The Mother of all Mother’s Days?
For retailers it certainly could be and there are 25 billion reasons why — but the weather ain’t one. According to the National Retail Federation this year is expected to deliver the …
Why this Year’s Hurricane Season Could Have an Increased Impact on Consumers
That isn’t to say there will be more or less total storms (read on for that) but the overall impact on consumers is increasing and this year will likely be …
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My Sunday Tweet Storm: Bad Weather Means Bad Restaurant Reviews
I started my weekly Weather Means Business Tweet Storm series two weeks ago and as predicted it’s morphed into more of a bi-weekly-ish effort. Even that may be overly ambitious. …
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Introducing The Forecast Factor Blog
Prior to IBM acquiring The Weather Company one of the part-time roles I played was as an on-air (and I use this term loosely) “expert” on The Weather Channel and …
Four Reasons The Weather Impact on Consumers is Increasing
My (very smart!) colleagues at Blue Wolf interviewed me last week for this lofty sounding article and did what I would have thought impossible — they made me sound relatively …
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My Weekly Weather Means Business Tweet Storm
Welcome to the very first edition of what I’m tentatively calling my weekly “weather means business” tweet storm. As a matter of course I closely follow press reports and the …
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