Wharton dropped its enjoyable role-playing format in order to cram in more serious lectures, reflecting the gravity of the times.

FORBES: We Won't Get Fooled Again

You know, my hardcore following would probably be fine with any format that I released in, but in order to embrace a new audience and perhaps a younger audience who were maybe too young to remember me from the first time around, I needed to find something to differentiate what I was doing.

ENGADGET: Thomas Dolby's Wild Ride

The two-year format need not be rigid or in any particular order, but it should include all four components.

FORBES: Grownup Training

Its rival, Best Buy, has decided to close 50 of its large-format stores in the U.S. in order to save costs.

FORBES: RadioShack Needs Big Changes To Fight Its Slide

He saw in the traditional blog format links with commentary, presented in reverse chronological order the potential for a leaner, more accountable publishing model aimed at niche audiences, or verticals, that could be bundled together when selling advertising.

NEWYORKER: Search and Destroy

Smaller formats learned a long time ago the smaller format equated to lower sales volume and that in turn required higher margins in order to generate an acceptable level of return.

FORBES: Walmart Testing Express C-Store Concept