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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).

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Defense, then Offense

CaseInterview.com

The reason this occurs is that these two things happen in a recession: First, some opportunities get destroyed (think: airlines, hotels, restaurants). Second, new opportunities emerge or grow dramatically (think: video conferencing, delivery services, telemedicine, PPE). This might be an opportunity to change sales messaging.

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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think

Harvard Business

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

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Pepsi, United, and the Speed of Corporate Shame

Harvard Business

United Airlines has leapt into a brand disaster of mythic proportions. Around the world, people watched a video of the bloodied man being dragged down the aisle. The company’s stock lost hundreds of millions of market cap , but the damage to the brand (and future sales) may be far higher. Three themes seem critical.

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Multi-Faceted May Equal Multi-Stupid

Henman Performance Executive

Never did I pine for a day when either could also let me watch a video. We want to get rid of this stuff” sale at Best Buy.( Everyone wants lower cost airlines, but unless the airline has done its homework, chances are it will end up in a low-cost war with Southwest and lose its uniform shirt.

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How are retailers responding to mobile shopping?

freshminds

Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. So what’s most interesting is that mobile sales are becoming a way for express payments whilst in stores themselves. Checking customer reviews.

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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business

A famous example is YouTube, which began as a video dating site back in 2005. The site failed to gain traction so the founders, leveraging what they learned while building the original platform, launched another version of the website focusing on sharing videos online, with significantly more success. customers in order to boost sales.