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Sunday, July 19, 2015

The 20 best universities in the world

See the article

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/best-universities-in-the-world-2015-7#1--harvard-university-20

Top 50 franchises in the world

Check who are the popular targets for entrepreneurs.

See article
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/top-50-franchises-in-the-world-2015-7#1-anytime-fitness-50

What's lacking from Samsung?

An ecosystem.

See article

-   http://fortune.com/2014/10/07/samsungs-ugly-third-quarter-what-the-analysts-are-saying/

Adidas kickoff its search for a new CEO

After a tough 2014, Adidas needs to turnaround in coming years.

See article
http://fortune.com/2015/02/19/adidas-overtime-ceo-search/

IBM needs to turnaround

Can IBM be saved?

see article

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-10-20/ibm-is-in-even-worse-shape-than-it-seemed

Why Zara is a fast fahion pioneer?

It's 48 hours to fill a clothing order from headquarter.

See the article
http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/06/24/why-zara-is-a-fast-fashion-pioneer/

Swatch Group Introduction

There exists a series of FIVE part introduction.

See the article below and trace for the other parts

http://www.europastar.com/magazine/features/1004083746-swatch-group-part-1.html

BMW looks forward in 2015

15 new models will support growth strategy.

See article
http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2015/01/12/enUK201501115192

Harley-Davidson 2014

How Harley is starting to turnaround?

See article
-   http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/12/31/the-year-that-was-harley-davidson/



What's the big deal with Tesla?

An investor guide to a unique company.

See the article
http://marketrealist.com/2014/06/incredible-stock-whats-big-deal-tesla/

Starbucks for America

Understand more about Howard, the founder & CEO of Starbucks.

See the article

http://time.com/3696865/starbucks-for-america/

Saturday, July 4, 2015

IKEA gains global furniture market share

IKEA targets 50 Billion euros in sales by 2020.

Read article below
- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-28/ikea-gains-global-furniture-market-share-on-price-reductions

Yum is making progress in China

Yum Brands, owner of KFC & Pizza Hut chain, is recovering it's business in China.

See article below
- http://fortune.com/2015/04/21/yum-earnings-china/

Xiaomi passes Samsung as China's top phonemaker

Samsung faced a tough time in 2014 due to the keen competition from both the high end (Apple) as well as the low end (Xiaomi).

See the article below
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-08-04/xiaomi-passes-samsung-as-chinas-top-phonemaker

Starbucks wants to be fancy again

Starbucks has been able to turnaround since the global financial crisis by entering into China.  Now, Starbucks tries to push to the high end coffee and diversify the product portfolio into tea products & many others.

See the article below
-   http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-05/starbucks-wants-to-be-fancy-again-opens-new-reserve-café

Coach is still under downward spiral

Coach, a leading marketer of luxury handbags is under transformation to diversify into both woman and man fashion business.  But, the company faces a tough competition especially in US market.

See the article below
- http://www.trefis.com/company?hm=COH.trefis#/COH/n-1815?article=298870

Meet the man who built Zara

Amancio Ortega, one of the richest man in the world, is also the man who built the world's largest fashion empire, Zara.

See the article below
-  http://fortune.com/2013/01/08/meet-amancio-ortega-the-third-richest-man-in-the-world/

Tesla's unique position in Car Market

Tesla Motors is the 1st company who is really focused in selling high-end EV around the world.  The company also have a plan to produce new EV car models for mass market.  Meanwhile, all the traditional car manufacturers are also producing various EVs to test the response from the market.

See the article below to understand more about Tesla
-  http://www.trefis.com/company?hm=TSLA.trefis&from=search#/TSLA/n-2011?article=303608

Is Adidas able to turnaround?

Adidas faced with a hard time in 2014 and is also in a process to recruit a new CEO.  Is Adidas able to turnaround in 2015? 

See the article below
-  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-05/adidas-earnings-top-estimates-as-turnaround-plan-gets-off-ground

McDonalds needs a transformation and turnaround

McDonalds has recently replaced with a new CEO.  The year 2014 was really tough to McDonalds.  Is McDonalds able to turnaround due to the changing taste of customers?

See the article below
- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-21/mcdonald-s-must-win-over-franchisees-to-escape-slump

Sony's breakthrough in digital camera

Sony as a corporation needs to turnaround with big things.  Now, we at least able to see the innovation and determination in producing digital camera to compete with the giants including Canon & Nikon.

See the link below
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/0717419525/interview-kimio-maki-of-sony-the-customer-s-voice-is-the-most-important-data-for-me