MishTalk

MARCH 3, 2014

Here are some bullet points from the latest Black Knight Financial Services (formerly LPS Mortgage Monitor) release on 3/4/2014. 2008 (down 60% Y/Y) Property sales remained relatively strong (total year 2013 was up 8.4% Loan originations declined to the lowest point since Nov. 709K vs. 2.3M million at the same time last year.

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MishTalk

MARCH 11, 2014

Wholesale Inventories Rise, but Sales Drop Sharply. wholesale inventories rose more than expected in January, as companies built up stocks of autos and machinery, though sales posted their largest decline in nearly five years. Sales at wholesalers fell 1.9 Economists had forecast sales to edge up 0.2 Finance reports U.S.

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MishTalk

JUNE 11, 2015

Retail sales bounced 1.2% Auto sales were known to be strong ahead of the report, likely steering economists in the right direction. The consumer showed a lot of life in May, driving up retail sales 1.2 A leading component in the month was motor vehicle sales which jumped 2.0 Ex-auto sales are up 1.0%

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I was perusing online stories about today''s release of pending homes sales data from the National Association of Realtors. NAR : Pending Home Sales Edge Up in November CNBC : US pending home sales rise 0.2 percent Calculated Risk : Pending Home Sales Index increased 0.2% Here are a few sample headlines. percent to 101.7

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2016

Icing on the miserable cake comes from the commerce department report on Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales for November 2015. Both sales and inventories declined. Sales Down 0.2 percent from November 2014 Inventories Down 0.2 percent from November 2014. The November 2014 ratio was 1.32.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2016

Despite glowing reports of last minute Christmas sales, none of which I believed, December retail sales are best described as awful. Retail sales proved disappointing in December, down 0.1 Retail sales proved disappointing in December, down 0.1 Ex-auto sales also fell 0.1 Total sales rose only 2.1

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 25, 2017

Ask any organization what’s happening in the sales department on the last few days of the month and the entire last week of any fiscal quarter. Sales teams are closing deals, at all costs. million sales transactions from the anonymized data of 151 U.S. companies over nine consecutive quarters (Q1 2014 through Q1 2016).

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MishTalk

JUNE 11, 2014

Over the previous half-century — when the United States had a smaller population — annual sales had averaged 660,000. Sales of the priciest 1 percent of homes are up 21.1 Meanwhile, in the other 99 percent of the market, home sales have fallen 7.6 percent in 2014. percent so far this year, following a gain of 35.7

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character.

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1 to 1

JANUARY 9, 2014

customerexperience customerloyalty customerservice customerstrategy mobilepayments sales' There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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MishTalk

JULY 14, 2015

A month ago, following the Expected Retail Sales Bounce , I stated " A sales snapback was coming at some point. How Much Longer Can Subprime Auto Sales Lead? Economists predicted a rise in sales of 0.3%. Actual sales came in at -0.3 May was the month following months of disappointments. " Total (excl. dealers … -1.0

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Retail sales are down month-over-month and year-over-year in July. Expect Slower Growth It''s safe to say Spain''s growth has slowed if retail sales slowed. Debt and Deficits Back in April, I noted Public Debt Threatens to Exceed 100% of GDP in 2014. The alleged recovery in Spain is already over. between March and June, and 1.2%

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 23, 2015

November new home sales came at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 490,000 vs. an economic consensus of 503,000. Rising construction is bringing supply into the housing sector and helping to lift new home sales, which rose 4.3 At the current sales rate, supply is at 5.7 Price data are also constructive, up 6.3

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MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2015

100% of economists predicted yields on the long end of the US treasury curve would rise in 2014. The 5Yr-3Yr spread is 50 basis points (about half of what it was at the beginning of 2014). percentage points in March 2014. Instead, they dropped all year. 2.47 -1.49 10-Year Orange 3.04 1.86 -1.18 5-Year Blue 1.75 1.33 -0.42

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MishTalk

JANUARY 5, 2016

Domestic Car Sales Cap Record Year With Up (and Down) Month US car sales are going to have a record year in 2015, clearly one of the bright spots in the US economy. December New Car Sales Decline Today I note from Bloomberg that Domestic New Car Sales Declined in December. " Car Sales Poised for Their Best Year Ever.

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MishTalk

MARCH 10, 2015

The US Commerce Department Monthly Wholesales Report for January 2015 shows sales are down while inventories continue to rise. Wholesale Trade Sales Sales down 3.1% from the revised December level Sales for December revised lower by 0.5% Sales down 1.0% from December Sales of nondurable goods were down 4.6%

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2016

December new home sales surged well over the high end Econoday estimate. The outlook for the housing sector just got a boost from a sharp jump in new home sales, up 10.8 With builders slow to bring new homes to market, low supply remains a central factor holding back sales. For full year 2015, new home sales rose 14.7

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today the NAR released the Pending Home Sales Index, a measure of expected sales on existing homes. Pending home sales in November declined for the third time in four months as buyers continue to battle both rising home prices and limited homes available for sale. The pending home sales index was down 0.9

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MishTalk

JUNE 15, 2015

Following the rebound in consumer spending (heavily weighted to subprime auto sales), economists expected a rebound in Industrial Production. percent which is the lowest rate since January 2014. How Long Can Auto Sales Hold Up? Car sales are registered when dealers take delivery. Capacity utilization fell 2 tenths to 78.1

