freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

This continues through the various pathways in order to search and navigate through the website, for example 'premium best buys', 'in demand' products, fly out pictures for further visual recognition and extensive filtering options for advanced search as well as a quick search.

Retail 41

Retail Trends Sales Productivity 41

MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2016

Latest forecast — January 15, 2016 The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.6 percent after this morning's retail sales report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the industrial production release from the Federal Reserve. percent on January 15, down from 0.8

Data 28

Data Retail Sales Report 28

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 11, 2018

Hardware and software sales – where a product is sold. It’s worth noting most businesses generate revenue from multiple streams through various product lines. Amazon, which makes the majority of its revenue from sales and sales fees, also generates subscription revenue (Prime) and sells hardware (Kindle and Echo).

Company 68

Company Advertising Operations Software 68

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

As the newly released 2016 Empathy Index demonstrates, empathy, which is about understanding our emotional impact on others and making change as a result, is more important to a successful business than it has ever been, correlating to growth, productivity, and earnings per employee. billion) in the year to end-March 2016.

Company 28

Company Ethics Methodologies Automotive 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

The company collects thousands of sales leads from the businesses it serves, and it wishes to interact with them in the intimate, personal manner consumers have come to expect. Wentworth told me that Drift is generating qualified leads for the sales team by making customers. Analytics are critical to companies’ performance.

Sales 28

Sales Marketing Tools Telecommunications 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2016

Not only was December industrial production an awful -0.4%, November was revised lower from -0.6% The Econoday Consensus Estimates for industrial production and manufacturing were -0.2% December was not a good month for the industrial economy as industrial production fell a sharper-than-expected 0.4 respectively.

Industry 28

Industry Productivity Construction Sales 28

BCG

APRIL 20, 2016

Article Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Several large, high-performing CPG companies derived most of their growth in 2015 from such product categories as confections, ice cream, and alcoholic beverages. Strong sales in convenience stores—last year’s fastest-growing retail channel—helped power these sales.

Industry 40

Industry Retail Sales Research 40

BCG

AUGUST 23, 2016

Article Tuesday, August 23, 2016. By 2020, emerging markets will account for more than 30% of pharmaceutical sales growth worldwide. Southeast Asia alone is expected to generate $40 billion in pharmaceutical sales by 2020. And what works in developed markets won’t necessarily work in emerging economies.

Pharmaceuticals 40

Pharmaceuticals Case Studies Case Study Sales 40

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Initial coin offerings (ICOs), the blockchain-based fundraising model involving the sale of cryptocurrency tokens in a new venture, have also grown exponentially with more than $5 billion raised through ICOs in 2017. According to Deloitte, 92% of the 26,000 blockchain-based projects created since 2016 are now dead.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property Data Deloitte Energy 60

MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Large US corporations posted their first decline in both earnings and sales since the great recession. From railroads to manufacturers to energy producers, businesses say they are facing a protracted slowdown in production, sales and employment that will spill into next year. US Back in Recession? Are we back in recession?

Sales 28

Sales Transportation Journal Retail 28

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A December 2, 2016 Wall Street Journal article was titled, “ Car Sales Roll Along; Aided by Discounts.*” The gist of the article was sales are up over the same month a year earlier and the average discount was 11%, versus 9.4% It costs more money to provide quality products and services. George Carlin. *

Cash Flow 40

Cash Flow Journal Sales Retail 40

The Fearless Marketer

APRIL 15, 2019

Here’s the opening of an email to executives in the Insurance Industry interested in increasing sales: We’ve all seen this opera a thousand times: Yes, insurance salespeople have been the victim of vicious stereotypes. Dogbert knows: No, it’s simply helping your people to be more productive and fulfilled, you know, rocket science.

Insurance 88

Insurance Insurance Industry Course 88

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2018

I categorise revenues into four streams: advertising, one-off service fees, subscriptions, and sales of hardware and software. voters ahead of the 2016 election. Their incentive is not to collect as much data as possible: rather, it’s to convince users to buy their products.

Company 68

Company Advertising Software Retail 68

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2017

economy in 2016. Too many sales teams (and other departments) enter data by hand but create fresh entries instead of searching their systems and updating existing accounts, which muddies their data sets. You can take a similar approach by arming sales with valuable information for engaging with prospects.

Sales 28

Sales Data Efficiency Retail 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

But sales hardly budged. Finally, in 2016, it took a new tack. Sales finally jumped, with same-store revenue up 6% in 2017, and the stock rose by 40%. Since speed had always been a competitive differentiator, this effect was especially important, and probably canceled any sales gain from the greater choice.

Productivity 28

Productivity Sales Operations Groups 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

Marketing 50

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 50

BCG

MAY 9, 2016

Article Tuesday, May 10, 2016. These include full-time employee (FTE) productivity by activity mix, cycle time, and degree of automation as well as an assessment of the bank’s digital maturity—for example, the functionalities available through various digital channels. At the heart of the benchmarking are core operational metrics.

Operations 40

Operations Retail Banking Benchmarking 40

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 4, 2022

The complications stemming from a lack of stress resilience and capacity include increased turnover, decreased productivity, decreased customer satisfaction, and decreased performance at an organizational level. Stress in the workplace is at an all-time high, and 60% of employees are unwilling or unable to connect with others as a result.

