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...then redistributing the savings into new technologies. It also figures it could save $300 million in 2003 on cost synergies, which amounts to 2% of the $15 billion a year it shells out for materials, services and logistics."You could probably manage that just by benchmarking," says Commerzbank analyst Peter Dupont. "If the new company finds that Arbed ships a provider's stuff for one price and Usinor for another, and there's no good reason for the difference, then the pressure will be high...
...Like all mergers, this one will present its own cultural challenges. Roger Emmott, an analyst with consulting group Beddows & Co. in London, suggests looking at Corus, which recently announced 6,000 layoffs in South Wales: "A lot of its problems come from language and cultural differences." That's something the new bosses have already begun to address. After the press conference announcing the merger, they split reporters into three language groups-none of them English...
...Scott accentuates the positive, saying there are hopeful signs in Germany: an increase in comparable (same-store) sales growth and better gross margins. But Nikolai Baltruschat, European retail analyst at Deutsche Bank, remains skeptical: "If you come from a base that far below the industry average, it's easy to report favorable growth...
...will be another challenge for Napster, which has fought the labels aggressively in court. Now it needs to make nice, and get the companies to agree to license their songs. "The content partners are everything--they're the dealmakers or the deal breakers," says Ric Dube, an analyst with Webnoize. "Without them, all the technology in the world won't make a difference...
...everyone agrees. "If I were setting up a file-sharing network, I'd avoid hijacking one of the world's most popular pieces of software," says Rick Joyce, a music analyst at Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting. "You're just asking for a fight." AOL says it's monitoring the Aimster situation. Don't get your hopes...