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Retail sales exceed forecasts, highlighting steady consumer-fueled growth

CFO Dive

Robust retail sales defy predictions that trends such as declining savings and a cooling labor market will inhibit consumer spending.

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Contrarian investors keep office sale-leaseback market ‘open’

CFO Dive

While office vacancies have soared due to the rise of hybrid work, office sale leaseback transactions ticked up to comprise 10% of the total sale leaseback transactions in the first quarter.

Sales 229
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Home Depot CFO expects flat consumer spending, sales

CFO Dive

The home goods and improvement company is committed to a $1 billion investment in compensation for its frontline workers, CFO John McPhail said, even as it forecasts flat 2023 sales.

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Small businesses foresee ‘dismal’ sales: NFIB

CFO Dive

Inflation, a tight labor market and disrupted supply chains have jarred small business confidence in future sales growth.

Sales 258
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CFOs aim to expand budgets for sales, supply chain

CFO Dive

CFOs are preparing to bump up spending in sales, corporate IT and supply chain, but are keeping a close watch on economic conditions before shelling out new funding.

Sales 187
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Your Song (Is For Sale)

Corporate Finance

And although we agree that this is a tidy sum, it is still smaller than the $500 million that Bruce Springsteen or $300 million that Bob Dylan received last year for similar sales. The price isn't cheap as song catalogs are reportedly being sold for 30 times annual royalties.

Sales 130
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Microsoft rides AI fervor to $62B in sales

CFO Dive

The company’s move to incorporate AI has represented “a real pivot of our investment infrastructure,” CFO Amy Hood said.

Sales 269