Archive for December 2019
Strategic Movements: December 2019
Elon Musk Delivers Pleasant Surprise Tesla Inc. had record deliveries in Q3 2019 resulting in overall profits. Anticipated 2019 production is currently at 360,000 – 400,000 units. Profits had previously been suppressed at Tesla due to low production volumes (incapable of hitting targets) and the lowering of prices. Elon’s price targets for Tesla only work…
Read MoreHow Wayfair Blossomed into a Furniture Behemoth
Amazon is not the only internet giant that has dealt a severe blow to brick-and-mortar retailing. Another Internet retailer, Wayfair, Inc., has also thrust a sword into conventional retailing. Like Amazon, which began simply as a book retailer, Wayfair has also evolved from an early e-commerce start-up concept into a behemoth. The Wayfair story began…
Read MorePlaybook for Competitive Price Engagement
Sun Tzu wrote that “The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities… It is best to win without fighting.” As it is with international engagements, so it is with company-competitive engagements. Civilization Structures Anthropologists have identified a relatively consistent pattern in the structure of ancient…
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