Journal 59

Journal Healthcare Leadership Energy 59

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 10, 2017

In mid-2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, “Demand Swells for Chickens That Grow More Slowly.” ” The gist of the article is companies (Whole Foods, Starbucks, and others) believe customers will pay more for products from birds that grow slower (than those full of hormones and other additives).

Management 40

Management Journal Retail Sales 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

When the policy change was announced, people were given until December 30, 2016, to return 500- and 1,000-rupee notes to banks, or else risk losing the value of them. Arguably, the surge in business for mobile wallets was natural, at least for the 17% of the population that owned a smartphone in early 2016. instead of 7%.

Banking 38

Banking Government Policies Sales 38

Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

Rather than blogs focused on a particular consulting industry, I’m listing blogs that are focused on business development, marketing, and sales for consultants and independent professionals. Whenever you are a stuck in a rut, or looking for inspiration, visit one of these consulting blogs and read an article or two.

Consulting 120

Consulting Journal Marketing Resources 120

BCG

JUNE 7, 2016

Focus Tuesday, June 07, 2016. He was one year into a large-scale transformation that was focused on growth through a shift into premium products. The company had invested millions of dollars to develop an innovative product that warranted higher prices. The early results had been promising: initial sales were strong.

Retail 40

Retail Engineering Development Report 40

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Unilever has acquired Dollar Shave Club , a young startup, for $1 billion in a move to introduce a new model of subscription sales. And at Greycroft, a venture capital firm, investor Teddy Citrin has laid out a veritable map for the further disruption of every consumer products category.

Media 47

Media Fashion Agile Talent 47

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. What about the automation of the production line? bribes and kickbacks). Just 6% are using AI in pricing.

Company 51

Company Survey Finance Engineering 51

Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

In 2016 the leadership team of a national retail organization asked us to help boost their frontline performance. To ensure this front line could focus on learning, we eliminated high-pressure motivation tactics, including sales commissions, high-pressure conversations, sales-based promotion criteria, and public shaming.

How To 42

How To Retail Productivity Sales 42

Martinka Consulting

JUNE 30, 2017

The new buzzwords of 2016-17 are “Fake News” and “Alternative Facts”. Look at the Gallup list of least respected professions and you’ll see insurance sales people just above car salespeople, third from the bottom, with members of Congress being in the cellar. Hey, this is nothing new.

Insurance 40

Insurance Insurance Banking Industry 40

Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

billion to escape what Musk calls the “manufacturing hell” the company is now experiencing in its transition from small batch car making to mass production. Both companies were led by visionaries, both offer high-end versions of commodity products, and both enjoy fierce loyalty from customers.

Automotive 42

Automotive Transportation Productivity Retail 42

Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The big one in 2016, if not always, is the employees. A lot of company’s get jobs/orders without bids or quotes (or be the only company quoting the job) because the customer knows it will be a quality product at a fair price. They aren’t in the headlines like name customers or a well known product but they can be just as important.

Retail 40

Retail System Sales Banking 40

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2017

launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription version of its key product line, Creative Suite, causing its net income to plummet by almost 35% percent the following year. Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier. On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc. and 2.2%, respectively.

Company 28

Company Software Sales Study 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Our first test was in the field; we teamed up with the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) to conduct an experiment during their 2016 Holiday Campaign. In an online experiment, we showed one group of study subjects images of one, two, or three loose beers with no product packaging, and then asked how many additional bottles they’d want to buy.

Productivity 28

Productivity Research Study Groups 28

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Record number of small business sales in 2018! More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Two-thirds of companies with sales of $5,000,000 to $50,000,000 will change hands in the next 10 years (2011). Pretty small.

Marketing 40

Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

To put this in perspective, Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for $26 billion in 2016 (7.2x It’s about multiples of revenue or earnings, sales growth, profit margins, and management theory. Microsoft’s $7.5 GitHub was acquired for close to 30x annual recurring revenue (an astronomical multiple). So why the difference?

Financial 45

Financial Examples Company Productivity 45

ConsultX

MARCH 1, 2022

In 2016, ConsultX launched a Business Consulting Software, with a specific portion of the application dedicated to calculating Profit Leakage. David Thexton, Founder of ConsultX. The early versions of our proprietary calculator were built using an excel spreadsheet and used by more than 150 Consultants in Europe, The UK, and Australasia.

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow ROI Operations Analysis 52

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

From Product Development to Customer Development. That’s why he advises founders to go out and talk to customers before they start building a product that, they might find out later, no one wants to buy. By the time the flight landed in Chicago, they had already built a simulation of their product on Tilton’s laptop.

Government 46

Government Course Conference Productivity 46

Tsavo Neal

APRIL 27, 2017

So, I beg you, don’t design your own sales materials. Many sales are won and lost by simply by how you graphically represent yourself.” Whether you are selling productized consulting on your website or use it as a way to foster interaction with potential clients, B2B buyers expect to be able to purchase your services.

B2B 60

B2B Marketing Consulting Advertising 60

MishTalk

JULY 15, 2015

Many economists expect the Fed to act as early as September; others say the central bank is likely delay the move until December or even 2016. Industrial production barely bounced. Industrial production barely bounced. Retail sales are dismal. Hey Janet, What Day Is It? It's not that I don't think you should hike.

Retail 28

Retail Benchmarking Policies Sales 28

1 to 1

JUNE 14, 2016

When people think of next best action marketing, they often associate it with steps that marketers can take to apply everything that's known about a customer to try to sell him or her another product or service.

Sales 20

Sales Conference Marketing Productivity 20