Corporate restructuring specialists expect technology and energy industries will improve in 2012 while the real estate and retail sectors lag, but a worsening European sovereign debt crisis could be the wrench that squeezes them all. Six out of 10 respondents to the annual Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Trend Watch survey of more than 200 members [...]
The European brand value study eurobrand2011 was presented by European Brand Institute, examining more than 3.000 brand corporations in 24 countries and 16 industries with comparisons to America and Asia. Details and reports: http://www.eurobrand.cc Europe’s most valuable brand corporations: 1) LVMH (EUR 31.699 bn) 2) Vodafone (EUR 28.505 bn) 3) INBEV (EUR 25.481 bn) 4) [...]
Driven by continued strong demand for the company’s lineup of fuel-efficient cars and crossovers, and by improving full-size pickup truck sales, General Motors dealers in the United States reported 214,915 total sales in July, an 8-percent gain compared to July 2010. Retail sales for GM’s brands rose 6 percent for the month compared to a [...]
Driven by stronger same-store sales and traffic levels and a more optimistic outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association’s (www.restaurant.org) Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) rose above 100 in June. The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 100.6 in June, [...]