Category Archives: The Latest Word
The Tommy Bahama Story
Adventures in Branding: Years ago, Inc. Magazine ran a very good article about how three guys (Bob Emfield, Luca Dalla Gasperina, Tony Margolis) started the now ubiquitous Tommy Bahama brand. Tommy Bahama started out selling bathing suits and t-shirts and now sells a very wide range of clothing, bags, accessories and home furnishings and even operates Tommy …
Re-Set
The Latest Word: New Year’s Day is the most important day of the year. Unlike religious holidays, it is universally celebrated and universally enjoyed. New Year’s Day requires no special decorations (confetti is nice, but not necessary); has no special set of colors (unlike the red and green of Christmas), is non-denominational and completely international. …
MAKING LIVE TELEVISION
To read, to see, to pass on, to ponder 25 November 2013 Great piece from TheVerge.com on what it takes to produce a network quality NFL broadcast, written by David Pierce: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5141600/any-given-sunday-the-chaos-and-spectacle-of-nfl-on-fox
The Paddle Economy : A Pebble Beach Shopping List, Part III
The final sales price of the cars featured in the third part of our Pebble Beach Shopping List are below: the huge sale of the Pebble Beach week was the 275GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spider, which went for a breathtaking $27,000,000. The seller has very graciously noted that he will donate the proceeds to charity–a gift of great generosity and kindness.
The Paddle Economy: 2013 Pebble Beach Prices Realized, Part 1
We were expecting the auctions that take place during the week of the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance to set new records and that is exactly what happened. Last week, we picked out some special collector cars from the offerings from three of the big auction houses to highlight, and put links to each of the cars underneath their description along with an estimated sales price. For follow up, below please see the sold prices of the featured automobiles.
The Paddle Economy Goes to Pebble Beach: The 2013 Guide
The Pebble Beach Concours starts officially on Thursday, the 15th of August. But there are events all week long at this premier gathering of the best in the automobile world. On the grounds of the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance (The Lodge at Pebble Beach), the world’s great automobile manufacturers gather for an informal industry meeting, …
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