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A food-safety scare is one of the fastest ways to shake a restaurant stock, and Yum! Brands (YUM) just lived through one. Its most important brand, Taco Bell, spent much of July tied to a widening cyclospora outbreak. Sales fell, foot traffic dropped, and the stock slid as investors braced for a long recovery. Then […]

The descendant of a once-leading tire and rubber company, Uniroyal Holding Inc., is winding up its operations, and its iconic brand name will soon disappear as a functioning entity. Uniroyal Holding Inc., which was a subsidiary of the former Uniroyal tire company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to satisfy all personal injury and wrongful […]

Just a few years ago, Chili’s was a brand in trouble. Now, it’s a verified turnaround success story. “Chili’s delivered another strong quarter with industry-leading growth of +9%, rolling the industry-leading growth from last year for a 2-year comp sales growth of +43%,” said Brinker International CEO Kevin Hochman said in the company’s second-quarter earnings […]

“I used to be with ‘it,’ but then they changed what ‘it’ was,” Grandpa Abe Simpson said in “The Simpsons” Season 7, Episode 24, titled “Homerpalooza.” “Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore, and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you!” Or, to put it into retail terms: “If you’re […]

While the main divide in the world of airline choices will often come down to low-cost or mainstream, the hidden third category is the vacation or leisure airline. The term is generally used for airlines whose network is made up primarily of popular holiday, resort or beach destinations. A major example of the holiday airline […]