In The Headlines Gap Struggles in a Fashion World that is “Anti-Normal” Two years ago, Gap Inc. put such celebrities as Anjelica Huston and Elisabeth Moss in simple outfits—button-downs and blazers, jeans and airy, dull-hued blouses—and told shoppers to “Dress Normal” for its fall ad campaign. It backfired. Sales slumped over [...]

In The Headlines Aging Infrastructure Exposes Airlines to Risk of Outages Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that recently grounded about 2,000 Delta flights because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, according to airline industry and technology [...]

In The Headlines PepsiCo Makes a Big Bet on Craft Soda” PepsiCo says the emerging “craft” soda industry is a trend that is here to stay. And that is why the company is vowing to make a bolder investment on the category as it aims to convince millennials that soda can [...]

In The Headlines Will Our Graying Workforce Taking a Toll on Productivity?” Population aging is expected to be a drag on U.S. growth, and the hit could be substantial. The retirement of baby-boomers in the decade between 2010 and 2020 will lower GDP growth per capita by 1.2% a year from [...]

In The Headlines Is TV About to Lose its Hold on Brand Advertising?” Television has long been the favorite entertainment habit in America and beyond, and as a result TV commercials have been the world's favorite way to sell people soda and laundry detergent. But that is changing. Money spent globally [...]

In The Headlines Are Declining Middle Class Fortunes a Global Problem?” From Brexit to Donald Trump, it seems that current events are telling us the man on the street is angry and wants change. A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, with the chilling title Poorer than their Parents: Flat [...]

In The Headlines Beginning of the End of “Too Big to Fail?” The “never a bailout” crowd might soon get a boost from Washington. A bill designed to help a big bank through a potential Lehman Brothers-style collapse without using taxpayer money is receiving broad support on Capitol Hill. The Financial [...]

In The Headlines Bad Loans Threaten China’s Banking System Predictions of a Chinese banking system bailout are getting more numerous and coming from more mainstream sources. What was once the fringe view of market bears and short sellers is now increasingly being adopted by economists at some of the world’s biggest [...]

In The Headlines Life after Brexit: Potential Impacts for the U.S. Economy Voters in the United Kingdom chose to exit from the European Union (EU). The move, commonly referred to as Brexit, is expected to jolt the U.S. economy, rattling financial markets and driving up the value of the dollar. It [...]

In The Headlines Mattel’s Re-invents Barbie (Again) Mattel has been trying to remake the image of Barbie for years, lately by expanding her ambitions beyond just collecting clothes to entering professions ranging from politics to sports to being a video game developer. The Game Developer Barbie sports glasses, blue jeans, and [...]