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The Lundgren Era At Macy’s Is Ending

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Macy’s has grown sharply under Lundgren’s near decade-and-a-half of leadership. In 2005, Macy’s (still called Federated Department Stores Inc. Today, Macy’s operates about 870 stores in 45 states under its namesake brand, as well as Bloomingdale’s. at the time) bought out the No. for about $11.5

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. Date : September 2005. Date: August 12, 2005. Date: July 2005. Date: March 24, 2005.

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Biggest PR Nightmares of 2017…. So Far

William Mills

After so much bad press and numerous scandals, Uber’s brand needs a complete overhaul. Aside from establishing better business practices and creating stronger leadership, there are steps the company should take that fintech companies can learn from. Wells Fargo’s Brand Keeps Tanking.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

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Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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Founded: 2005. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Second, the thesis that one or two brands would quickly go on to own on-demand food turned out to be either wrong or too early. Dart Music. Earth Class Mail. Declared Bankruptcy: 2011.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

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For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.” ( 2005 ). “Be Buffett successfully lobbied the leadership of Coca-Cola — the largest position in Buffett’s portfolio, with his ownership share coming in at 6.2% — to cut back on “excessive” executive compensation plans. It had a great brand.

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21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letters To Shareholders

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And nowhere is Bezos’ philosophy of business, technology, and leadership better articulated than in his annual shareholder letters, which he has written every year since the company’s IPO in 1997. 2005: Don’t get fixated on short-term numbers. 2005: Don’t get fixated on short-term numbers.