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recent bookmarks from jerrykingBell, Best Buy team up to rebrand and revamp The Source stores2024-01-24T04:47:46+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-bell-canada-strikes-partnership-with-best-buy-to-rebrand-the-source/
jerrykingBell_Canada Best_Buy consolidation consumer_electronics rebranding retailershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9b4741bb6468/Buttonwood: Feel the burn2022-07-06T17:30:32+00:00
https://notes.pinboard.in/u:jerryking/48f88f01c1eba9569ccd
jerrykingasset_management consolidation economies_of_scale finance financial_services investment_management M&A mergers_&_acquisitions organizational_culture roll_upshttps://notes.pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:dd8a09849ca8/The High Cost Of Producing Cheap Food2022-06-28T09:17:18+00:00
https://nixolympia.com/the-high-cost-of-producing-cheap-food/
jerryking>externalities<< of cheap food should spend some time in America’s Midwestern farmland. I drove from Wisconsin to Missouri last week through hundreds of miles of corn and soybeans, the vast majority of which are grown not as food, but as animal feed.
It was easy to find fast food and red meat in the small towns I passed, but it was often difficult to find a decent supermarket with fresh fruits and vegetables. What a terrible irony that some of the richest farmlands in America are often where you’re most likely to find a >>“food desert,” << or a place where it’s challenging to find the components of a healthy diet. Nearly a century after the Great Depression, we are still farming as we did then, trying to produce cheap calories for a growing number of hungry people — and using vast amounts of fossil fuels — rather than in ways squeezing an overfed but undernourished population of better people. to provide nutrition. that can support the planet and local communities.
Consumers have become accustomed to cheap food. But it is a model that makes little sense from an environmental point of view and has led to enormous consolidation on the production side.
Remember that in the midst of the biggest rise in commodity prices since the 1970s, some farmers are still struggling to stay in the black. Research from Texas A&M University shows that two in three rice farmers will lose money this year as input costs, including fuel and fertilizer, rise even faster than commodity prices. Corn and soybean producers will make money, but not as much as you might think.
As Joe Outlaw, a professor at Texas A&M, put it in his testimony on the subject to the House Agricultural Subcommittee, consumer inflation may be 8.5 percent, but farmers have been hit by >>price hikes<< that are twice as high for seed. For other inputs, inflation is even higher. Herbicide is up 64% from 2021 to 2022, and nitrogen fertilizer, arguably the most important input of all, is up a whopping 133%. Corn, meanwhile, is up just 4.84% per bushel, and soybeans are up just over 7% year on year.
Farmers have tried to hedge and pot to explain these spikes, but they are being chased by large, highly concentrated companies that control much of the agricultural supply chain. As Outlaw explained, “Put simply, the input suppliers would not set a price until the producers” [meaning farmers] agreed to take delivery.”
As a result, many farmers, especially small and medium-sized ones, are cutting back on inputs this planting season, which in turn will hurt their future crops. Grain trading giants like Cargill are getting rich, as are many multinational energy companies. But the growers themselves are hardly in the dark.
All this speaks to a model that no longer works.[i.e. = "deteriorating systems"] Agriculture in America has been about cheap food for nearly a century. The New Deal encouraged the production of massive amounts of subsidized cereal grains to feed an influx of city dwellers. The Reagan Revolution encouraged further consolidation — think, for example, of four companies that control up to 85 percent of the meat market.
Democratic President Bill Clinton then passed the “Freedom to Farm” law, which eliminated any government management of supply and demand. This is one of the reasons farmers dumped milk after the pandemic; >>overproduction<< drives >>boom and bust<< cycles. It also makes it difficult to control food inflation now. While the US has strategic petroleum reserves, it has no grain reserves for domestic buyers, despite being one of the world’s largest producers.
The “pile high, sell cheap” paradigm assumes that simply lowering prices will create a healthy market. But it comes at a clear cost to the planet, our health and in some parts of the country to politics. You would think that a state like Missouri, for example, would be fertile ground for Democrats campaigning for a message of corporate greed. In fact, the state voted for Donald Trump in the last election — in part because the failed >>industrial agriculture<< model hasn’t been replaced by much else, leaving a disenchanted population ripe for the former president’s >>dog whistles<< and his kind of populism, with its empty promises of aid to the white working class.
