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Driving Sustainable Growth at an Inflection Point

Brimstone Consulting

This pivot required the organization to change its business model from wholesale agricultural commodities to the production and retail of consumer goods. While the organization had strong core values and a revitalized product, its retail strategy and brand were underdeveloped.

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The Role of 5G in Online Sports Betting

Tom Spencer

5G networks are a promising wireless technology that online bookmakers and sports betting operators should factor into their business strategy. The onus is on online bookmakers and sports betting operators to incorporate 5G technology into business strategy in order to improve their services and make sports betting more enjoyable.

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What U.S. CEOs Should Do with the Money from Corporate Tax Cuts

Harvard Business

tax law is likely to increase after-tax cash flows for U.S.-based There’s a strong argument that they should invest in growth , and the newly available cash offers them a unique chance to do so. Initial reports suggest that many executives are at a loss as to what to do with the newfound cash. The new U.S.

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Earnings Cheating Season: Is Your Favorite Company Cooking the Books?

MishTalk

In his latest Global Strategy Report , Albert Edwards at Societe Generale discusses " earnings season " which he calls " cheating season ". In other words, there may be more to the recent flash-crash than just one weak retail sales datum a deeper malaise surrounding weak profits may be driving events. The answer is binary: yes or no.

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Chinese Malls Hit With Low Traffic, Rising Vacancies, Plunging Rent, Massive Overcapacity

MishTalk

Rising vacancy rates and plummeting rents are increasingly common in Chinese malls and department stores, despite official data showing a sharp rebound in retail sales that helped the world's second-largest economy beat expectations in the third quarter. Malaysia-based Parkson (3368.HK),

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business

It’s been more than 25 years since Bill Gates dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs,” but the statement may be as true today as it was then. Other sectors of retail lending have not fared much better. And our analysis suggests there are strategies that they can use to compete successfully online.

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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?

MishTalk

Retail sales also grew more slowly than expected in April, and the furniture market stalled as fewer families moved into new homes. Rates of return on commercial property and infrastructure, and cash flows for developers and local government, have been deteriorating.