Brand reputation and perception is an important and often over looked aspect of business's success. From word of mouth to online reviews, a negative brand perception can effect the success of your business.
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(Reuters) — Some 10 million Dixons Carphone records containing personal data may have been accessed in a 2017 cyber attack, the British electronics and mobile phone retailer said on Tuesday, boosting an earlier estimate of 1.2 million.
It was the second major cyber attack in three years on the company, which has about 22 million customers in the U.K. and Ireland. It apologized to customers on Tuesday and said that an investigation into the hacks was nearly complete.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wichita, Kansas-based Gavilon Grain L.L.C. after two workers were fatally buried in a soybean storage bin.
According to media reports of the Jan. 2 incident, two men were buried under at least 20 feet of grain in a concrete grain elevator for nearly two hours.
An exciting part of starting a business or launching a new product is choosing a name.https://www.forbes.com/sites/artneill/2017/12/11/protecting-your-businesss-brand-starts-with-the-name/#137e76507919
The craft-beer industry prides itself on collaboration and congeniality, so it's always disheartening to see two small companies, especially those in Colorado, go after each other in court. But in the end, business is business.http://www.westword.com/restaurants/epic-brewing-sues-eddyline-brewing-over-epic-trademark-9681363
3D printing is on the verge of mainstream adoption, which will mean a fundamental shift in manufacturing. The driving force is not improvements to the technology, although those are also important, but rather a transformation in the industry’s business model.https://hbr.org/2017/10/3d-printing-gives-hackers-entirely-new-ways-to-wreak-havoc?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social
Managing your brand in the twenty-first century can be a tremendous challenge. Many factors impact your reputation, which is of growing concern for most entrepreneurs.https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295149
(Reuters) — A federal judge said current and former Wells Fargo & Co. officers and directors, including CEO Tim Sloan, must face nearly all of a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to hold them personally liable for sales abuses and the creation of millions of unauthorized accounts.http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20171005/NEWS06/912316331/Wells-Fargo-executives-board-directors-must-face-lawsuit-over-fake-accounts?utm_campaign=BI20171005DailyBriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign
(Reuters) — Property Claim Services (PCS), a Verisk Analytics company, estimated an insured loss of $125 million from a massive data breach disclosed last month by Equifax Inc., that has plunged the credit-monitoring company into crisis.http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20171002/NEWS06/912316241/Equifax-data-breach-to-cost-insurers-$125-million-Lloyds-Beazley?utm_campaign=BI20171002BreakingNewsAlert&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign
Small business owners say they're worried the Equifax hack could hurt both their personal finances and their businesses.http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/28/pf/equifax-small-business-lawsuit/index.html