Description: True Religion Apparel (TRLG) may be a little tattered, but it’s still a handsome asset for TowerBrook Capital Partners, which plans to buy the luxury jeans company for $835 million. Source: Businessweek.com Date: May 10, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-10/despite-wear-true-religion-finds-a-buyer-for-835-million#r=hp-lst Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the high-end fashion market? Do you think… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 6 Managing Financial Resources
Bangladesh tragedy pressures retailers
Description: After a building collapse in Bangladesh killed over 400 workers, retailers are under pressure to improve overseas manufacturing standards. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/n-retail-in-bangledesh.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Who is responsible for assuring proper working conditions of foreign workers? Should the industries involveD set up standards for monitoring working… Read more »
Boutique Vintners Turn to Private Equity for Help
Description: When Ed Sbragia started Sbragia Family Vineyards, it was an accomplishment that was nearly a century in the making. His grandfather moved from Italy to California in 1904 to work in the wineries just north of San Francisco. In the 1940s, Mr. Sbragia’s father bought property in the Dry Creek Valley near Healdsburg and… Read more »
Internet Sales Tax Coming Too Late for Some Stores
Description: Anita Demetropoulos, a Maine shopkeeper, figured she would never see the day when her most relentless competitor, Amazon, would be forced to collect sales tax. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Apr 26, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/technology/internet-sales-tax-coming-too-late-for-some-stores.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=business&adxnnlx=1367075722-WWYd/ji/2PZqa8QTItbNpA Questions for Discussions: Do you think the tax legislation was delayed to help companies like Amazon get started? Do you think… Read more »
Hollywood’s new funding model: Kickstarter
Description: After initial rejection from Hollywood studios, the creators of canceled TV-show ‘Veronica Mars’ turned to Kickstarter to fund a film version. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Apr 11, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/04/11/t-kickstarter-veronica-mars.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Describe the method used to raise funds. Do you think this method can lead to a greater number of… Read more »
Markets charge ahead
Description: With all major indices up about 10% so far this year, investors are optimistic that 2013 will be a robust year for the economy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Mar 29, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/03/29/news-markets-q1.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the state of the US stock market. What explains the change in performance? What explains… Read more »
Reluctant Bulls Key for Birinyi Amid Record S&P 500 Rally
Description: The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX)’s record rally probably has another year to go as investors give up their pessimism and buy, according to Laszlo Birinyi, one of the first money managers to tell clients to buy before the bull market began. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 29, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/birinyi-says-buy-mining-technology-shares-as-bull-ages.html Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
Will Lululemon Recall Scare Customers Away?
Description: Wall Street analysts from Robert W.Baird to Sterne Agee & Leach peppered Lululemon executives yesterday with questions about how the yoga-wear retailer is handling a recall of women’s pants for being too transparent. Julie Hyman reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 22, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/11sNHzi#ooid=t4MGJlYTpmIsx1vU1JUhve11phyxTgKF… Read more »
Food Trucks Are Stale. Line Up for Food Scooters
Description: Food trucks helped make street vending a $1.5 billion industry in the U.S. last year, according to research firm IBISWorld. Plenty of aspiring entrepreneurs are salivating. But getting a full-service food truck rolling can cost upwards of $100,000, says Howard Leonhardt, who recently launched a venture to sell food trikes and scooters for a… Read more »
Is the Daily Deals Business Model a Dud?
Description: Lerer Ventures’ Eric Hippeau discusses the ouster of Groupon CEO Andrew Mason with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 01, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/XfvzFM#ooid=RhbmxyOTomASPPAFWyusRDsGacaBx_Au Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the relationship between the CEO and the Board of Directors? Is Groupon… Read more »
