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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

MishTalk

Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Here are some retail sales comments from Bloomberg to help put things into perspective. percent in June, the most since February 2008. Sales dropped 2.2

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Two-thirds of companies with sales of $5,000,000 to $50,000,000 will change hands in the next 10 years (2011). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? Synergistic product line firm.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

MishTalk

Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 Kim notified me "the sale price was $3.99" and it was reflected on the receipt. was correct and then adjusted the weight of the product on the receipt to reflect the. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

MishTalk

Instead, it is sitting on a pile of cash worth about $280 million—50% higher than its pile a decade ago, equivalent to one-fifth its annual sales, and more than twice the level required for the firm to be deemed loan-worthy by a bank. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

With such an impressive list of early clients (including the United States of America), it is no wonder that by the end of the 1950s, Time Magazine dubbed Booz Allen Hamilton the “world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firms.” 2008 was when the split came, and Booz Allen Hamilton (parent company) divided in 2.

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Japan Near Stagnation Following 9 Months of Growth

MishTalk

Anecdotal evidence indicated that increased production, and expansions in sales teams, had compensated for strategic reductions in payroll numbers. Recall that prime minister Shinzo Abe wants taxes to double the sales tax rate from 5% to 10% by 2015 which will further decrease demand. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs.

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When Star CEOs and Star Analysts Disagree, the Market Trusts the Analysts

Harvard Business

On January 11, 2008, a day when the broader markets were only down three-quarters of 1%, American Express, led by legendary CEO Ken Chenault, dropped 10% when Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney lowered her rating of the firm. In all, we studied about 19,500 downgrades and 17,400 upgrades from 1996 to 2008.