The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer

Taubman's life and business philosophy can be summed up in one evocative phrase: Threshold Resistance. Understanding and defeating that force - breaking down the barriers between art and commerce, between shoppers and merchandise, between high culture and popular taste - has been his life's work... [more]

"Threshold Resistance is the physical and psychological barrier that stands between a shopper and the inside of a store..."

-Malcolm Gladwell, THE NEW YORKER

Politics vs. the People
In the November elections of 2008, the citizens of Michigan decided the issue of embryonic stem cell research in our state...

University of Michigan Medical Center’s Holiday Visitor
On the day after Christmas, the accused "underwear bomber" was being treating at the University of Michigan Medical Center... [Go to Alfred's Blog]