MishTalk

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This month the retail sales consensus expectation was for a 0.3% In addition, last month's retail sales were revised lower to +0.0% Retail sales slowed in October but fundamentally remain solid. Sales rose only 0.1 Declines in the latter may be related to import-price effects which are deflating sales.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Yet despite these high stakes, and the growing adoption of sophisticated analytics, many retailers continue to take a broad-brush approach to running promotions that results in missed sales and profits. When are discounts most likely to stimulate a sufficient sales response? Who is most likely to respond (e.g.,

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 17, 2016

Complex organizations are a result of complex business strategies. Rewarded complexity drives a multifaceted growth strategy through a network of value-adding contact points across diverse teams, functions, and business units around the world. There is no reason for leaders to avoid complex strategies. This is a wise move.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Autos are the sales Energizer bunny. percent rise in September sales that keeps the stock-to-sales ratio for wholesalers unchanged at 1.31. percent rise in September sales that keeps the stock-to-sales ratio for wholesalers unchanged at 1.31. Excluding autos, the stock-to-sales wholesale ratio is unchanged at 1.27.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. The pressure on large companies in today’s equity markets is enormous, with expectations they will continue to produce outsized returns as PE ratios climb daily. Learning from Big Companies.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

A strategy execution and implementation firm based in Sweden, today the firm counts 59 of the U.S. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. For being a comparatively small firm, BTS has a very broad field of expertise: Strategy Execution. Marketing & Sales.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

To bridge this gap, we’ve identified seven tactics that pioneering brands have used to arrive at an effective digital strategy: Understand how digital serves different consumer segments. The cosmetic company responded with a new product, and backed it up with a dedicated consumer marketing plan. Use the right digital channels.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2015

percent in October against no change for sales, keeping the stock-to-sales ratio for this sector unchanged at 1.31. percent decline for sales. Inventory builds reflecting falling sales include metals and autos, though strong sales of the latter at the retail level point to a bounce back for related wholesale sales.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2013

We are now planning for a month or three months at best unlike six months or a year earlier," said Shantanu Dasgupta, vice president for corporate affairs and strategy at Whirlpool of India, the local arm of Whirlpool Corp (WHR), the world''s largest home appliance maker. "A How Can Businesses Operate in A currency Freefall?

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Appliances, entertainment items, infant products and hardware showed narrowing discounts, MarketTrak reported, while promotions for apparel, toys and electronics were getting bigger. Consumers were cautious going into the holidays, with sales at Macy's, Nordstrom Inc and Best Buy missing expectations in recent quarterly results.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. Financial asset managers have been out-price-cutting one another in exchange-traded funds in a bid to gain market share. Improving perception.

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MishTalk

MAY 22, 2015

percent) and apparel (minus 0.3 In New Mexico, market leader Health Care Service Corp. In Maryland, market leader CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield wants to raise rates 30.4% Poor Retail Sales Explained Economists have been struggling to explain poor retail sales and the slump in consumer attitudes. Gasoline fell 1.7

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

Measuring Marketing Insights. Companies deploying emotional-connection-based strategies and metrics to design, prioritize, and measure the customer experience find that increasing customers’ emotional connection drives significant improvements in financial outcomes. Insight Center. Sponsored by Google Analytics 360 Suite.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. That’s why it’s imperative to ensure your strategy deeply resonates with your organizational culture. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 15, 2016

So when the messaging service WhatsApp entered the market, in 2009 , allowing users to send messages to anyone for free and regardless of their mobile carrier, people gravitated toward the platform. WhatsApp was originally marketed as an app with one purpose: messaging. Direct messaging is the next frontier in digital marketing.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. How many sales do they have to close and in what time period? Not so fast.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

Erica Jackson, chief marketing officer of the Mendoza Marathon Corporation, had risen early to watch people line up to register for next year’s event and expected an enthusiastic crowd. She’d joined the company six weeks before, following a long stint as CMO of Atawear, a high-end sports apparel company.

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