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New Regulations Place Sustainability and ESG at the Center of National and Global Business Competitiveness

Brimstone Consulting

Your strategy needs to consider current and future sustainability and ESG rules and regulations and market realities. PFAS are used in hundreds of thousands of products, from nonstick pans to water-repellent sports gear, to stain-resistant rugs. 2023 is the year when multiple sustainability-related regulations will come fully online.

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

It is a critical step towards identifying growth opportunities in business and should be carried out before undertaking any of the following actions: Developing customized marketing programs (e.g. Determining appropriate product pricing (e.g. Prioritizing new product development efforts. Choosing specific product features.

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The Five Pillars of Marketing Success

The Fearless Marketer

Does the following give a pretty good picture of your current marketing activity? Now there’s nothing wrong with any of those marketing activities. It’s not that you need to do more marketing, it’s that you need to shift your marketing paradigm from one of “Randomness” to one that is “Focused.”. Kind of vague, right?

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business

In the lean-manufacturing context, in contrast, assembly line workers learn to execute a variety of production tasks, take responsibility for product quality, and are encouraged to find ways to improve the production process. Workers tend to earn more and report higher engagement with their jobs. Insight Center.

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How Customers Perceive a Price Is as Important as the Price Itself

Harvard Business

Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. Financial asset managers have been out-price-cutting one another in exchange-traded funds in a bid to gain market share. All too often they don’t. Improving perception.

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Black and Blue Friday Coming Up

MishTalk

Appliances, entertainment items, infant products and hardware showed narrowing discounts, MarketTrak reported, while promotions for apparel, toys and electronics were getting bigger. A survey for Boston Consulting Group found 70 percent of consumers would spend the same or less as last year, describing the consumer outlook as "tepid."

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Vietnam has absorbed the lion’s share of China’s manufacturing outflow, especially in apparel. labor market in manufacturing and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), if ratified by the U.S. Many in the media, along with consulting firms, think tanks, and economists, now proclaim the emergence of a U.S. Study Findings The A.T.

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