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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. What is the value of the individual and combined entities? Image: Pexels.

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Gasoline Expenditure Forecast at Lowest Levels in 11 Years

MishTalk

household is expected to spend about $550 less on gasoline in 2015 compared with 2014, as annual motor fuel expenditures are on track to fall to their lowest level in 11 years. per gallon from its 2014 peak in late April and the lowest price since October 2009. The average U.S. The price for U.S. mpg in the same time frame.

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The Dark Art of Black Friday Logisitics

freshminds

In November 2010 a new day of high street sales hit the UK as the rise of multinational retailers and online shopping brought American 'Black Friday' across the Atlantic. In 2014 Asda sold a month’s worth of TVs in 45 minutes, 16,000 tablets in an hour, and 60% of its entire Black Friday stock was sold in just two hours.

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How are retailers responding to mobile shopping?

freshminds

Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. What’s more, making these reviews available in store can add to the social proof that products have been well received. Checking customer reviews.

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America's First Marijuana Stores Open in Colorado; Record Opium Crop in Afghanistan; Six Beneficiaries of "War on Drugs"

MishTalk

Colorado ushers in the new year as the first US state to allow retail cannabis sales. Marijuana users celebrated as Colorado became the first US state to allow retail cannabis sales, putting it in the vanguard of efforts across the country to legalize the drug. The market is huge: from $1.4

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. These unpriced natural capital costs are generally internalized until events like floods or droughts cause disruption to production processes or commodity price fluctuation.

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Social Media Is Too Important to Be Left to the Marketing Department

Harvard Business

But marketing managers simply are not trained to deal with questions or complaints about service, product performance, or other nonmarketing requests. Distributing social responsibilities to relevant people across the organization can be efficient, be effective, and help make one-on-one customer engagement scalable.

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