Daily Archives: September 29, 2003

When I teach marketing and we get to the unit on packaging I always bring a banana to class and use it as an example of perfection in packaging; colorful, iconic, easy-to-open, bio-degradable. Common sense tells us that in this … Continue reading →

It is my confirmed belief that there are really no such things a Coincidences. Everything in this universe is connected, its just that some of the connections are obvous and some are obscure and indecipherable. Like why a worldwide icon … Continue reading →

In the biggest deal in recent Boston business history, the 141-year-old John Hancock Financial Services has been sold to Manulife, a Canadian insurance and financial services conglomerate, for $10.9 billion. In an incredible "coincidence", the presidents of the two companies … Continue reading →