GLG News by Direct Mail Marketing Experts (North America)

What is the objective of offering Starbucks new Pikes Place roast? Will the acquisition of Clover give SBUX a unique offering?

Since the passage of the Check 21 Act in October 2004, significant changes have occurred in traditional check processing. Banks, credit unions, image networks and the Federal Reserve are working to build the infrastructure to transition banks and credit unions to 100% electronic check imaging/exchange...

CIT Group drew down emergency credit lines totaling $7.3 billion in March 2008, after being cut off from customary sources of cash, forcing CIT to scrap its government-backed student loan program on 4.3.08. Due to its weak position, CIT may be a prime takeover target. The lack of investor demand has...

Writedowns at global banks has surpassed $291 billion and the "writedown" meter continues to tick and could reach $460 billion or as high as $1.2 trillion by year-end 2008. U.S. financial institutions will account for about 40% of losses. Credit losses has prompted leveraged institutions to raise new...

What and why would the consumer recognize the eagle label? How does American Living price points incorporate into their concept? Who would be their competitors with this new line of clothing?

National City Corporation (NCC) share price was up 6% on 4.3.08 on news that crosstown rival KeyCorp and cross-state Fifth Third BanCorp may be courting NCC for a possible merger and/or acquisition, however, this could be a bad time to sell due to current market conditions. NCC may need to do some additional...

At UBS's Annual Shareholders Meeting the topics of discussion included UBS's $19 billion writedown, its $14.8 billion rights issue to raise capital and the replacement of Chairman Ospel by UBS's current Legal Counsel, Peter Kurer. UBS's huge bet on subprime investments has led to the largest bank writedown...

Based upon new car sales trends being documented among most west coast retailers across all brands of domestic automakers,  things are worse than even the most pessimistic predictions. Most of the Metro are domestic car dealers are off over 20% from their same quarter last year...

The American consumer is always looking for a great breakfast offering especially something different. Can a company be successful offering "fresh" breakfast sandwich offerings and still maintain a speed of service? How will this impact major competitors like McDonalds and other QSR concepts that rule...

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) grew by 18% in 2007, with a global share of 36% and early projections suggest SWFs could grow to $5 trillion by 2010. In 2007, SWFs invested $49 billion in M&A deals, which is an increase of 165%. Russia, Asia and the Middle East has played a key role in bailing out...