Geoff Jones

Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life

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A Supermarket War in Store

So Tesco didnt buy Albertsons (see my previous entry here) which is good news for Tesco shareholders here in the UK. A US based retailer Supervalu did instead as part of a consortium which seems to make a lot of sense to me. Good story here including a glance at the problems Walmart seem to be having keeping top staff.
also Motley fool have a good article here saying that CVS will be the real winner as they are buying 700 of the Albertsons pharmacies thus cementing their role as the USA’s largest pharmacist.

Fall of the traditional wedding album?

Neat idea this:-
Entrepreneurial-minded wedding photographers John Andrews and Eric Hegwer have added “iPod Proofs” to their services, featuring custom-engraved his-and-hers video iPods with music, photos and slideshows of your wedding, including all photos they make. (Hence, proofs. A better name, I think, would be iPod Keepsakes.)

Fits in with my idea of establishing a franchise that goes around elders houses, documenting all their prized possesions with a little history of how they acquired them and what they would like to happen to them when they die. (Maybe I should ask Caroline if some of her well heeled customers would be interested!)

Pees on Earth – Gridskipper

Awesome picture (who took it, I wonder?)
Yep, this is pretty much what you expect — a book about pee. Not just peeing anywhere, but peeing all over the place. New York, Miami, Shanghai, and other worldwide locales get the business in photographer Ellen Jong’s Pees on Earth: A Pissin’ Mission.