WPP Lower Growth Forecast Highlights Numerous Market Shifts
Various news articles this week picked up on the WPP story where the company Chairman, Sir Martin Sorrell indicated WPP’s growth this year will be minimal. Much of the reason was directed toward large consumer goods firms cutting back on their spending — which WPP and other advertising related businesses depend on. Some of the […]
Paying Attention to Market Trends
One of the interesting things about having a database that is consistent over time and updated regularly is that the data can be continually mined and trends can be tracked and measured over various periods. We find that to be useful in this B2B marketplace where many companies are talking/thinking about Account Based Marketing (ABM) […]
The FinTech Wave of Payment Companies
As part of building the FinTech Dynamic database, we have identified over 150 companies involved in the payments space. Some are retailer/suppliers who have a vested interest and provide services for the payments industry. These include major retailers like Amazon, Alibaba and Wal-Mart. Device manufacturers like Apple and Samsung and services companies including First Data, […]
Retailers – and the Amazon / Whole Foods thing
Amazon’s recent announcement of the Whole Foods acquisition sent a shiver thru the retail industry. We have read any number of articles over the past few years about the death of retail as some traditional retailers (Sears is the oft mentioned example) as internet shopping initiatives have grown by leaps and bounds. Not only do […]
An Update of ‘Top’ Lists — Accounting & Tax Firms
As part of our ongoing research activities, we are always looking for sources of company information including top companies in each country and top lists for any industry or segment. In the Business Services industry group, one of the segments is the Accounting and Tax firms. One source we have found an annual issue of […]
FinTech Robo Advisors . . . and the incumbents
In the hot start-up world of FinTech, there are many different segments from Insurance to Banking to Bitcoins and trading and . . . . One of these advisory business that has been well know by the likes of Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard. The new players are increasingly algorithmic based and are are labeled […]
Corporate Complexity & the UK Exit from the EU
Among the issues facing the UK as it moves closer to separating from the European Union, are the trade issues facing companies that do business with their UK based customers. With the EU, trade agreements and business rules have been negotiated and in place for years and the UK has been living under those arrangements. […]
Market Metrics Report for the Global 5000
Using the data for the 5000 largest companies in the world — the Global 5000 database – we have created a set of market metrics based on growth by industry and country. This short report looks at metrics including revenue per employee, market density as well as five year CAGR. For a copy of the […]
FinTech Activity — All Part of Big Financial Player’s Operations
Since embarking on building out a FinTech company database, we have discovered and started to profile over 725 firms in the FinTech space. In detail, we have researched, profiled (and estimated the revenue) for 110 of these. Along the way we have reviewed a number of lists, top 10’s and the never ending stream of […]
Amazon and the Retail Industry Woes
The retail industry segment represents just under 10% of the Global 5000 companies and with the holiday sales tallies being reported and earnings season beginning, we are hearing the not-so-jolly news from the retail sector. This is worth a closer look. It was not a particularly strong season plus the brick & mortar general stores […]