Winter Attire for a Sales Guy

Now, when you are a sales guy and posted in a really cold territory like Chicago, I can bet that your total cost to company is going to be less than your peers outside Chicago. The main reason for this being the extremely high cost of "good" winter wear.

Two aspects define winter wear for a sales guy - (1) must look presentable (2) must keep you alive (or warm)

Walking into top a retailer store such as JC Penny, Macy's or Sears should take care of (1)  and (2), but should burn a nice deep hole in your wallet too. 

Best bet would be Burlingtons that strikes a balance between (1) and (2) and leave you with a relatively low bill of USD 350-400. 

The Consumer Market

My first blog and I want to keep it straight. The US and Global markets are taking a plunge and everybody's got questions, suggestions, answers and cribs. An interesting observation is that one argument seems to counter the other creating a balmy zero sum game.

The Consumer Market, my field of play, takes the first hit as discretionary spending shrinks and people begin to hold their cash close to their heart. Silicon biggies cut costs, lay people off and sell businesses. TI wants to sell off its baseband part of the wireless business. SanDisk loses Samsung as a potential buyer, as flash prices crash and the business is evaluated as unprofitable and "deteriorating" by Samsung.

In the consumer space, the rot begins at the silicon level and then traverses into the OEMs, manifesting itself as R&D budget cuts.