A new review of popular multivitamins found that almost a third did not contain the amount of nutrients claimed in their labels. After testing 60 multivitamins, researchers at ConsumerLab.com found many had either too much or too little of specific nutrients.
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What are the major milestones in productivity throughout history? Here's a timeline of key events that helped increase human efficiency, including the commercial diary, Henry Ford's Model T car, and the invention of the world wide web. 1791 Benjamin Franklin’s posthumous autobiography described the founding father’s system for the pursuit of “Order”.
Read More »The FTC’s New Marketing Rules To Squash Greenwashing
It's been scarily simple for companies to make false claims about how good their products are for the environment, but now the government is stepping in. It's scarily simple for companies to make inauthentic "green" claims about their products. They can just slap an unregulated green seal of approval on their product.
Read More »Break Into the Daily Deals Space
Grouponone of the fastest growing companies everhas proven the formula works with its estimated $750 million IPO. Can still you break into the crowded daily deals space?
Read More »Want To Sell Product? Sleep With Your Customers
Knowing the bathroom, eating, and cleanliness habits of consumers can make or break a campaign. Question is: How far are you willing to go? How well would you say you know your consumer--not just the broad-stroke stuff, either, like their income or marital status
Read More »What Inc. Readers Travel With
What items can't you live without on the road? Inc. asked readers what technology and comforts they can't live without when crossing the country for business travel.
Read More »Another Thing NFC Could Change Forever: Product Warranties
Near-field wireless tech could reinvent not only your wallet, and how you shop--but also how you return defective products to the store under warranty. Near-field wireless tech may soon reinvent your wallet and how you shop--and now also how you return defective products under warranty to the store
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Read More »How to Prepare Your Business for Inflation
Norm Brodsky warns that a period of high inflation is coming and offers tips on what you need to do now. To me, it's obvious that we're heading into a period of high inflation. If you aren't old enough to remember doing business in the 1970s—under Ford and Carter—it's hard to appreciate how dramatically the economic environment changes when inflation rises above, say, 6 or 7 percent a year
Read More »Video: Consumer Reports’ top performing sunscreens
Dermatologist Kavita Mariwalla spoke with Russ Mitchell on Consumer Reports' top picks for the best performing sunscreens.
Read More »Why Best Buy Is Pulling The Plug On (Most) Electric Scooters And Motorcycles
No one is buying them because of charging confusion. Is there a future for electric two-wheelers sold as personal electronics? We proclaimed that electric motorcycles were going mainstream after Best Buy introduced the Brammo Enertia electric commuter bike to select stores in 2009.
Read More »Need a New Mobile Strategy?
It's not guesswork. Build solutions not just based on features and functions but in accordance to how your customers use handheld devices in their everyday lives. These days it is rare to find someone who doesn't rely on a smartphone or some kind of handheld device and a slew of mobile apps to stay productive at work, on the road or even in their home.
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Read More »Top sunscreen? Cheapest is best, report finds
The best sun protection money can buy turns out to be the cheapest. A new study by Consumer Reports found that the most effective sunscreens on the market are also the least expensive.
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