Conglomerates – the End of an Era ??
The announcement by Honeywell (ranked #456 in The Global 5000) that it is splitting into three companies might very well have marked the end of the era of conglomerates. A few years back, GE went down a similar path and split itself up into three pieces. The main GE company (ranked #207) was a $122 […]
A Europe Retrenchment
An item that caught our attention as we monitor the news of The Global 5000 companies came from HSBC, the UK based banking giant (ranked #38 in The Global 5000). The news item stated that HSBC is planning its biggest European retrenchment in decades. The bank will now be focused on Asia Pac and the Middle […]
AI – How Does It Work? . . . and when it really doesn’t
Like everyone else, we have been playing with various AI tools and decided to do a little experiment to see if we could use AI to create The Global 5000. We tried 3 available tools — ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot — and asked each one to return a list of the 5000 largest […]
Remember That Covid Years(s)? —- a look at how Global 5000 companies adapt
While doing some company database updates for Global 5000 companies recently, we came across a couple of interesting cases that point out how businesses in different industries have to adapt very differently to market conditions. Covid hit hardest during 2020 but there were early signs at the end of 2019 and then it lingered into […]
2024 M&A Activity for Global 5000 Companies
Throughout the year 2024 (and every year) we keep track of the M&A activities, spin-off’s divestitures, etc. among Global 5000 companies. Essentially any corporate activities that will materially affect their revenue and affect how companies may need to adjust their target market selling efforts. The idea is that what is in your CRM system or […]
Yearend (and Q4 2024) Updates for Global 5000 Database
We have completed our database updates for Q4 2024 with 390 updates and here’s a snapshot of what we are seeing at the end of the year: During Q4 2024, 63 new companies were added to the Global 5000 Currently, the Global 5000 companies report revenue exceeding $76.8 trillion. They employ over 171 million people. The average […]
The Merger That Wasn’t
After nearly two years of “dancing” the Kroger & Albertson grocery store merger was called off. In addition to all that time and effort, the two companies reportedly spent close to $1 billion in fees and expenses toward the deal. All for nothing – and anyone want to guess who will ultimately pay for that […]
Match and Append – a Rule of Thumb
Our Global 5000 database is often used by marketing teams who take our file and match it to their internal CRM records and append an indicator (record number of ranking) for matched records onto their internal customer and prospect file. The idea is that the external validation indicating a record is part of a large […]
Q3 2024 updates for Global 5000 Database
We have completed our database updates for Q3 2024, completing 1400 updates and here’s a snapshot of what we are seeing at the mid-year point: During Q3 2024, 33 new companies were added to the Global 5000 Currently, the Global 5000 companies report revenue exceeding $76.8 trillion. They employ over 171 million people. The average revenue per employee […]
What Data Will AI Search Tools Return?
Anything related to AI is everywhere we turn these days including AI search tools. Like everyone else, we’ve experimented and have a nagging question: what data gets returned from the search? The results are only as good as the data sitting out on “the web” – and therein lies a big challenge. The Global 5000 consists of […]