Many neoliberal economists may shrug and note that farmers make up less than 2% of the workforce (the agricultural sector as a whole is just over 10%). They may even shrug at the fate of a state like Missouri because they tend to think of aggregate numbers, not individual people in so-called crossover states. But in the American >>electoral system<<, these kinds of states still matter – a lot. Together they can make the difference between winning or losing.
So, what should be done? It is right that the Biden administration is seeking concentration in agriculture and energy, as it is in other industries. Indeed, the >>discrepancy<< between input costs and raw material prices makes me think the White House has a point about driving up corporate prices. If the commerce department has its way, more nationwide broadband would also help. Ultimately, though, we’re going to have to >>rethink<< the whole way we farm in America. Like so much of our economic system, it was built for a different era.
]]>agriculture boom-to-bust Cargill cheap consolidation Democrats deteriorating_systems dog_whistles Donald_Trump electoral_systems externalities farming farmland food food_system fresh_produce grocery high-cost industrial_agriculture inflation Midwest Missouri New_Deal Rana_Foroohar Reagan_Revolution rethinking smallholders supermarkets supply_chains the_Great_Depression whites working-class food_deserts overproduction price_hikes discrepancieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:bb6f6d86c30b/Opinion: It’s time to put consumers first. How about we start with the Rogers-Shaw deal? - The Globe and Mail2021-03-21T17:00:23+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-its-time-to-put-consumers-first-how-about-we-start-with-the-rogers/
jerryking5G Adam_Smith Andrew_Coyne competition consumers M&A mergers_&_acquisitions producers regulations regulators Rogers Shaw subsidies telecommunications wireless public_interest consolidation deal-making entrenched_interests cartels supply_managementhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:bf33bce97ea8/The fight for the future of America’s local newspapers2021-01-22T03:37:26+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/5c22075c-f1af-431d-bf39-becf9c54758b
jerrykingabandoned_fields advertising bankruptcies business_models cash-strapped civics community cost-cutting Covid-19 Craigslist digital_media economic_downturn Facebook Google hedge_funds high_net_worth investors journalism layoffs local_journalism newspapers newsstand_circulation playbooks print_journalism private_equity social_cohesion turnarounds vulture_investing zero-based_budgeting consolidation engaged_citizenry structural_declinehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:27ffa9313c4b/Opinion | American Companies Are Sick. Here’s How to Cure Them. - The New York Times2020-07-09T03:17:40+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/opinion/sunday/mergers-buyouts-economy-inequality.html?searchResultPosition=1
jerrykingbacklash buyouts consolidation corporate_concentration discontent economic_inequity antitrust enforcement ideas M&A mergers_&_acquisitions survival_strategies Tim_Wu employee-owned employees employee_ownership pandemics curseshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9fe88c44b480/Opinion | Waking Up in 2030 - The New York Times2020-06-28T09:04:19+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/opinion/sunday/us-coronavirus-2030.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
jerrykingaccelerated_lifecycles churches Colleges_&_Universities consolidation crisis cultural_institutions future George_Floyd homogenization ideological_conformity journalism market_concentration market_power newspapers pandemics politics post-coronavirus_era predictions protests protest_movements religion Ross_Douthat time-travel trends fast-forwarding COVID-19 rapid_changehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:dd5e22c74ce2/Grocery Wars Turn Small Chains Into Battlefield Casualties - The New York Times2018-08-23T16:43:42+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/business/grocery-wars-small-chains.html
jerrykinggrocey bankruptcies supermarkets consolidation competitive_landscape Amazon Wal-Marthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:d4264291816b/Firms That Bossed Agriculture for a Century Face New Threat: Farmers - WSJ2018-08-15T20:48:01+00:00
https://www.wsj.com/articles/firms-that-bossed-agriculture-for-a-century-face-new-threat-farmers-1534347514?mod=hp_lead_pos8
jerrykingADM agriculture Bunge Cargill commodities consolidation grains farming threats food_crops informational_advantages digital_strategies agribusinesshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:8b2d0a49797c/Constellation Software may have to revisit its retreat into silence - The Globe and Mail2018-08-05T20:58:07+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-constellation-software-may-have-to-revisit-its-retreat-into-silence/
jerrykingdealmakers software mergers_&_acquisitions consolidation Ivey alumni Constellationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:233a28a51a07/US has more than 5,600 banks. Consolidation is coming2018-05-23T21:24:52+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/41af5986-5e05-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04
jerrykingbanks consolidation mergers_&_acquisitions pitches opportunistic location_based_services LBMAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9df165ee4dc6/Torstar cuts jobs, internship programs; board chair says the company is fighting for survival - The Globe and Mail2018-02-14T01:57:28+00:00
