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Real-Time Data Maximizes CPG Firms’ Promotion Spend, and Bottom Lines
Call it shopping at the breakfast table. Not all that long ago, promotions came in the paper, in the form of free-standing inserts (FSI), those massive coupon bundles wrapped around the Sunday comics section. You’d clip the coupons, keep them in the purse or wallet, trek to the store … and find that the toothpaste or paper towels or dog food you so earnestly desire are out of stock. The inefficiencies had (and still have) ripple effects up and down the consumer commerce space. The consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies were laying out money for the promotions, the retailers were...
Multiplication Facts Bracelets: A Way to Teach Times Tables with Kids
Back in my teaching days, I used games and fun activities to help my students learn multiplication and division facts. One of my favorites, which worked beautifully for Trevor, is Tic Tac Toe Dice. Physical activities, like playing Steal the Bacon with products or coloring multiplication tables, worked for some kids, while songs and chants helped others. Regardless of the method, it's crucial for their future success that kids learn multiplication and division facts as soon as possible. When kids don't know 6x7 or 9x4 off the top of their heads, they're going to struggle with almost all of the...
TRUE Knives: Blades for Everything from Strings to Sinews
Recently I’ve been carrying folding blades from emerging brand True Knives. There are three with different sizes and missions. The smallest – the Ball Bearing Flipper – is in True’s EDC lineup. The largest is called Swift Edge and has interchangeable blades for doing big field dressing or other jobs. In between is the Tactical EDC, the boldest-looking of the three with a skeletonized frame. L-R: Ball Bearing Flipper, Swift Edge, Tactical EDC I carried each blade for at least a week, subjecting them to about the same amount of light chores, like cutting twine on hay bales, before testing...
15 Gift Ideas for Graduates Under $25!
Celebrate your grad with clever, unique, and useful graduation gift ideas! School’s almost out for summer! Need some inexpensive graduation gift ideas? The end of the school year is upon us, and we’re getting ready to celebrate seniors and the class of 2022! We love celebrating all the graduates out there! 🎉 Here are a few unique, but super-useful, fun, and affordable graduation gift ideas they’ll be sure to love and actually use. The best part? All of these graduation gifts are under $25! 👏 1. Gift a cute ID lanyard wallet that they’ll actually want to wear around campus....
15 Best Large Insulated Lunch Totes
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