Posted on 11/12/2010 2:08:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
First Lady Michelle Obama may be America’s brightest star—outshining leaders from Washington to Hollywood. In a favorability poll conducted by Gallup in July, she topped the list, ranking higher than Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore. Last month, CNN placed her approval rating at 65%—20 points above her husband’s—and Forbes named her the most powerful woman in the world.
With every TV appearance or press shot, she moves markets. Research by New York University business professor David Yermack, published in this month’s Harvard Business Review, reveals that Obama’s style choices have contributed $2.7 billion to the retail sector. Companies see a 2.3% stock gain when she dons their products—five times that of a typical celebrity endorsement.
What’s her secret? Experts say it’s smart and strategic brand management. Just two years ago, she was criticized as “abrasive” and a potential “liability.” She absorbed the feedback and retaliated with a brand makeover that boosted her approval rating 22 points since 2008. ForbesWoman breaks down her strategy....
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Oh no! LOL!
Forbes? Like the flat tax guy? A financial mag? WTH?
Lies. What r they building her up 4?
The liberal media, including Forbes apparently, are totally in the tank for Obama?
Well, that didn't take 500 words.
Shine like a Wookie.
I think she uses bacon grease.
Didn’t I read of a couple designers who have dressed
her going bankrupt?
You can shine 'most anything up with Kiwi.
This is satire, right? The Forbes Onion??
I always hear people gushing about her like shes Jackie O.
ewwww. Look at him staring at her panty lines. Sooooo gross.
She has absolutely no sense when it comes to dressing.
She looks like an ill-favored person doing the hokey pokey.
I actually feel sorry for her because she looks so awful. She’s ungainly (her feets too big) and has absolutely no understanding of the social graces, limited though they may be in our time. That’s because of her upbringing so you really can’t blame her, but at the same time, if she cared, she could have learned.
And it’s not because she’s black (unlike her white husband, who has no excuse). I have known many whites who have come from modest backgrounds and have had to take classes or get personal coaching on things like speech and etiquette if they wanted to play with the big boys.
Wear a sparkly boob belt.
Hopefully not a writing competition.
She'd beat the crap out of you.
Panty lines?
Forbes has really turned into a business version of JFK Jr.’s George. A gossip mag masquerading as a business publication. I mean, they named Michelle Obama as the most powerful woman in the world. Not Angela Merkel, Julia Gillard or Sarah Palin—that says it all. This article sounds like it was lifted from People or Gawker.
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