Motorcycle Brand Complexity
I’ve been thinking about why Harley-Davidson had a significant negative Net Income for the year of 2009. My thinking led me to look at the number of models that H-D has. They seem to have very few engines and very many models per engine. This seemed like a slow moving and high cost product strategy. [...]
Are we saying ‘goodbye’ to Cadbury as we know it?
Allow me to start by stating simple facts of the case: Cadbury is a medium size British maker of higher quality everyday chocolates and chewing gums. Kraft is a huge multinational consumer packaged goods conglomerate. Cadbury chocolate, when made in Britain or Australia, is sweet but very good. Cadbury chocolate, when made in the USA [...]
iPad: not a Kindle killer
As we all know Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, announced a new Apple product today. For better or worse this product is called the iPad. While I don’t like this name, I understand why they chose it. The word tablet is associated with a PC or full computer. That combined with the fact that the iPad [...]
the flow stopper
I have had this idea bouncing around in my head for the past 10+ years. The idea is relatively simple and exists in certain, more industrial environments. My idea is to have a product that would enable the user to stop the flow of water at the sink by activating a foot pedal. This would [...]
ducati pricing
For a little while now I have been interested in the Ducati GT1000 as a possible for my next motorcycle. Since I am a little obsessive about certain things, motorcycles is one of these things. I researched by looking at the specs and reading as many reviews as possible. I also researched the GT’s cousin, [...]
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