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One week ago today on his company’s web site, Nicholas Parks published a letter about Chrysler’s recent decision to close his dealership as one of nearly 1,100 facing a similar fate nationwide. In his letter, Parks warns the American people about the future of small business in the United States. I share the text of [...]
Texas Chrysler Dealer Warns Fellow Americans
May 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: · alvin, bankruptcy, bankruptcy law, buick, chevrolet, chrysler, chrysler bankruptcy, chrysler dealer, chrysler dealership, Ford, gmc, houston, houston auto dealers, houston auto dealers association, jeep, nicholas parks, pontiac, rogers dodge, rome is burning, texas, wealth transfer
Best Ads of the Year Announced at CLIO Awards
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Winners of the 2009 CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most prestigious international advertising and design competitions honoring creative excellence and innovation in the industry, were announced today. They recognize print, direct mail, radio, poster and billboard mediums, as well as the new strategic communications/public relations medium. Below are three of the winning entries I [...]
Tags: · ads, advertisements, advertising, advertising and design, advertising industry, billboard, clio, clio awards, crashed beds, direct mail, driver fatigue, Ford, ford expedition, mattel, poster, print, Public Relations, radio, rearview tricycle, scrabble, sleep before you drive, split objects, strategic communications
Ford Workers Not Afraid of a Little Competition
May 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Many Americans were surprised when Ford Motor Company turned down offers of federal bailout money at the same time General Motors and Chrysler accepted the strings-attached cash. As the parody video below demonstrates, the venerable automaker isn’t afraid of taking risks and doing things a bit different than its “Big Three” brethren. And [...]
Tags: · auto workers competition, automaker, bailout, bailout money, big three, chrysler, Ford, ford focus, ford motor company, ford plants, general motors, Parody, parody video, strings attached, the onion
Job Doesn’t Require GM CEO to Earn a Profit?
April 7th, 2009 · No Comments
One year after I offered to save Ford Motor Company $27.5 million by accepting an annual salary of $2 million in exchange for serving as the company’s CEO, I realized I should have made the offer to serve as the boss at General Motors instead.
New GM CEO Fritz Henderson is quoted in an autobloggreen report [...]
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Economic Stimulus Package to Crush Cars, Jobs
January 31st, 2009 · No Comments
The Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association has found something in the economic stimulus package its members don’t like. Known as the “Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program,” this item not only crushes cars, but it crushes jobs and businesses as well.
SEMA, a group dedicated to helping its members’ businesses in the automotive aftermarket succeed and prosper, contends the [...]
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