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/torstar-chair-makes-case-for-government-aid-amid-fight-for-survival/article37972775/
jerrykingSusan_Krashinsky Torstar digital_media digital_strategies newspapers cost-cutting subscriptions paywalls layoffs consolidation digital-firsthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:4eca3d01c90c/TV chief looks beyond cable for the voyage of Discovery2017-08-09T14:46:57+00:00
https://www.evernote.com/Home.action?login=true#n=accde4de-fb94-4fe8-962e-fa3862c529a9&ses=4&sh=2&sds=2&
jerrykingDiscovery mergers_&_acquisitions Scripps CATV CEOs John_Malone North_Star content consolidationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:e628cc6147b7/Supermarkets Face a Growing Problem: Too Much Space - WSJ2017-07-31T17:33:46+00:00
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supermarkets-face-a-growing-problem-too-much-space-1501498802
jerrykingretailers grocery supermarkets oversaturation e-commerce barbell_effect real_estate commercial_real_estate prepared_meals convenience_stores pharmacies overcapacity Aldi Lidl consolidation store_openingshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:7b0aa4102832/When local news outlets shutter due to cuts, we all lose - The Globe and Mail2017-04-16T17:57:12+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/when-local-news-outlets-shutter-due-to-cuts-we-all-lose/article34549438/
jerryking>opposing views<< as well.
“The weighty responsibility of hunting for balance and accuracy now lands largely on your shoulders.” [i.e. = the quest to remain "well-informed"]]]>newspapers rural community journalism journalists provincial_legislatures city_councils print_journalism subscriptions dual-consciousness Postmedia consolidation local_journalism engaged_citizenry Elizabeth_Renzetti democracy neighbourhoods newsrooms unmonitored unwatched well-informed happy_talk local_politics state_legislatures opposing_viewpoints filter_bubbles narrative_shoppinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:5a9b7997fdd6/Canada’s vast network of bank branches expected to shrink - The Globe and Mail2017-01-11T14:20:30+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadas-vast-network-of-bank-branches-expected-to-shrink/article33574278/
jerrykingbanks financial_services cost-cutting consolidation store_footprints under-performing downsizing small_spaces culling store_closingshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:52453efea1cf/Tech Giants Gobble Start-Ups in an Antitrust Blind Spot - The New York Times2016-08-17T17:40:31+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/business/dealbook/expect-little-antitrust-challenge-to-walmarts-bid-for-jet-com.html?ribbon-ad-idx=9&rref=business/dealbook&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=DealBook&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article
jerrykingthreats antitrust Wal-Mart Facebook Google Amazon paranoia mergers_&_acquisitions M&A oligopolies competitive_landscape consolidation blind_spotshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:305b457de677/Pillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival - The New York Times2016-07-03T09:07:18+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/business/media/black-owned-media-companies-struggle-to-adapt-to-a-digital-world.html?ref=business&_r=0
jerrykingAfrican-Americans owners digital_media FCC broadcasting publishing consolidation television culture magazines radio black-owned Carol_Williams Essence Ebony mass_media print_journalismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9c8ba68426ef/Financial PR spins a new global story — FT.com2016-05-23T19:55:57+00:00
https://next.ft.com/content/e21a373e-137e-11e6-91da-096d89bd2173
jerrykingWall_Street London Communicating_&_Connecting boutiques public_relations government_relations consolidation financial_communications crisis_management rapid-response rising_demandhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:417e132ffdc9/Department Stores Need to Cull Hundreds of Sites, Study Says - WSJ2016-04-25T19:35:46+00:00
http://www.wsj.com/articles/department-stores-need-to-cull-hundreds-of-sites-study-says-1461520952
jerrykingretailers Sears big-box downsizing small_spaces store_footprints shopping_malls commercial_real_estate LBMA e-commerce store_closings consolidation cullinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:d2d062171c4e/St-Hubert, Rona and new fears of a hollowed-out Quebec Inc. - The Globe and Mail2016-04-08T17:39:24+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/st-hubert-sold-as-quebec-inc-keeps-getting-gobbled-up/article29556152/
jerrykinghollowing_out Konrad_Yakabuski Quebec CDPQ generational_change economic_nationalism multinationals competitiveness mergers_&_acquisitions M&A consolidation weak_dollar gatekeepershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:06e4ea9d4e25/Sears Canada races to close more stores amid cost-cutting efforts - The Globe and Mail2016-01-26T04:01:24+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/sears-races-to-close-more-stores-amid-cost-cutting-efforts/article28365748/
jerrykingMarina_Strauss retailers cost-cutting commercial_real_estate CBRE consolidation store_footprints under-performing downsizing small_spaces RioCan Sears_Canadahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:deee9156b35d/Thoughtful Italian dealmaker who plays the long game2015-11-24T17:17:36+00:00
