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Bank Value: Here is a Better Way to Calculate and Manage

South State Correspondent

Ask a banker about the value of their bank, and they will either talk about some derivation of book value or earnings multiple. Banks often don’t know who their most profitable customers are, and if they do, they ignore the basics of targeting those customers and prospects with marketing, sales, and product management.

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[Podcast] What If? So What? Episode 4: What if Every Brand Went Direct to Consumer?

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In a world where retail has changed and consumers remain at home, how do brands reimagine the task of getting products to customers? podcast , we interview Jon Bostock, best-selling author, innovator, co-founder and CEO of Truman’s and learn how brands that innovate will win in a rapidly changing digital-first economy.

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Booking Holdings CEO Says Travel Recovery Will Take Years, Not Quarters

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Booking Holdings , the world’s largest online travel company, continues to feel the weight of the pandemic, warning investors Thursday (Nov. Booking Holdings, parent company of Booking.com, Kayak, Priceline, OpenTable and other online-reservation brands, said gross bookings fell 47 percent in the third quarter from year-ago levels.

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A Banking Nerd Book Tour

Jeff For Banks

As many of my readers know, I wrote a book, Squared Away-How Can Bankers Succeed as Economic First Responders. If you don't know, it's because I'm not particularly good at getting the word out to the book's target audience: bankers and the professionals that serve them. Pretty niche group, so you think my targeting would be spot-on.

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Life House Tech-Focused Hotel Brand Closes $30M Fundraise

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Among the fastest-growing hotel brands, Life House has over 800 beds and 25 hotels that are expected to be operational by early next year. . Its website directly garners more than 65 percent of its bookings. . Chris Hemmeter, a managing partner at investor Thayer Ventures, said they were “immediately enamored” with Life House. .

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Luxury Brands Add Eateries In China To Attract More Customers

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Luxury brands like Mercedes and Tiffany & Co. The restaurant’s deputy general manager, Eva Liu, said the restaurant was so busy that she couldn’t even get a table for her friends on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We’ve been fully booked for a couple of weeks.”. The eatery has a long backlog of reservations.

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Southeastern Grocers Rolls Out IPO

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Southeastern Grocers , the parent company of brands such as Winn-Dixie, HAS unveiled a rollout of an initial public offering (IPO) of 8.9 LLC and BofA Securities are serving as joint lead book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the deal. 21) announcement. billion fundraise once expected.

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