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JULY 21, 2017

The price tags attached to the deals were reported as $3.7 pence per stake, has stated support for the deal. In the meantime, the Blackstone/CVC consortium has said it would fund the deal at least in part with proceeds from asset sales, including that of Paysafe’s Asia Gateway business.

Sales 43

Sales Marketing 43

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. In the eCommerce era, especially with the advent of Amazon and Zappos, free returns became table stakes and a major driver of customer loyalty.

Retail 86

Retail Auditing eCommerce Forecasting 86

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Consider the fact that Cook shone the spotlight, specifically, on iPhone sales tied to China, along with other hardware. Look back beyond the panic of December’s stock market and the initial panics of January (the month already feels like it’s been dragging on forever, doesn’t it?), and the signs have been there for a while.

Sales 70

Sales Numbers Retail Accounting 70

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MARCH 18, 2020

The pain started to become very evident on Wednesday (March 18), as the trade group that represents mall owners asked for a government bailout and big retail names started to put a price tag on the revenue losses they expected to incur. Adidas says closings in China would cost it about $1 billion in lost sales.

Retail 64

Retail Numbers Securities Sales 64

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JULY 5, 2017

There’s a slight ownership edge here, too, as Vantiv holders will boast a roughly 59 percent stake in the combined entity, which of course speaks to control over just where resources will be deployed, how and when. For Vantiv there is value in going beyond the United States, boosting footprint and gaining scale.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Currencies Valuation Forecasting 40

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Still, it has the potential to disrupt sales for American companies such as Apple, which sells its products in China and may have been planning to release its HomePod smart speaker there (though no such plan had yet been unveiled at the time of Alibaba’s announcement). It is unlikely to reach the U.S.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Entertainment Planning Technology 43

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113