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...their annual revenue and up to 80% of their profits - hence the name Black Friday or the day when stores traditionally go from being "in the red" to "in the black." That's an overstatement, but with holiday forecasts predicting flat to 1% sales growth - according to Bain & Co and Archstone Consulting respectively - retailers are anticipating one of the toughest holiday shopping periods in decades. Consumers cut back spending in the July to September quarter by the largest amount in 28 years as they grappled with a tanking economy, tightening credit and looming lay-offs. "It's going to take...
...retailers will be managing inventory smartly. The economy has been braking for months, so many stores have already adjusted inventories accordingly. "Don't forget, this slowdown started hitting a lot of retailers back in December of last year," says Darrell Rigby, head of Bain & Company's global retail sales practice. "It might be challenging, but it's not completely surprising." Still, no one predicted a Wall Street implosion right before Santa Claus' arrival...
...errors, bursting into tears—can ensure that the only work you will be doing at McKinsey is janitorial. Not to fear, FM is here with some actual (read: made-up) cases from real (read: make-believe) interviews to help you prepare to wow that hot interviewer from Bain. Case 1 You are advising a major American insurance company headquartered in New York City. This company’s credit rating was recently downgraded because its London unit sold credit default swaps on collaterized debt obligations that lost much of their value when sub-prime mortgages went south...
...companies that have loans that are coming due in the next few months and need to refinance, the continued credit crunch could mean they will be forced to file for bankruptcy or shut down. Bain's Rovit estimates that there will be 75 bankruptcies this year among companies with at least $100 million in assets, up from just 13 last year. He expects the number of bankruptcies to continue rising next year as well. S&P says its watch list used to be filled mostly with homebuilders or mortgage companies. But the latest additions are coming from industries such...
...original version of this story incorrectly identified Bain & Company as Bain Capital. They are separate companies...