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Entries from January 2009

eCommerce will thrive in 2009

January 31st, 2009 View Comments

So despite the economic downturn, eCommerce projections estimate that online retail will continue to thrive as budget constrained customers turn to the internet for their product research and to get a good deal.
Our old friends at eMarketer has some good tats showing how US online retail grew 6% in 2008 compared with 2% for the [...]

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Twitter Icebreaker Giveaway

January 27th, 2009 View Comments

Right, so it’s time to start our first Twitter contest and we’d like to start with one of the coolest brands right now “Icebreaker”.

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Basic Trail Etiquette

January 15th, 2009 View Comments

No one has written a book on trail etiquette yet, and that is probably a good thing. Hikers are an independent lot, but one thing we all share is a common respect for our surroundings (Earth). After all, it’s the only one we have. It makes me angry when I’m hiking a pristine [...]

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First Aid on the Trail

January 15th, 2009 View Comments

If anything can go wrong, it will. Murphy’s Law applies doubly on the trail. Anyone who chooses to leave the comforts of civilization without basic first aid knowledge and a serviceable first aid kit is on a fool’s errand.
When things go wrong in the wilderness, they go wrong quickly and emphatically. A [...]

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Hypothermia

January 15th, 2009 View Comments

Hypothermia is one of the predominant causes of death out in the wilderness. It is a quiet killer – mainly because it impairs your judgment when you need it most. Simply put, hypothermia is your body failing to maintain its temperature due to outside influences. It slows your metabolism, and untreated, eventually [...]

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