Ireport the following news from Beijing because it has not been widely covered in the United States:“Chanting the slogan ‘Wo jiu xihuan Zhongguo ying,’ which roughly translates to ‘I love it when China wins,’ over 1...
Restaurants that have never been shy about offering meal discounts to drive traffic are growing even bolder as they compete for dollars that consumers don’t want to give up easily in bad economic times. ...
NEW YORK —National ad campaigns are rarely done for collections of mall-based restaurants, but Time Warner Center is making an exception to build on what management says...
Spring is a time of renewal, and early into the season several chains have hired new agencies to give their brands a fresh look, and one is reinventing itself with a new identity. The reasons vary, but they’re...
CHICAGO National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. —The “greening” of the restaurant industry and hot trends in alcoholic beverages will be the...
With all of the election year talk about illegal-immigration reform, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there are plenty of immigrants living in this country legally, working, raising families and hoping for a piece...
In the early 1990s, Phil Greifeld and two partners tried to make a go of operating home-furnishings stores in the Northeast. It didn’t work out, and by 1995 they liquidated the business. “Then I had to...
As restaurant chains increase their efforts to target 18- to 34-year-olds, they’re quickly finding the best place to reach them is where they spend much of their time: on the phone. The latest chains to...
As KFC gears up for a major rebranding initiative with the launch of “grilled” chicken next year, some competitors are taking aim at the segment leader and questioning its plan while others say their...