https://www.evernote.com/Home.action?offer=www_menu#n=36e20f10-348b-41b1-8ce1-0c80a66e2a6c&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&
jerrykingdealmakers Italian pharmaceutical_industry retailers CEOs consolidation pharmacies long-term long-range carpe_kairos gung-hohttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:bce2b0a92c2d/Loblaw cuts are just part of the new food paradigm - The Globe and Mail2015-07-27T16:28:09+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/loblaw-cuts-are-just-part-of-the-new-food-paradigm/article25667356/
jerrykingSylvain_Charlebois Loblaws cutbacks consolidation Shoppers food e-commerce market_intelligencehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:5468184c0ef0/Behind the Wave of Semiconductor Deals: Margin Pressures - WSJ2015-06-12T03:35:40+00:00
http://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-the-wave-of-semiconductor-deals-margin-pressures-1432940411?KEYWORDS=semiconductors
jerrykingsemiconductors consolidation marginshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9dfbf703d40d/Sobeys boosts East Coast footprint with Co-op deal - The Globe and Mail2015-04-28T11:10:56+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/sobeys-set-to-absorb-most-co-op-atlantic-stores/article24130482/
jerrykingMarina_Strauss mergers_&_acquisitions Atlantic_Canada retailers supermarkets grocery consolidation Sobeyshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:ae50aee00413/No place for Future Shop as shopping’s future shifts - The Globe and Mail2015-03-31T15:46:24+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/no-place-for-future-shop-as-shoppings-future-shifts/article23679364/
jerrykingMarina_Strauss retailers e-commerce consolidation Future_Shop marketing branding bricks-and-mortar Best_Buyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:ebd4f547c2dc/Future Shop shutters Canadian stores, will re-brand as Best Buy - The Globe and Mail2015-03-28T17:21:35+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/future-shop-closes-canadian-stores/article23677084/
jerrykingMarina_Strauss downsizing retailers consolidation consumer_electronics branding Future_Shop Best_Buy big-box rebrandinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:f744fb0b0ec9/Nine retailers closing the most stores2015-03-25T22:34:32+00:00
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/03/12/retailers-store-closings/6333865/
jerrykingretailers downsizing store_footprints bricks-and-mortar consolidation mergers_&_acquisitions e-commerce under-performing LBMA de-risking store_closingshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:8675426bd2ca/The incredible shrinking retail sector - The Globe and Mail2015-02-16T05:35:12+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/rob-insight/the-incredible-shrinking-retail-sector/article22961773/
jerrykingBarrie_McKenna retailers size mergers_&_acquisitions downsizing small_spaces grocery supermarkets pharmacies proximity store_footprints post-deal_integration bricks-and-mortar consolidation distribution_channels Target Wal-Mart Loblaws competitive_landscape e-commerce fresh_produce perishables big-box supply_chains convenience_storeshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:f81a0145acc3/When Media Mergers Limit More Than Competition - NYTimes.com2014-07-26T10:33:02+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/business/a-21st-century-fox-time-warner-merger-would-narrow-already-dwindling-competition.html?ribbon-ad-idx=19&rref=business&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Business%20Day&pgtype=Blogs&_r=0
jerrykingantitrust consolidation mergers_&_acquisitions M&A deal-making competitive_landscape 21st_Century_Fox regulationshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:cdaa22de5a44/Changing Old Antitrust Thinking for a New Gilded Age - NYTimes.com2014-07-24T16:42:13+00:00
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/changing-old-antitrust-thinking-for-a-new-gilded-age/?smid=tw-share
jerrykingconsolidation antitrust mergers_&_acquisitions M&A deal-making competitive_landscape regulations Gilded_Agehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:c5dfb4740779/The most successful Canadian dealmaker you’ve never heard of and will never see - The Globe and Mail2014-04-27T21:59:54+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/the-most-successful-canadian-dealmaker-youve-never-heard-of-and-will-never-see/article18134950/?page=all&ord=1
jerrykingdealmakers software mergers_&_acquisitions consolidation Ivey alumni Constellationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:0461fd910740/Consolidation Need Not Lead To Margin Compression2014-04-23T18:34:42+00:00
http://www.jimprevor.com/articles.php?m=8&id=1065
jerrykingconsolidation supermarkets grocery profitability profits Sun_World Driscoll's marginshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:bcdf1ea9c3c0/Wal-Mart not a big, bad food buyer after all2014-03-24T15:08:20+00:00
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PsNNErnGr2bSmBoBCtal0DHdi7Eunbxz22n6MeQ_NVM/edit
jerrykingWal-Mart fresh_produce supermarkets grocery price-cutting consolidation competition Roberta_Cookhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:365ae5f8e042/Market Trends and Retailers’ Strategies in Fresh Produce2014-01-29T13:11:31+00:00
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ytqkzv8-wFgPLpVpvXyAP5dvfiAEulKeyZCTcJmsy2o/edit#slide=id.p15
jerryking They are in a weak bargaining position as price differentiation is almost the only available strategy.
