As a result of the sudden appearance of economic recession, the over supply of products and services has settled in our markets. Companies have had to adapt their strategies quickly in order to live and compete with one another in a state of ‘crisis': shorter productive series, less real value, more reduced margins, alliances at a disadvantage with respect to the distribution, increase in logistic stocks, etc.

In times of recession and market contraction, we are still surprised at the growing business figures published by companies under the ‘luxury’ heading. This sector has become a defensive stronghold for recession. On the basis of this, its industry endeavours to detect new niches of products and services that could expand and reinforce the category: millionaire fairs, exclusive best-buy clubs,...

Have you ever wondered why some brands stand the test of time in a better way than others? Or… why do some brands constitute the base for a wide product diversification while others can only bear only one reference? Finally, why do some brands constitute the entrance to a wide user’s experience and retail model while others have remained as...

The created needs Someone told me once that if a Martian came to the Earth and watched TV advertisements, it would never like to be a woman. When he noticed my interrogation look, he replied: Tell me, who appears on adverts with stomach swelling compared with a ‘globe-fish’?

I will not deny that I am especially fond of companies framed within the concept of retail. As with many other novel concepts, there are numerous interpretations of it; the Oxford Dictionary of Business reads: a retailer is a ‘distributor which sells goods and services to consumers. There are three categories of retailers: multiple shops, retail cooperatives and independent retailers....

‘Desire works like the wind. Without apparent effort. If the sails are spread, it will drag us at breakneck speed. If doors or windows are closed, it will hit for a while in search of cracks or grooves that will allow it to percolate. The desire associated with an object of desire condemns us to it. But there is another...

(Español) Muchos descubrimos el “low cost” gracias a la aviación de bajo coste.

One of the most significant features of the society in which we live is its constant and rapid evolution; the concept of movement is a key concept to understand companies that make a management model out of innovation. The speed, the rapidity of evolution, increases when the space covered in a given time increases; or what is equivalent, when the...

Let’s imagine a group of gathered people. Suddenly, a 10 Euro pennies’ coin falls to the ground; probably nobody will pick it up; it will sure happen the same if it were a 50 pennies’ coin or 1 Euro coin. But if what falls on the ground would be a 5 Euros bill, may be somebody from the goup would gather it.