by Tim Delaney | Feb 10, 2017
Last summer Hanjin Shipping failed. It was only the sixth largest container shipping company in the world, but its bankruptcy may be the first of many in an industry caught in very heavy weather of its own making. ...
by Tim Delaney | Sep 22, 2015
Dave Lewis has been Tesco’s CEO since September 2014. As we said in an earlier post, his challenge is to counter the growing threat from discounters in the UK like Aldi and Lidl by holding on to a core set of customers who prefer Tesco’s variety and convenience over...
by Tim Delaney | Apr 26, 2015
A few days ago Tesco announced its worst full-year loss ever and one that ranks among the biggest in the history of British business — £6.4 billion. The company took a cart load of special charges to account for three years of declining sales, profits, and cash flows...
by Tim Delaney | Jan 6, 2014
Kodak dominated mass-market consumer photography for over a century. But it failed to meet the challenge from digital photography and went bankrupt a year ago. How could a company as strong as Kodak fail so badly? This post explains what happened to Kodak. In our next...