Impact on Fresh Produce Suppliers
* Despite increasing rationalization of the supply base, retailers are still able to switch volumes between suppliers of fresh produce.
* As a result, suppliers of fresh produce are often forced to accept low prices in order to get volume growth, which does little to improve their immediate and long-term financial performance.
* In response to >>consumer trends<< and marketing demands, innovative growers of fresh produce have increased their cooperation and involvement with buyers and other members of the supply chain to ensure their produce meet consumer expectations.
* Closer relationships between the various members in the supply chain, ensure information is shared and can be used to improve the competitive position of all members in that supply chain.
]]>fresh_produce marketing trends grocery supermarkets strategies retailers Tesco Sainsbury's ASDA supply_chains private_labels OPMA consolidation relationships information_flows consumer_trendshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:1e00ccafe197/With Safeway deal complete, Sobeys demands price cuts from suppliers - The Globe and Mail2014-01-09T15:30:48+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/with-safeway-deal-complete-sobeys-demands-price-cuts-from-suppliers/article16249581/#dashboard/follows/
jerrykingMarina_Strauss grocery supermarkets retailers Sobeys Safeway scaling consolidation supply_chains economies_of_scale synergieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:23f5816b9f23/The high cost of low food prices - The Globe and Mail2014-01-08T16:12:24+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-high-cost-of-low-food-prices/article16190037/#dashboard/follows/
jerrykingfood pricing retailers consolidation Loblaws Wal-Mart Sylvain_Charlebois high-costhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:22ba14199e95/Got Growth? - Forbes2013-12-17T23:48:10+00:00
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/0512/102.html
jerrykingsoybeans Dean_Foods dairy licensing consolidation food growth roll_ups single-serve gross_margins margins high-margin digestive_enzymes serial_acquirershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:ff531941a1b1/Grocery wars spur industry consolidation - The Globe and Mail2013-08-16T21:00:58+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/metro-to-reorganize-ontario-network-close-some-stores/article13751650/
jerrykingTarget Sobeys Loblaws Shoppers Metro grocery supermarkets competitive_landscape consolidationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:a34cc6f2c517/Grocery rivals feel the heat as Sobeys prepares to swallow Safeway - The Globe and Mail2013-06-15T04:00:16+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/consolidation-in-aisle-nine-the-supermarket-sectors-race-to-compete/article12537526/
jerrykingretailers Marina_Strauss grocery supermarkets M&A mergers_&_acquisitions consolidationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:e32e8bb4cd8e/Jonway Auto's Big Plans Points to Chinese Consolidation - WSJ.com2013-04-11T02:58:40+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323361804578388440921474834.html?KEYWORDS=Rose+Yu
jerrykingautomotive_industry China overcapacity consolidation oversupplyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:4e0d704ab805/In Dairy Industry Consolidation, Lush Paydays - NYTimes.com2012-10-28T14:32:44+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/in-dairy-industry-consolidation-lush-paydays.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
jerrykingdairy consolidationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:4aec930b9f08/Green giants are gobbling up the little growers - smh.com.au2012-08-20T20:29:07+00:00
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/10/1026185061953.html
jerrykingAustralia retailers farming agriculture consolidation supermarkets groceryhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:fafbf41c879f/Know where your customers are headed - and get there first2012-08-15T05:48:27+00:00
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gntV_MPsSjsJ:www.farmcentre.com/News/TodaysStory/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D922681d6-ce53-4e74-8b9f-4ace2db5a445+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
jerryking>first principle<< of marketing – >>Know Your Customer<< – but it’s a lot harder to put in practice: Customers are definitely fickle creatures.
