Saturday, November 23, 2013

Retailers and Thanksgiving

Greetings,
As Thanksgiving rolls around, the New York Times recently published an article on upscale retailers such as Whole Foods:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/23/business/an-upscale-bounty-and-a-thankful-shopper.html?src=me&_r=0

Apparently, Whole Foods faces new competition from upscale markets such as Fairway and Trader Joe's -popular in both Long Island and Manhattan.  So if you're writing a paper on Whole Foods, it will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

Speaking of upscale products and competition, the Wall Street Journal noted that a number of new luxury electric cars are coming to market:
http://live.wsj.com/video/move-over-tesla-electric-luxury-car-market-heats-up/DF830B70-6813-419B-9102-FEA8E918A593.html?mod=WSJ_article_outbrain&obref=obnetwork#!DF830B70-6813-419B-9102-FEA8E918A593

Tesla, a publicly traded company, has been exclusively making electric cars.  With new competition, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.  I've been seeing more and more electric cars on the streets in Long Island.  Again, this is a field that could see a lot of changes in the next few years.  Until next time, catch me in the library.

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Get Creative - NELA Conference 2013

Greetings,
Last month I was at the New England Library Association Conference in Portland, Maine.  We gave a presentation.  Now we have a web site devoted to presentation materials and more:
http://www.nelaconference.org/get-creative.html

If you want to know about the presentation, drop me a line at Friehsc at oldwestbury.edu