How well does our system work? You can use the numerical index to check our blogs from the last big recession.
Much of the world suffered a severe recession from 2008 to 2011. During that time, we wrote more than 250 blogs using publicly available information and our Strategystreet system to project what would happen in various companies and industries who were living in those hostile environments. In 2022, we began to update each of these blogs to see what later took place and to check the quality of our conclusions. To date, we have completed the first 175 of our original blogs. You can use these updated blogs to see how well the Strategystreet system works.
The story in this blog illustrates several important facets of competition in difficult markets. It demonstrates how market share is gained and lost even while industry leaders think they are competing well. It shows us that in tough markets the primary reason for market share movement is failure by an incumbent supplier. It also demonstrates how a relatively small competitor can become an industry powerhouse, first, by its own innovation and, second, by its competitors’ failures. Posted 3/10/08 Sprint Nextel appears to be in real trouble. A recent Wall Street Journal article offered a…
Read MorePosted 3/7/08 Over the last few weeks, both GM and Sears, while leaders in their markets, have announced a new round of layoffs. This is a sad development to watch, especially since these layoffs are unlikely to be the last. I have watched these two great companies stumble toward oblivion throughout my entire working life. I have been fortunate to have nearly forty years in a professional life. In my earliest years, I consulted for a company who wanted to sell to Sears. In those days, the early 70s, Sears was then what Wal-Mart is…
Read More- « Previous
- 1
- …
- 13
- 14
- 15