But understanding customers is critical to the success of Bay Growers Co-operative in Clarksburg in the heart of Ontario’s Georgian Bay apple country. It started up a dozen years ago when 22 local growers jointly built a storage facility, but its watershed moment came when it zeroed in on what its customers – grocery retailers – were doing.
“We could see the writing on the wall,” says co-op president John Ardiel. “The retail business was consolidating. There were fewer and fewer retailers, and the next logical step was that there would be fewer and fewer suppliers.]]>apples Ontario co-operatives farming agriculture customer_insights marketing know_your_audience turning_points retailers supply_chains grocery consolidation know_your_customer first_principleshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:bc010e8e212f/Opportunities for Entrepreneurs_Consolidating Fragmented Service Industries2012-07-01T15:53:30+00:00
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IzZq1t1ruqyiccQ82Apkz1gyQOlsd-BAQez2ttDI5zw/edit
jerrykingconsolidation fragmentation opportunities entrepreneur small_business start_ups strategic_planning economies_of_scale fragmented_markets roll_ups professionalization personal_sellinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:b322795b22c5/South Africa Reseeds Farm Debate - WSJ.com2012-06-30T05:55:34+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304458604577490784123772886.html
jerryking>farmland<< remains white-controlled, though the dwindling white population accounts for less than one-tenth of the country's 50 million people. Few rural youths want to follow their parents into farming.
The number of white commercial farmers in South Africa is dropping—from 60,000 in 1994 to 37,000 today, according to Theo de Jager, deputy president of Agri SA, a commercial farmers' association—as many >>consolidate<< farms into larger >>commercial operations<<.
]]>mentoring South_Africa farmland commercial_operators consolidation farming land_ownership land_transfers white-controlledhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:693ee1f75f99/Supermarket Challenges and Opportunities for Producers and Shippers: US Experience12012-06-09T03:19:48+00:00
http://agecon.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/roberta-cook/docs/Articles/AustFarmPolicy05Cook.pdf
jerryking>consumer demand<<. Shippers reduce seasonal supply variation using imported products which has implications for early and late season producers who may permanently face lower average prices. Ultimately producers benefit by marketing through a shipper who can accurately reflect both short and longer-term market signals and can also assemble larger supplies of consistent quality products.]]>grocery supermarkets shippers farming agriculture fruits vegetables consolidation challenges opportunities Roberta_Cook OPMA fresh_produce market_signalling consumer_demandhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:1dc24c710ef6/Family farms are fewer and larger, StatsCan says - The Globe and Mail2012-05-22T04:01:07+00:00
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/family-farms-are-fewer-and-larger-statscan-says/article2429468/singlepage/#articlecontent
jerrykingfarming Canadian agriculture trends aging Paul_Waldie Statistics_Canada consolidationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:9d236df1e42f/Shift in Customer Base Transforms Seigle's - WSJ.com2012-05-10T15:27:39+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105216962511558500,00.html
jerrykingfamily-owned_businesses retailers Home_Depot Lowe's home-center_industry consolidation home-improvement shifting_tastes cost_structure customer_basehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:1ea2034d74d6/Settling the Landscape After Merging Firms - WSJ.com2012-05-10T12:20:25+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105034495629716400,00.html
jerryking>Tech support<< was a challenge, too. Pathlore's product required lots of time on the phone with its customers, working through the challenges of its sprawling, Web-accessed product. Silton-Bookman tech support addressed fast, easy-to-solve problems at high volume.
"Sometimes you don't know what the issues are going to be until you get in," says Mr. Thomas. "We struggled."
THE SOLUTION: Playing to the strengths [i.e. = "play to your strengths"] of the component companies.
In order to bolster the old Pathlore sales team, it raised $10 million in venture capital for new hires and training. With the new client list in place, aggressive spending for new sales hires -- with experience -- made sense.
Pathlore split up other tasks among the two companies. Its tech support staff -- newly trained to deal with both products -- moved to Columbus, where tech labor is cheaper and less prone to turnover. It put its product development team and marketing staff in Cupertino to take advantage of the deep reservoir of Silicon Valley talent. Sales -- now requiring about six months -- have reached $26 million, and they are profitable.
