the entire greeting card industry angry with me, but I think the best thing the U.S. Postal Service could do is the raise the price of a first class stamp...to one dollar.I know, I know: The customer is not going to stand for this and it will mean that the already diminishing rate of greeting card usage will go down even further as people question if they want to... More

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The Next Chinese Revolution

Chances are the gift and home products you make and sell do not come from the Foxconn factory in China where Apple makes many of its consumer electronics products. But what's happening right now at Foxconn is going to have a big impact at where indeed your products are from.Foxconn has been in the news over the past few weeks as attention is turned to the company's labor conditions, hiring practic... More