MishTalk

JANUARY 23, 2014

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. The black market exchange rate is 79 Bolivars per dollar. Airlines operating in Venezuela fell and one carrier suspended flights. On the currency side, the official exchange rate is 6.3

Airlines 76

Airlines Travel Government Transportation 76

Harvard Business

MARCH 3, 2017

American Airlines and United Airlines recently joined Delta in offering passengers a lower-priced option to fly: basic economy. At first blush, it’s difficult to see how a further degradation of airline service can enhance profits and attract customers. Want to save a couple of bucks on your next flight?

Airlines 70

Airlines Travel Fashion Productivity 70

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

Airlines 134

Airlines Strategy Strategy Strategy& 134

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The French airline union, SNPL, has called for a month-long strike beginning in May. It''s main objective is to repeal the Diard Law which limits the right of airline pilots to strike. Via translation from Les Echos : An unprecedented month-long strike is the motto launched today by SNPL, the main union of French airline pilots.

Airlines 67

Airlines Government Operations Management 67

Harvard Business

JANUARY 16, 2018

Using data from Twitter (where one of us works), we designed an experiment to study customer service interactions in two industries that generate a significant number of customer service complaints: airlines and wireless carriers. This extra $9 can be thought of as incremental brand value the airline has gained in the customer’s mind.

Wireless 133

Wireless Airlines Exercises Survey 133

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Market sizing is the test of a consultant’s mettle. A market sizing question literally asks a candidate to estimate the volume or the value of a something. This could be the size of a market or something from left field. How big is the market? What market share does the competition have?

Case Interview 88

Case Interview Interviews Marketing Examples 88

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 31, 2009

A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. AJ: I totally agree that it massively shift market share from the sick banks to the healthy banks. But wouldnt that be a better market result than letting the sick banks keep their share? Tuesday, March 31, 2009. April 1, 2009 at 1:44 AM. Consultant Ninja. Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Balance Sheet 100

Balance Sheet Marketing Banking Consulting 100

MishTalk

OCTOBER 17, 2014

A third reader asked " what is the free market response? " Before tackling the free market issue, let''s first review the government''s response to date. Free Market Response It''s 100% certain the free market response would not have been the government''s response to date. I read a comment that airlines are being greedy.

Marketing 64

Marketing Airlines Travel Government 64

Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2023

It has come to be known as product-market fit. After lack of funding, failure to achieve product-market fit is the most common reason that startups fail. Thus, achieving product-market fit should be a top priority for any founder looking to achieve long-term success. What problems do customers actually have?

Productivity 78

Productivity Marketing Airlines Hotels 78

Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2017

I’ve learned that truth from 40 years of conducting research in the fields of services marketing, service quality, and health services. Good marketing is not just about making promises; it’s also about keeping them. Honor customers’ “perceived contract,” not the company’s legal contract.

Company 125

Company Airlines Hotels Sports 125

Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2018

A fine example of a company that passed through the five stages of decline to ultimately collapse was the one popularly known as “the king of good times” – Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airlines, once known for its best in class service, on board meals, and staff courtesy fell from grace due to excessive arrogance.

Airlines 101

Airlines Capgemini Industry Groups 101

Tom Spencer

MARCH 8, 2024

From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. Instead, it depends on valuable information collected from suppliers and customers and evolving market dynamics.

Productivity 158

Productivity Sales Strategy Strategy& 158

Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2013

MERGERS have had a ubiquitous presence in the news recently as leaders in the airline , publishing , and telecommunications industries have taken steps to consolidate. The ‘bargain price’ rationale is also rare since the acquirer typically has to pay target shareholders a takeover premium in addition to the target’s current market price.

Strategy 98

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Case Interview 98

Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 5, 2014

What astonishes me, is how this practice of conducting a risk assessment for each and every PR and marketing campaign – within the campaign’s initial development stages – is still not something that is commonly practiced. Can we potentially cause offence and/or isolate a segment of our market?

Marketing 91

Marketing Case Study Case Studies Course 91

BCG

AUGUST 17, 2016

Over the past 15 years, Europe’s full-service airlines have flown through turbulent skies as they generally failed to adapt to an increasingly price-competitive short-haul market. The financial, regulatory, and political barriers to various strategic scenarios will determine the exact nature of each airline’s options.

Airlines 40

Airlines Industry Agile Analysis 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

United Airlines has leapt into a brand disaster of mythic proportions. The company’s stock lost hundreds of millions of market cap , but the damage to the brand (and future sales) may be far higher. United (and its airline peers) had better wake up fast to this new reality as well. Three themes seem critical.

Airlines 134

Airlines Video Operations Policies 134

Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Mr. Ninja - A quick review of the markets tells me that oil is trading at $50, Ford is nearly a penny stock, and the shorts are going to take Citi into an AIG-style gov't bailout. There will be many more BearingPoints in this market, including more of the blue-chips (death-watch on GM & C). Related Posts. 2 comments: KevinB.

