CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The authors’ recent research affirms that conflicts at home also negatively affect our energy and emotions throughout the workday and also shows that many employees react to their bad home experiences in a surprising way: by offering help to their colleagues.

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CFO Dive

JANUARY 24, 2023

The number of U.S. employees who work remotely has more than tripled during the pandemic. Workers who forgo a commute spend more time at work, researchers said.

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CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Williams-Sonoma CFO Julie Whalen will move to the top financial seat for travel and hospitality service Expedia Group as it looks to enact a new sustainability strategy.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

They are also spurring many renters to try to buy a home as quickly as possible. . Rising rents are one of the main drivers in the recent bout of inflation. Average monthly rents listed in the U.S. jumped more than 14% year over year in December, climbing to $1,877, according to data from Redfin.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Long before COVID-19 turned us all into homebodies, Netflix kicked off a home organization craze with the premiere of decluttering guru Marie Kondo’s show, “ Tidying Up.” After all, homes now function not only as shelters, but also as offices, schools, entertainment centers and dining establishments. is now upon us.

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The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The post The Fastest Drop in Home Prices Since 2009 appeared first on The Reformed Broker. Previous to her current position, Skyler founded a consultancy supporting public-facing economic data program, was head of economics at a digital mortgage start-up, and spent 8 years supporting the Zillow economic research department.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

That reconfiguration has meant that the places consumers call home have had to change, too. Consumers have stayed home while they’ve interacted virtually with nearly every aspect of their reality. There’s only going home. The life of the consumer is a connected one, meaning their home is almost inevitably going to follow suit.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Since reshoring is the “new normal,” mastering the Three A’s is essential.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 1, 2022

To qualify for a $1 million mortgage, Americans typically have to make a down payment of at least 20% of the home’s price. Starting next year, some buyers could put as little as 3% down.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Pending home sales dropped 2.6 percent in November, the third consecutive month during the pandemic that activity dropped off in the real estate market, according to the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI). But compared to 2019, pending home sales are actually up in all regions. percent to roughly 3 percent.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dropbox is the latest company to allow employees to work permanently from home, CNBC reported. A new study from The Economist Intelligence Unit commissioned by Dropbox finds that knowledge workers are more focused at home and just as engaged as before. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday (Oct.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Trends like an increase in in-home consumption, Covid-19-induced premiumisation, and the power of brand recall for ordering home delivery are likely to continue, says Bittu Varghese.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The post Powell Should Declare Victory & Go Home appeared first on The Big Picture. Ritholtz Wealth Management Chairman & CIO and “Masters in Business” Bloomberg Radio & Podcast Host, discusses the Fed’s rate hikes and market reaction. Powell Should Declare Victory: Ritholtz.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

When it comes to purchasing a home or attempting to take equity out of a home in cash form — there aren’t an awful lot of options. In either case, Sponholtz explained, unlike other home refinancing products that are essentially a loan, this is not. Debt, by and large, is the option the vast majority of consumers have.

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CFO News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Parent Shriram Finance, which is mainly involved in commercial vehicle financing, owns 84.82% of Shriram Housing Finance Ltd, which focuses on affordable homes. San Francisco-based PE Valiant Capital Management owns most of the remaining stake.

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CFO Thought Leader

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Among the industries on which the pandemic was most known to have afflicted an extra helping of earnings chaos, most business analysts agree that the home fitness market is perhaps most deserving of special mention. From the beginning, our approach was dissimilar from things that had become quite popular.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift toward younger consumers, particularly millennials. I can call them, but I don’t find out enough — and setting up video cameras in their home would be a little intrusive.”.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

s home appliance division due to the challenges of expanding in a competitive market. Tata is mulling the sale of Voltas Ltd.'s Discussions are in the early stages, and it's uncertain whether the local joint venture with Arcelik AS will be included. Tata Group has not made a final decision on the sale.

