Sunday, December 14, 2008

When Mom goes mum

by Cinda Baxter on December 14, 2008

in Economy, Retail, Trends

This morning, Lee Scott (CEO and President of WalMart) appeared on Meet the Press as part of a 5-person brain trust discussing the economy and where it’s headed. A comment he made really resonated with me; to paraphrase, when WalMart moms stop shopping for themselves–choosing instead to defer spending in lieu of their kids’ and spouse’s–it’s a sign of serious pull-back in the consumer market. As much as it pains me to say this, the leader of WalMart is dead-on-right. [click here to continue…]

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New digs, new lessons

by admin on December 14, 2008

in Real World

typewriterWell, you found me. I’m tinkering around in here, trying to build a better home for the Always Upward blog. Whether or not this little endeavor is successful, however, is unknown; I’m quickly finding there’s a lot I know–and a lot I don’t–about working with someone else’s php code.

In the meantime, please continue to follow the blog at its current location:

http://www.alwaysupward.blogspot.com

As soon as the roof is up and the pictures are hung, I’ll let you know it’s time to move in.

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