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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. Let''s start with a look at retail sales. Retail Sales Falter Amid Signs of Global Slowdown. Similarly, Bloomberg reports Weaker Retail Sales Signal Smaller Spending Boost.

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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

Once the initial BDN has been constructed, measures for each of the benefits and responsibilities for all of the benefits and changes must then be assigned and time scales established. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. However, the implications of inaccuracy are significant.

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What's Behind the Plunge in Oil? Winners and Losers? Boon to Spending or Recessionary?

MishTalk

Helm dismisses peak oil, I don''t (and to a certain extent he misses the construct), but much of the rest of what he has to say is accurate enough. Ninety minutes later, Russia’s central bank raised its benchmark to bolster a currency weakened by crude’s decline. After leading the U.S.

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Reality Check: How Fast is China Growing? Global Recession at Hand

MishTalk

Massive overcapacity in petrochemicals, construction machinery, steel, cement, aluminum, SOEs. Orange and lemon groves turn to useless, vacant housing Property 20% of GDP and tracking negative (sales and pricing). With factory sales down 6 month, I am sticking with my US recession call made in January. No way economy is growing.

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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business

An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to creatively deliver something of value to customers, rather than focus simply on products and sales. They’ve also grown their sales 134 percent while the S&P 500 has grown just 53 percent. They grew their sales 233 percent while the S&P 500 has grown just 10 percent.