BearingPoint 100

BearingPoint Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines 100

Consultant Ninja

JUNE 20, 2011

From: Client Sent: Monday, 11:32 PM To: Consultant Ninja Subject: RE: Market Data Sources Ninja- Please make this high priority. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Management Airlines 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

Jeffrey Seller, the lead producer of Hamilton , unabashedly explained that he has a fiduciary responsibility to investors to boost prices since the market has demonstrated that tickets were underpriced. Think of each performance as an individual airline flight — prices are optimized for each show time. I doubt it.

Airlines 115

Airlines Hotels Sports Advertising 115

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 12, 2009

Evidence in support for point (1) in my post on Uniteds Fuel Hedging Program : Eisman stuck to his sell rating on Lomas Financial, even after the company announced that investors needn’t worry about its financial condition, as it had hedged its market risk. He recited the line from memory: "The Lomas Financial Corp. Consulting. (88).

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Financial 100

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 4, 2009

billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. Im guessing UAL started a large scale hedging program that locked in fuel prices near the market peak - and had to pay out on the put options as prices fell during 2H. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 8:30 PM. Labels: Analysis. Related Posts.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Airlines Consulting Management 100

Consultant Ninja

OCTOBER 3, 2008

This NPR program offers a concrete and fascinating summary of the problems in the US mortgage market. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% at 6:52 PM.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Airlines Consulting Bain 100

Consultant Ninja

APRIL 16, 2010

Undisclosed in the marketing materials and unbeknownst to investors, the Paulson & Co. paid Goldman Sachs approximately $15 million for structuring and marketing ABACUS. Source: SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Structuring and Marketing of CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages. Friday, April 16, 2010. hedge fund. Consulting. (88).

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 100

Consultant Ninja

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Market Plays: In consulting and banking you find very smart, hardworking people who believe completely in capitalism, the profit motive, and proper incentives will lead to the economic dominance of whichever species best captures their motivating principles. Example: The Bank of China , " holding almost $9.7 billion (U.S.) Consulting. (88).

Oliver Wyman 113

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 113

Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Timmys search for competitive intelligence on a CPG competitor to the client has been found out, and his ear was chewed out over the phone by the VP of the target firms sales & marketing organization. Timmy did the only thing he could do; refer him to his engagement manager. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Consulting. (88).

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Large travel companies, such as airlines and hotel chains, know this from painful experience: They pay billions of dollars in commissions each year to Priceline, Expedia, and other online travel agencies (OTAs), which have transformed how consumers book flights, hotels, and rental cars.

Travel 134

Travel Balance Sheet Hotels Airlines 134

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 23, 2009

Friedman Billings Ramsey was hot back in 2005 - boutique investment bank, middle market, a cool FBR acronym. The investment bank still operates as FBR Capital Markets. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines McKinsey 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For many executives battling through economic headwinds in emerging markets, the answer tends to be wherever they think someone will provide the strongest boost to top-line growth, which usually means hiring an additional sales or marketing manager to support the commercial front lines. Somewhere else?

Sales 70

Sales Marketing Survey Finance 70

MishTalk

JANUARY 24, 2014

Argentina Institutes 50% Tax on Internet Purchases; Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup Yesterday, Argentina devalued the Peso hoping to halt further declines in its currency reserves. Markets had seen this coming as charts of the Peso vs. the US dollar show. The 5-year decline is over 50%.

Marketing 78

Marketing Policies Government Financial 78

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

If consumers start turning regularly to smart speakers for their travel needs, they could end up interacting less and less with traditional airline, hotel, and even online travel agency brands. They also may provide airlines, hotel chains, and rental car companies more clout when setting up smart-speaker partnerships.

Travel 111

Travel Industry Hotels Airlines 111

Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Their growth, however, basically lined up with the overall market they competed in. The market was growing like crazy from 2004-2007, reflecting global economic indicators which drive demand for heavy industrial products. All those global economic indicators in the last year have reversed direction. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Management Airlines 100

Consultant Ninja

JANUARY 25, 2010

2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Monday, January 25, 2010. I am a strategy consultant at. of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 100

Consultant Ninja

JULY 26, 2011

I wonder if this is a good buying opportunity or the market will stay flat for some time ahead. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Home Inventory Chart.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Real Estate Consulting Airlines 100

Consultant Ninja

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Hes absolutely hammered the sales and marketing division of a particular CPG all week, calling ex and current employees in his quest to dig up the competitive intelligence information the engagement manager has asked him to collect. [Scene: Open workspace at the firms* office.] Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tuesday, September 9, 2008.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Resumes 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Companies can also rent their business applications (for accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and sales, collaboration, project management, and so forth) on-demand from companies like Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Hubspot, Yammer, Dropbox, Basecamp and others. It has several key benefits: Speeds time-to-market.

Construction 119

Construction Airlines Data Travel 119

MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

According to the Financial Times Anatoly Geraschenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a Facebook posting " Using a zenith-rocket Buk system, the terrorists just downed a passenger airline heading from Kuala-Lampur to Amsterdam ". How likely is that statement? So we are talking some heavy duty weaponry here.

Airlines 78

Airlines System Knowledge Base Exercises 78

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2013

Instead, we’re exposing the “real world of consulting” to help you cut through firms’ marketing pitches so you can see the day-to-day difference and long-term impact of your work in both consulting fields.

Financial 252

Financial Consulting Strategy& Strategy 252