With a higher degree of mandates from retailers, corporate legislation like Sarbanes-Oxley and a crowded product marketplace, it would appear that the consumer goods landscape is an unforgiving atmosphere full of revenue roadblocks.
As a New Jersey native, it's been tough to handle the endless barrage of jokes about big hair, shopping malls and the bizarre odors that perpetually cling to the Turnpike like a bad case of head lice.