On Site: www.ecampus.com
Originally published in Orientation 1999 Ecampus, esucks. Despite thousands of dollars spent on ecampus.com advertisements and promotions, the site lacks substance. Open since early July, the site promotes itself as the place for poverty-stricken students looking fo ra good deal on products like books, clothes and electronics. The reality is that the pickings are slim [...]
Boston Startups Find Success
If you’re a 21+ college student in Boston, you know what a typical weekend night downtown looks like. Each bar and club has a long, tedious line. From Avalon to JJ Foley’s to Ned Devine’s, there are lengthy lines full of people trying to get in. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you’ll get [...]
Big Money, Small Business
According to Reuters, the Obama administration wants Congress to enact or expand tax breaks for small businesses and remove barriers to start-ups, the ideas he proposed over the last year and which will feature in his 2013 budget next month.
Brand Bowl
The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League, is known for its high-profile advertisements that air during its television broadcast in the U.S. The event that generates more than 100 million fans every year is an advertiser’s biggest stage.
Clearing Out Filene’s Basement
Retailer Filene’s Basement filed for bankruptcy on November 2, 2011, and the store is officially dead and gone as of this month. The end is here. Brides will be running wild without the existence of the legendary discount retailer Filene’s Basement. The store had filed for bankruptcy on Nov 2, 2011. According to Boston.com, this [...]
