Beyond the Rhetoric

When traveling domestically, it’s easy enough to understand the usual suspects and shop accordingly. Things get a little more complicated when you consider international travel, particularly when going overseas to places far away from home. In my case, that includes going to Australia. I’ve always said that travel is one of the best ways to [...]

It probably wouldn’t be fair to say that I dislike shopping. It’s probably a little more accurate to say that I dislike shopping (and “browsing”) in the real world. Allow me to explain. There are many people out there who enjoy going to the mall. They go without any real purpose in mind; the goal [...]

It can be pretty strange the way that some companies choose to make money. They start out with a core product or service and maybe they do very well with it, but then they look at how they can grow. They start to think about business expansion and they can end up in circles where [...]

What’s that? You haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet? That’s understandable, since it can be so challenging to choose just the right present for every special person in your life. We’ve all received ugly sweater and other less desirable presents around this time of year, so it’s about time that we figure out how to [...]

Going to just about any shopping mall around this time of year, you’ll inevitably be met with quite the crowd. We have all of these shoppers frantically looking for just the right gift for just the right person, reminding us once again about the heavily commercialized version of Christmas that we celebrate these days. There’s [...]