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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

MishTalk

Case Against The Fed. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Rate of decline in retail sales accelerates for second straight month.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

MishTalk

Case Against The Fed. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. Amidst all the happy talk that Europe is on the verge of some sort of recovery, here is yet another counterpoint: European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year Low. in June, bringing total sales for the first six months of the year to just 6.44 Home Builders.

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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

Case Against The Fed. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Bloomberg reports REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. This Week in Money Interview. Home Builders. Urban Digs.

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

MishTalk

Case Against The Fed. 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. Sales dropped 2.2 Retail Sales vs. Last Year.

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Job Description: What’s a Management Consultant?

The Clever Consultant

Based on their latest intelligence, their competitors are not seeing similar dips in sales. Someone in the tablets division, who may be responsible for the sales problem in the first place? The BLS tells us that in 2010, the median salary for a management consultant in the U.S. Something’s going on, but what?

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Due to the boom of the internet, nearly one third of apparel and footwear was sold online in 2018 (vs 1% in 2010). To understand the target customers on this level, methods such as focus groups, surveys, interviews, and case studies can be successful. Psychographic segmentation.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

M&A case framework. Firms typically look at four areas when working on M&A cases. The first area consultants typically analyze in M&A cases is the market. It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview. M&A Case Examples. The market. Apple Acquisition.