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Financial Analyst Insider

APRIL 3, 2023

Buying a home is a significant investment, and for most people, it’s not feasible without some form of financing. Luckily, there are various financing options The post The Most Popular Financing Options for Home Buyers appeared first on Financial Analyst Insider.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And after almost a year spent at home for most consumers, much of the CES innovation this year involves building smarter, more connected and cleaner homes. Among the categories that will see the most smart home activity, according to the show’s organizers, are home security and whole-home Wi-Fi (a.k.a.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

It’s often said that home is where the heart is. But in 2020, it seems that expression could be modified to note that home is just about where everything making up a typical consumer’s life is, as COVID-19 has seriously dimmed most people’s enthusiasm for being out and about. Home Depot reported that Q2 sales rose 23.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

To monitor a home and to make sure all is safe and secure means you have to monitor the people and the activities inside. How to do that without destroying privacy in the age of work from home, shop from home, do-everything from home?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

Time, then, to picture the house as a bit more like home. As PYMNTS found in one recent study, “ Navigating The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Post Pandemic Reset ,” as many as 32 percent of consumers plan to do far less outside the home than they had done before the coronavirus hit. The Evolution.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

80% of consumers plan to spend less on items for socialising as they look to spend more time at home (cited by 41% of respondents, an increase of 6 percentage points from October 2022). The post Consumers plan to spend less as cost-of-living hits home appeared first on FutureCFO.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Two homes owned by the former billionaire’s family in Bengaluru, in southern India, and his under-construction villa in Epsilon — a plush gated community in the city — were offered as collateral to borrow $12 million

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Pinterest is canceling its upcoming lease to move into a San Francisco office that it doesn't need because its workers will be working from home, a report Monday (Aug. However, with the pandemic's shift to working from home, Pinterest decided to pay $89.5 31) from KCBS Radio said. million to terminate the lease, the report said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said that its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) is down for the second consecutive month, dropping 1.1 Pending home transactions saw a small drop-off from the prior month, but still easily outperformed last year's numbers for October," Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist, said in a statement. "The

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Financial Analyst Insider

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In-home product testing is an important tool for companies to get feedback on their products from consumers. It allows companies to understand how their products The post Why In-Home Product Testing Is The Future Of Marketing appeared first on Financial Analyst Insider.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Call it “home connectivity beyond the home.”. In terms of mechanics, Sidewalk will use consumers’ in-home Wi-Fi bandwidth to connect devices across long distances (as great as half a mile). Amazon watchers expect the event to (not surprisingly) emphasize the smart home.

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Financial Analyst Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Are you considering a home remodeling project? After all, a The post How to Fund Your Home Remodeling: A Comprehensive Financial Plan appeared first on Financial Analyst Insider. If so, one of the first questions you’re probably asking is how to fund it.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Roman philosopher Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, famously said “Home is where the heart is” somewhere around the year 45 AD — thus coining an aphorism that has had stunning staying power for the last 2,000 or so years. Home is still where the heart is. In pockets across the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Tampa, Florida-based startup Homee raised $15 million in series B funding led by Forté Ventures, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Aug. The new funding brings Homee’s total raised to nearly $30 million. We launched Homee three years ago to change the way homeowners and landlords order home services.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

He’s the executive in charge of making sure that the Amazons and Best Buys of the world are fully stocked with the company’s streaming devices, home audio equipment and accessories. It’s one of the reasons that Roku pairs its connected device with home audio and accessories to improve the overall experience.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Target will be working with Levi Strauss on a new limited edition collection, featuring new home and lifestyle items, according to a press release. They'll include quilts, pillows, tableware and other things, “allowing guests to feel comfortable during a time when they are spending more time at home than ever before.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Executives at Home Depot said opioid addiction in the U.S. The thefts — which retailers call shrink — will result in lower operating profit margins in 2020, Home Depot executives told analysts and investors during a meeting. Home Depot’s claim is among the first times a big U.S. stores, said. “We stores, said. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Average daily sales more than tripled in April as stay-at-home orders took hold, according to the company. “As the fitness landscape continues to evolve, we have seen a clear shift toward personalized, content-driven, at-home workout experiences,” added Scott Dahnke, global co-CEO of L Catterton.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Uber will let employees work from home through June of next year, according to CNBC. The outlier thus far has been Twitter , which stated its employees could work from home “forever” if they wished, even after offices were safe to be reopened. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made the announcement at an employee meeting.

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