Updated 5/21/2025
Originally published in May 2012, this post is so outdated it’s laugh-out-loud funny…original title…Adele…eep.
Some fans without using AI may be able to answer the following question:
What information in this post changed?
Note that the underlying theme of this post is evergreen.
She doesn’t have runway model looks, doesn’t dress provocatively, and has no gimmicks added to her music, says 60 Minutes reporter Anderson Cooper.
However, what Adele does have, besides talent, is a grasp of business principles.
Consider: After her Grammy win several years ago, the singing sensation took a part-time job in a record shop sorting and labeling CDs.
Her presence baffled fellow employees. But Adele’s seemingly odd behavior had a commonsense purpose: She wanted to learn more about music and what people were buying. Hopefully, the store manager educated his workers about market research and its value.
Today, fans are buying Adele’s records to the tune of 100,000 weekly albums. And nothing is baffling about that.
Lesson: Working in a retail location is one way to learn about the latest trends and what customers buy.
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