Business Facts

    Random Business Facts

    There are 75 Business Facts!

    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
    342
    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
    100
    There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.
    93
    Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
    7
    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
    11
    Dmitry Argakov
    Dmitry Argakov
    A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.
    48
    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
    5
    Google's Mower Goats
    Google's Mower Goats
    Rather than using mechanical mowers, Google regularly employs a flock of 200 goats to naturally mow and fertilise the lawns.
    28