Costco's product line is very rich, but relatively speaking, a product line does not give too many choices. It is usually the choice of 2-3 brands.For example, cleaners for toilets, compared with supermarkets such as Walmart and Target, Costco offers less choices.However, these 2-3 choice...
From converting passenger jets to cargo carriers for delivering much-needed supplies to the front lines to linking everyday citizens with scientists to crowdsource treatment possibilities, here is how Global 500 companies are using their non-monetary assets for good during the coronavirus pandemic. This...
Costco believes its members are the key to its success. If these entities are not satisfied, little else the company does will make a difference. The company’s mission statement is also supported by a belief that employees are its most valuable asset and that supplier relationships must be mu...
WB: It’s clear you understand the question well, and it as important a question as you can ask. We are putting big money in big businesses with good economics, but not as good as when we were dealing with smaller amounts. $40m of capital required in See’s and it earns much more...
a huge amount of use out of it. It was expensive when he bought it new, but he sold it, after much use, for not much less than he paid for it. After that, he realized that cameras, especially if you use them to earn your living as he does today, don't cost much at all. ...
With IoT telemetry, shelves and vending machines will ping distributors to reveal exactly how much of what stock to load onto the truck. That foreknowledge cuts out the need to make a special trip to see how much of which items need to be replenished. ...
I cannot stress enough, if you are in charge of food, you should not be the camp director, or the YW president.Your main responsibility at camp should be Food Chairperson. HOW MUCH HELP DO WE NEED? For each one hundred people, I suggest 2-3 adults (besides yourself) to work in the...
The Test Year. Lots of people arrive in San Miguel de Allende and are so blown away by the beauty and pace that they rush to buy a house. We are not. We’re doing a “Test Year.” If we really dig living there and the much lower cost of owning a house and real estate taxes,...
It’s easy, doesn’t take much time, is much cheaper and a big batch lasts a lot longer than a bottle of whatever. I would never go back to buying it. As for time, which everyone seems so worried about not having enough of – if you cook from scratch, this is no different. It...
6. Southwest Hawaii personnel.Honolulu and Kahului airports are staffed by Southwest employees. At Lihue and Kona, however, staffing will be a mix of a limited number of Southwest employees with the remainder being contracted from local companies. That is similar to whatAlaska Airlinesdoes in Hawa...