Tom Spencer

JULY 12, 2013

CanadaCo, the largest discount retailer in Canada, currently holds the dominant market share in the industry. USCo, the largest discount retailer in the United States, has decided to expand into Canada by purchasing CanadaCo’s competition. How should the CEO of CanadaCo respond? What other factors would you ask about?

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MishTalk

JUNE 11, 2015

Retail sales bounced 1.2% The consumer showed a lot of life in May, driving up retail sales 1.2 percent, excluding which retail sales still rose a very strong 1.0 Still, excluding both of these components, retail sales ex-auto ex-gas gained a very solid 0.7 percent, and nonstore retailers, up 1.4 percent gain.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. I had never heard of a retail business with such high profit margins. but was still profitable! I loved it.

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Case Interview Retail Finance Conference 59

MishTalk

JULY 9, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. an hour wages, but only for retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more. The response from the worlds largest retailer is hardly unexpected. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. Spains Retail Sales Decline 36th Month. Reuters reports Spains retail sales slump stretches to three years, hampering recovery.

Analysis 70

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IMC USA

JANUARY 20, 2011

Affinity offers full service capabilities; technical expertise and industry knowledge that adds value through an innovative approach to program strategy, from the design of products and services to the delivery of the marketing message. Visit [link]. for more information. and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital. consulting. by Euromoney.

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MishTalk

JULY 25, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. On Institutional Unloading vs. Retail Buying. Institutions have never dumped more stock onto retail investors as they have in the past 4 weeks. December 2008 (85). August 2008 (93).

Analysis 64

Analysis Trends Real Estate Case Interview 64

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

No industry is failing faster than retail. Just last month, the 125-year-old Sears—once the world’s largest retailer— filed for bankruptcy. Consultancy Catalina also revealed that 90 of the 100 top brands had all lost market share. Prasatporn Nilkumhaeng/EyeEm/Getty Images. Penney, and Barnes & Noble.

Retail 41

Retail Sales Productivity Industry 41

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Here is an interesting chart by reader Tim Wallace that shows growth on jobs in five distinct job categories: Construction, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Retail, and Government. Retail Trade.

Trends 74

Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 74

MishTalk

JULY 12, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Confederscenti, the Italian retailers’ association, says that three shops close for every one opening. Parts of some of Italy’s normally vibrant cities are becoming retail deserts.

Analysis 74

Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 74

MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Longer-term, Americans self-reported spending is much stronger than it was from late 2008 to late 2011, but continues to trail early 2008, before the recession gained momentum. Big Picture.

Trends 72

Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 72

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. February 02, 2013: Obamacare in Action: Retail Workweek Hits 3-Year Low. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate.

Analysis 76

Analysis Trends Real Estate Insurance 76

MishTalk

JULY 8, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. February 02, 2013: Obamacare in Action: Retail Workweek Hits 3-Year Low. Mish and Eric King discuss Gold, the Stock Market, the US Dollar, Sideline Cash, China, and US real estate.

Trends 77

Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 77

MishTalk

JULY 5, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and financial activities. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Trends Analysis Real Estate Survey 77

MishTalk

AUGUST 2, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Employment rose in retail trade, food services and drinking places, financial activities, and wholesale trade. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108).

Survey 75

Survey Real Estate Financial Advertising 75

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

percent in August from a year earlier - the lowest since 2008 when the economy was buffeted by the global financial crisis - compared with expectations for 8.8 Retail Sales: +11.9% Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. percent in July.

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Industry Government Retail Policies 75

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For a retailer, it’s extremely useful to know whether a customer will be back or has abandoned you for good. 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.

Retail 28

Retail Apparel Financial Case Interview 28

MishTalk

JULY 22, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. What applies to certain high-tech companies does not apply to the vast majority of manufacturing and retail sales businesses. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). July 2008 (104).

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2023

As companies continue to expand into new markets, the makeup of the workforce in our companies and communities served is becoming more diverse. Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008). 2008) The servant as leader. link] Doolittle, J. Greenleaf, R. Gregory, B.

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Culture Financial Leadership Deloitte 52

Harvard Business

JUNE 5, 2018

An example of the difficulties of competing for dependence can be seen in the rise of the “ DIY-economy ,” which was particularly pronounced after the 2008 recession. An example of competition for preference is the retail industry, which has long been a battleground for customer preferences. Competition for preference.

