SAN FRANCISCO – After months of upheaval within the company, Travis Kalanick has stepped down as the CEO of Uber and will be replaced by a tired foreign student who has to pick up a few ext…
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Amazon acquires Whole Foods in bid to corner market on privileged white people
SEATTLE — Online retailing giant Amazon (TSX: AMZN-Q) announced this week plans to acquire supermarket chain Whole Foods (TSX: WFM-Q) in what company spokesman Larry Wilson acknowledged is an at…
Sears Canada renames itself ‘Bombardier’ so government will bail it out of bankruptcy
TORONTO – Sears Canada has renamed itself to ‘Bombardier, Department Store Division’ in an effort to receive billions from the government and stave off declaring bankruptcy. The new corpora…
WestJet realizes it can expand its business by also flying east
CALGARY – After twenty-one years in the commercial aircraft industry, WestJet Airlines has finally started offering flights that fly in an eastward direction. “It’s a huge departure for us,…
Controversy erupts after retailer unveils line of sexy Handmaid’s Tale Halloween costumes
SHENZHEN, CHINA – An online retailer finds itself in hot water after unveiling its line of ‘sexy’ Handmaid’s Tale Halloween costumes. The outfit, consisting of a skimpy re…
Rogers unveils new ‘Unlimited Cost’ cell phone plan
TORONTO – Telecom giant Rogers Communications Inc. has expanded its selection of mobile plans by announcing its new “Unlimited Cost” option. “With our latest plan, the data might still be limited…
Amazing! This highly effective dating app matches singles based on their targeted ads
Moments after Googling the phrase ‘skinny jeans not too skinny’, Reg Hofstetter saw the following targeted ad: ‘If you like these jeans, you might also like Sheila.’ The result? He super did. Thi…
Pickle Barrel still most popular restaurant with people who steal individually packaged jams
OTTAWA – In a new marketing campaign, chain restaurant The Pickle Barrel is appealing directly to a historically undervalued consumer base: people who steal individually packaged jams. “People wh…
Mountain Dew courts evangelical consumers with ‘What Dew would Jesus Do’ campaign
NEW YORK – In what is already being hailed as a novel and innovative attempt to reach out to America’s crucial Evangelical consumer base, PepsiCo subsidiary Mountain Dew has announced a new promo…
New S’well water bottle automatically charges you per sip
NEW YORK – S’well, the company known for selling $62 water bottles, announced on Monday that they will begin automatically charging customers for every sip consumed. The new feature, tradem…