THE LESSON: Even the most straightforward mergers present unforeseen challenges. Expect surprises and stay flexible.
-- Paulette Thomas
]]>mergers_&_acquisitions M&A problems incompatibilities tech_support venture_capital lessons_learned post-deal_integration consolidation play_to_your_strengths Paulette_Thomas vchttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:afd8fe5d0c63/Business: Mr Ellison helps himself;2011-03-01T06:46:47+00:00
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1686535121&sid=6&Fmt=3&clientId=11263&RQT=309&VName=PQD
jerrykingProQuest Oracle mergers_&_acquisitions M&A consolidation mature_industrieshttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:32c7695c9c9c/Magic Johnson, Yucaipa Invest in Vibe - WSJ.com2011-02-11T01:22:29+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704858404576133861275371014.html?mod=ITP_marketplace_5
jerrykingAfrican-Americans private_equity Magic_Johnson Ron_Burkle Vibe roll_ups consolidation mediahttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:63bba0c028cf/African Farms Attract Private-Sector Funds - WSJ.com2010-10-29T12:58:56+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303467004575574152965709226.html?KEYWORDS=farmland
jerrykingagriculture farmland Africa private_equity Green_Revolution farming economies_of_scale consolidation productivity rule_of_law political_instability smallholders irrigation sub-Saharan_Africa unproductivehttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:0f038a90eb48/Aon to Buy Hewitt in $4.9 Billion Deal - WSJ.com2010-07-15T02:31:46+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575362562832302930.html?KEYWORDS=Mattioli
jerrykingconsolidation mergers_&_acquisitions M&A management_consulting Joann_S._Lublin Dana_Mattioli PwC McKinseyhttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:b93f3f4e4f0b/Macy's Clout Drives Supplier Consolidation - WSJ.com2010-04-02T20:26:02+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704841304575138023891786904.html?KEYWORDS=%22RACHEL+DODES%22+%22Macy's%22
jerrykingMacy's retailers consolidation supply_chains buying_power supply_chain_squeezehttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:1cc3396eb383/Gap Widens Between Tech Richest and the Rest - WSJ.com2010-03-18T12:56:53+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315004575073270259967954.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_smallbusiness
jerryking>balance sheets<<. Over the past
2 years, Apple Inc., Oracle Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and 6
other large tech companies have generated $68.5 billion in new cash,
compared with just $13.5 billion for the other 65 tech companies in the
S&P 500 Index combined. Because of their massive cash accumulation,
these companies can afford to take risks [i.e. = "risk on"] that smaller companies can't
at a time when the economy remains fragile. The result is a bifurcated
tech landscape, says Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at MIT's Sloan
School of Management.
]]>trends Apple Oracle Google Microsoft consolidation cash Ben_Worthen new_businesses winner-take-all risk-taking cash_reserves large_companies Fortune_500 Erik_Brynjolfsson barbell_effect start_ups small_business Big_Tech market_power balance_sheets risk-onhttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:fdb9d715a68f/Ducati's Motorcycles Face Tough Road2009-12-06T11:04:30+00:00
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=345769521&sid=2&Fmt=3&clientId=11263&RQT=309&VName=PQD
jerrykingDucati motorcycles Italian consolidation synergieshttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:07990ee60315/Consolidation is the big story2009-12-02T15:08:14+00:00
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1850253031&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientId=11263&RQT=309&VName=PQD
jerrykingconsolidation publishing Gadi_Pragerhttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:7c059edbb41b/Introduction: Customer Focus - HBR.org2009-10-26T20:40:35+00:00
http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2007/05/introduction-customer-focus/ar/1
jerrykingHBR customer_focus commoditization customer_centricity consolidation innovation differentiation bespoke personalization customer_segmentation value_propositions solutions solution-finders production-&-packaging creating_valuable_content marginshttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:dcf200e1cee1/Big Changes at the High End2009-04-04T07:07:48+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118721765306598983.html
jerrykingluxury consolidation Outsourcing counterfeits book_reviews branding PPR LVMH industries high-endhttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:d115a62f5981/Palm-Oil Plantations Plan Merger2009-03-03T17:18:08+00:00
http://ciptapangan.com/index.php?action=view&id=1825&module=newsmodule&src=%40random44210376c47f5&int=1826
jerrykingpalm_oil Malaysia consolidation industrieshttps://pinboard.in/u:jerryking/b:51c69e824ec8/