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WalMart Margins Set to Plunge? Will Rest of Retail Follow? What About Jobs?

MishTalk

Retail sales reports on Wednesday have me thinking about the strength of the economy, commercial construction, jobs, and profit margins. Fewer Stores, Less Hiring Fewer stores means less construction and less hiring. Wal-Mart''s same-store sales — an industry benchmark of health — haven''t risen in six quarters.

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Nonfarm Payrolls +113,000, Median Bloomberg Estimate 180,000; Huge March 2013 Employment Revision

MishTalk

The benchmark revision incorporates a large non-economic change that resulted from a reclassification of 466,000 jobs from private households (out of scope by CES definition) to services for the elderly and disabled (in scope for CES). Employment grew in construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and mining. percent, the U.S.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Retailers like Walmart and Macy’s manage a supply chain, buying and reselling their own inventory. We normally think of people as something to be managed.

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Singapore Set for Icelandic-Style Property Bubble Meltdown; Hype or Reality?

MishTalk

percent even as the country’s red hot construction sector has been attracting overseas workers, and a growing number of wealthy citizens are hiring domestic helpers from neighboring countries like the Philippines and Indonesia. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Australia's Mining Bust Turns Towns Into Ghost Towns; Expect Interest Rate "Shock and Awe"

MishTalk

Things have taken a turn for the worse since the glory days of the mining construction boom, with companies responding to falling commodity prices by pulling the plug on new projects and laying off workers across the Surat Basin. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

We know that when IT projects fail, it is usually not because the technology didn’t work (although this can sometimes be the case), but because the changes required at an organizational and employee level weren’t managed effectively. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%.

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Consultant Ninja: Another Casualty of the Financial Crises.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. I think a more interesting graph would show each fund against a respective benchmark (e.g., I am a strategy consultant at. Management Consulting. at 12:09 AM.

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