Internet retailing is changing. It is no longer about revenue online… it is about profit online. Traditional retailers and consumer product companies (collectively bricks & mortar or B&M) have higher margin expectations than can be found in a typical Internet retailer. More interesting is that B&M margin
Read more →Allegiance Capital Corporation, a middle market investment firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, is pleased to announce that Scott Sims has been promoted to Vice President. He will be responsible for leading sell-side transactions. “We believe that Scott will make a significant contribution in growing Allegiance Capital
Read more →While mingling at a colleague’s company barbecue the other day, a new acquaintance asked the simple question, “So, Bob, what do you do in investment banking?” “Research,” I answered, soon realizing from all the blank stares I was getting that nobody had any idea what I really
Read more →Last week, there was a heated debate in the M&A blogosphere about, of all things, Mark Zuckerberg’s iconic hoodie. He wore the suddenly-controversial hoodie to a meeting with potential investors on Wall Street, prompting Wedbush Securities’ Michael Pachter to call him out on Bloomberg TV. “He’s actually
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