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Retail Examples Accenture Productivity 37

MishTalk

MARCH 27, 2014

The IMF’s board must still sign off on the package, Ukraine’s third since 2008, and the cabinet must complete “prior actions” to receive the first installment as early as April. percent of gross domestic product by 2016 and to raise retail energy tariffs toward their full cost, according to the Washington-based lender.

Financial 77

Financial Banking Government Retail 77

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 13, 2016

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, issued a statement immediately following the result in which he aimed to calm market sentiment. “The Bank of England stands ready to provide more than 250 billion pounds of additional funds through its normal market operations.” ” What did he mean by this?

Banking 60

Banking Financial Policies Government 60

MishTalk

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The number of part-time workers spiked in 2008, well before Obamacare was enacted, and has been slowly falling as a share of total employment since 2010. The spike in 2008 and the steady drift downward since then suggests the elevated level of part-time workers is more likely due to the economy''s weakness. Louis Fed (Fred) Website.

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Healthcare Trends Survey Policies 69

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. In 2008, the firm celebrated their silver anniversary of 25 years of extraordinary growth.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

MishTalk

DECEMBER 15, 2013

From 2008 through this year, the annual rise in the number of households has averaged less than 1 percent. Once the Boomer top 10-20% replace their auto fleets, real retail sales and real final sales per capita will again contract. A substantial (and lengthy) decline in the stock market is long overdue.

Automotive 77

Automotive Sales Data Report 77

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 11, 2018

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. Amazon is somewhat a special case: it began as a more ‘traditional’ retailer, owning inventory and selling it through an online marketplace platform. Amazon – a special case.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Retailers, grocery stores, and restaurants launched curbside pick-up. When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, the company faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies.

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Leadership Agile Operations Survey 62

MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Currency Crisis A second deflationary factor in Europe is the emerging market currency crisis. the Fed and others way overestimate the robustness of the jobs market. In the U.S., Wal-Mart, J.C.

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Banking Retail Healthcare Sales 78

MishTalk

MARCH 31, 2015

This is now showing up in numerous Canadian coincident data releases, with retail sales being the latest to miss expectations last Friday. Canada December Retail Sales On February 20, the Huffington Post reported Canadian Retail Sales Post Biggest Drop Since April, 2010. Statistics Canada said Friday retail sales fell 2.0

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Data Retail Sales Banking 28

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. In November 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee began releasing projections for real GDP growth four times per year in its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). The actual growth rate for 2008 turned out to be –2.8%—the

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Banking Study Policies 28

MishTalk

MAY 2, 2014

Employment gains were widespread, led by job growth in professional and business services, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and construction. Nonfarm employment remains just 113,000 below its January 2008 peak. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 288,000, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 6.3

Survey 76

Survey Report Sports Construction 76

Tom Spencer

MARCH 6, 2012

It is written into standard derivative and loan documentation such as the ISDA terms, and is used for an increasing range of retail products.” LIBOR, the “London InterBank Offered Rate”, is a benchmark which indicates the average rate at which leading banks can obtain unsecured funding in the London interbank market.

Benchmarking 99

Benchmarking Consulting Banking Financial 99

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

electric utilities during 2008-2015—a period in which the decentralized model was in its uncertain, nascent phase. their production capacity, which obviously varied considerably) and the competitive intensity of their markets (which ranged from perfect competition to near monopoly, because of regulatory differences between states).

Company 28

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

They exceed the peak levels in the crisis countries before 2008 in some cases, including such advanced economies as Australia, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, as well as Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand. These countries want to avoid property-related debt crises like those of 2008.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Government Banking Financial 28

Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, there was a lively debate among policy makers and academics about whether a similar gap “ between the skills workers have and the skills businesses say they need ” contributed to the increase in unemployment. The labor force adjusted to a new technology replacing an older one.

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Education Data Training Training 45

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The unemployment rate declined to 5.0%, the lowest since April 2008. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and construction. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

Survey 28

Survey Report Construction Retail 28

Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2013

Kearney’s services include strategy, innovation, sales & marketing, operations, strategic IT, and procurement. In 2008, Booz separated its operations from the U.S. Additional areas of expertise include new financial services channels, technologies and markets, retail financial services, and e-business. Consulting.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy& Strategy Strategy 83