Prestige seekers would lead the charge on e-cars
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 2/11/2010
by Bain Global Automotive practice
350,000. That's the estimated number of prestige-oriented, high-end customers worldwide who would be ready to buy an electric automobile today, even if it were priced some $13,500 above the sticker on a comparable conventional car, Bain & Company research shows. These "eco-prestige" customers would lead the way in buying electric vehicles, according to Bain's study of more than 4,000 urban car owners.
The principles of good retailing
The Australian Financial Review 2/10/2010
by Emma Gray and Jayne Hrdlicka
On the heels of a sluggish Christmas shopping season, Australian retailers continue to hope for an end to economy-wary shopping. Some companies are doing a better job than others in the challenge of winning uneasy consumers. Retailers that rise above the pack have focused on four critical areas.
Achieving sustained growth: No cakewalk
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 2/9/2010
by Bain Global Strategy practice
12%. That's how many companies worldwide managed to grow profits and revenues more than 5.5% over the 10 years ending in 2008 and earn back their cost of capital, according to Bain's updated global database of Sustained Value Creators. The moral of the story: Achieving sustained, profitable growth is very challenging, and the odds of success are low.
Hundreds more US firms likely to default in next two years
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 1/28/2010
by Bain's Corporate Renewal group
Despite signs that the recession is bottoming out, default rates in the U.S. are likely to worsen as some big companies run out of cash, according to Bain & Company. As many as 287 companies with more than $100 million in assets defaulted on their debt in 2008 and 2009, compared with 116 for the four-year period from 2004 to 2007. As many as 300 more companies are likely to default by the end of 2011.
U.S. defaults are likely to hit another 300 companies through 2011
CRG default forecast summary 1/27/2010
by Bain's Corporate Renewal Group
U.S. corporate debt default rates will continue to hit records through 2011, even though the worst of the recession may be past. This estimate comes from Bain & Company's Corporate Renewal Group (CRG), which sees the final total approaching 600 large companies running out of cash through the period that began with onset of the downturn in 2008.
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