GLG News in Consumer Goods & Services

Based upon my experience new resets of departments and categories raise the sales level. Therefore applying that logic to the whole store makes sense and good merchandising. Finally getting the worn out look as it happened with KMart, in my opinion, only invites lost sales and competitors. People want to shop where it is pleasant and inviting and a tired, old looking, inadequatly kept up store is...

Restaurants are being heavily tested after many years of good times in this industry, especially in markets that have enjoyed wonderful building booms. As painful and difficult as it is, there are too many chairs to fill by too many entrepreneurs who think that if they can fry an egg, they can open a restaurant. For the past thirty years, we have operated ten different franchised restaurant concepts...

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Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Toshiba, JVC, Kenwood, and NEC are all venerable consumer electronics brands, but unless there are dramatic shake-ups in the way they manage their businesses, their glory days may be forever gone.  Competition from Korean companies like Samsung and LG and a myriad of competitors from Taiwan, China and other Southeast Asian countries are part of the problem.  Movement...

2009 Chain Restaurant Problems: Higher costs, tougher distribution environment & lower customer counts

Finlay's declining margins and narrow credit line, in combination with an industry perilous close to a price war suggest investors, vendors, and capital suppliers should be concerned.  Here's why. 

Julia Stewart's ability to make critical deals with Applebee's franchisees may make or break Dine Equity

The reality of these investments is that operating a company is costing more (ingredents and financing) so things have to give.

While the rest of the auto industry suffers through the worst year in three decades in the U.S. and declining sales in other markets, Honda seems to have found the "magic bullet. What is it?

The DineEquity meltdown is symptomatic of the risks of doing business predicated on financial engineering. Stock price and The Street were slow to pick up on the risks on this business.