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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. However, if you want to build a legacy institution, then your capital should be longer.

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Will Exercise Junkies ‘Save’ The Smartwatch?

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In fact, the smartwatch industry remains very much a niche and specialized market, one that Apple and other brands and retailers have not done a very good job capitalizing on or monetizing so far. And Apple is now the market leader in smartwatches. And that was the first year of the product.

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Scale Matters … But Smart Matters More

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A recent round of bank merger announcements and the marquee Capital One/Discover deal illustrate this mantra’s popularity. Without this push, traditional banks may lose a terminal amount of future market share. It appears nothing else matters but the urgency to get big and get there fast.

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Oros Takes Activewear Into The Space Age

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For most firms, referring to products as “Space Age” is a marketing strategy. This brand exercise allows us to express that.”. The direct-to-consumer brand has also been updating its digital shop, as it is now fresh off a $5 million seed-funding round.

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‘reCommerce’ Marketplaces Eye Sustainability, Partnerships

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While the company made much progress on pricing automation , Wainwright noted that it also exercises human oversight to ensure that it capitalizes on market opportunities. The RealReal also partners with luxury brands that care deeply about improving the fashion industry’s impact on the environment. Retail Partnerships.

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ClassPass Lands $285M To Scale Fitness Marketplace

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The new funding will be used to scale its branded model worldwide. “Even in our recently launched European markets, our partners consistently call us their No. L Catterton has worked with numerous tech-enabled fitness platforms – including Peloton , Hydrow and Tonal – as well as studio brands like Pure Barre and CorePower Yoga.

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When Merchants Don’t Change But Shoppers Do

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Not only did Vestis itself file for bankruptcy protection , but its retail holdings — sporting goods stores Sport Chalet and Eastern Mountain Sports and apparel brand Bob’s Stores — were suddenly thrown into financial turmoil as well. Several retailers have conducted stunning turnarounds by pivoting toward the market Walsh puts down.

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