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Another Round-Trip in Crude; Search for Inflation; Another Bout of Asset Deflation Hell Coming Up

MishTalk

Recall the hyperinflation talk in June of 2008 when crude hit $147? Another major component showing upward pressure in July is apparel which rose 0.3 Crude prices are back to where they were in 2004. Before that, crude previously topped near $41 in September of 1990! It's been yet another round trip in crude. percent.

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When a Simple Rule of Thumb Beats a Fancy Algorithm

Harvard Business

As they reported in a paper published in 2008 , rule-of-thumb methods were generally as good or even slightly better at predicting individual customer behavior than sophisticated models. What they found surprised them.

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Think About Any Risk Like an Investor

Harvard Business

Sara Campbell, a talented dress designer, sold the majority of her apparel as a private label supplier to national chains. When both Talbots and Laura Ashley collapsed in the financial crisis of 2008, Sara suddenly lost the vast majority of her revenues.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business

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. The roles that already tend to get lots of attention at most companies are: Indispensable senior leaders. Connectors in the middle.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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