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1 to 1

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Bluewolf, a global business consulting firm, interviewed 1,000+ Salesforce.com customers in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management and made some interesting discoveries about trends in Salesforce usage and practices that are relevant for marketing, sales, and customer service leaders. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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BCG

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Sales numbers may be stable, or even growing, yet profitability has begun to decline. Sales are now stagnating or declining, while profit margins turn markedly negative. See Transformation: The Imperative to Change, BCG report, November 2014.) Typically, business problems unfold in three phases. Winning in the Medium Term.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2015

So much for those allegedly strong Christmas sales. In fact, sales of nearly everything were down in the today''s Commerce Department Retail Sales Report for December 2014. Retail sales were down 0.9% November Month-over-month retail sales, autos, general merchandise, and ex-auto sales are all lower.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 16, 2014

However, we will penalize banking exposure to bonds contained in the trading book, i.e., those that are available for immediate sale." "The ECB will not force European banks to adjust to market value of sovereign debt portfolios that are classified as held to maturity.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

These challenges forced BioLite to reevaluate our approach and customize our sales methods to a market that demands an entirely different way of doing business. It was a good idea in theory, but ultimately it was too passive as a sales approach: Simply placing our HomeStove on a shelf did not lead to uptake. Here’s the thing.

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MishTalk

MAY 13, 2015

Economists were surprised by the dismal retail sales report this morning. The Bloomberg Consensus retail sales estimate was a rise of 0.0%, but sales came in at 0.0% Retail sales were unchanged in April vs Econoday expectations for a 0.2 Retail sales were unchanged in April vs Econoday expectations for a 0.2

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The meeting here came a week after Olli Rehn, the European Union’s commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, warned that Italy and Spain faced debt and deficit problems under their current spending plans for 2014. The sales include a 3% stake in Eni, the energy company, plus stakes in seven companies in total.

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MishTalk

JULY 28, 2017

percentage point for 2014, was revised up 0.3 Inventories were negative for the quarter as sales were higher than expected. Real GDP rose an as expected 2.6% Revisions took the first quarter down to 1.2% Real GDP was revised up 0.2 percentage point for 2015, and was revised down 0.1 percentage point for 2016.

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MishTalk

JULY 7, 2014

Markit''s Eurozone Retail PMI shows Eurozone retail sales flat as declines falls in France and Italy offset German gains. The Markit Eurozone Retail PMI which tracks month-on-month changes in like-for-like retail sales read 50.0 and indicative of a flat trend in sales. Moreover, June’s decrease was the sharpest so far in 2014.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Japanese core inflation last month fell below 1 per cent to a 13 month low, just weeks before prime minister Shinzo Abe heads to the polls to garner fresh support to push back a scheduled rise in sales tax. Stripped of any impact of the sales tax rise in April, core prices are up 0.9 Retail sales dropped 1.4

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 17, 2014

Melissa Agnes, President and co-founder of Agnes + Day, has been asked by NATO to organize, moderate and sit on a panel for their upcoming conference titled “Social Media: Impact for [NATO] Partners” The conference is being held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 23rd and 24th, 2014. . Twitter : @WCM_JustSocial.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Forbes explains Venezuela, Argentina Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Expected Sales And Earnings. Due to devaluations in currencies like the Venezuelan bolivar, Argentine peso and Turkish lira, to name a few, the consumer product giant said that it is lowering its outlook for its full-year 2014 sales and earnings.

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1 to 1

MAY 7, 2014

In an odd twist of fate, one recent study conducted by the University of British Columbia''s Sauder School of Business concluded that rude retail associates might actually boost sales. Customer Experience Customer Strategy Sales Effectiveness customerbehavior customerexperience retailstrategy retailsurvey retailtrends salesstrategies'

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Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

Within an investment bank, the work is split into many roles including investment banking, sales and trading, equity research, risk management, operations, and technology. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products. Sales people communicate with investors to sell financial products.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

GDP Declines 1.6%, Setting Stage for Delay in [Another] Sales-Tax Increase. Financial Times : Sales Tax Tips Japan Back Into Recession Financial Times Reports. Flashback September 8, 2014 : Japanese Economy Contracts Bigger than Expected 7.1% Eight Point Explanation Japan''s sales tax increased from 5% to 8%. Good grief!

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 3, 2014

In December 2013, Search Engine Watch blogged that mobile sales have already overtaken desktop sales, and mobile Internet usage is predicted to overtake desktop internet usage by 2014. If your website is not mobile-optimized, you’re inadvertently making it harder for your client to reach you.

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BCG

AUGUST 29, 2016

The 2014 report examined the importance of divestitures to creating value. And more often than not, buy-side and sell-side decisions are closely intertwined, as in when companies need to free up cash to buy a promising prospect or antitrust authorities require the sale of certain assets as part and parcel of a major acquisition.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2014

n a second recall, GM said its dealers will inspect, and replace if needed, the windshield wiper module assembly in about 4,800 of the 2013 and 2014 model year Chevrolet Caprice police cars and 2014 Chevrolet SS sport sedans. Auto sales bounced back after a decline in April. due to the potential cracking. How long can this last?

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