Category: Restaurants
The Alchemy of Oversupply — Turning A1 into A3
60 Seconds. Slack Money, the hunt for yield & over-building:
Interest rates last rose over 10yrs ago (on 5 July 2007). Slack money got us through the worst of the aftermath of the Credit Crunch but where’s the road back?
Bricks & Clicks: A Changing of the Guard?
By Jack Brumby
The latest clothing market figures show High Street clothes retailing is a bloody business. Meanwhile, upstart online retailers go from strength to strength…
Overfocusing on sales growth?
By Jack Brumby
There’s no Holy Grail. Sales & margin need to be considered together. Capex needs to be rationed and, at the end of the day, it’s cash that matters…
Inflation: Friend or Foe?
By Mark Brumby
Background:
Many consumers have little or no first-hand experience of inflation
The two 5% spikes in 2008 and 2011 were ‘aberrations’
We were in short pants (or not born) in the 20% plus days of the 1970s…