Still, industry experts say it is a “sellers’ market.” Andrew D. Postal, managing partner at MMG Advisors, an investment bank focused on middle-market retail and fashion companies, represents parties on both sides of the table with clients that have included Vince Camuto, John Varvatos, ...
This fact reflects that the profitability of companies and investment style weakly affect the return rate of investing in retail industry. However, High Minus Low B/M (HML) becomes a significant factor, and its coefficient keeps larger than 0. The book-to-market ratio becomes a valuable ...
In the case of COVID-19, the “stay-at-home” order and implications of social distancing measures have shut down many public services, retail businesses and tourism activities. These have profoundly impacted the economic activities in many cities around the world which in turn have deeply ...
The effect of the outbreak on industry production and sales will really be felt in February, as factories across China have just started to reopen after an extended holiday break ordered by the Chinese government. But according to recent surveys conducted by China Association of Automobile Manufactur...
[of news] can affect the action of users”. In other words, user behaviour is influenced by the believability of the news. In the current context, based on believability, users can either ignore the news or act on it e.g., CPB. Therefore, we postulate that, the relationship between ...
During the COVID-19 crisis, marketing is faced with a major challenge: how do we get the products to buyers? Distribution is limited and many retail chains (IKEA, clothing chains) have even been forced to (temporarily) close their doors. Companies with their own online channel are at an ...
Financial distress prior to the COVID-19 pandemic Minority-owned small businesses face structural challenges that underscore the underlying economic fragility of underrepresented groups, including the black and Latinx communities. These underlying challenges could directly affec...
A COVID-19 management framework is proposed to address the anti-pandemic phases, principles, and strategies. This study also suggests that COVID-19 will significantly and permanently affect four major aspects of China’s hotel industry—multi-business and multi-channels, product design and ...
Contrarily, the COVID-19 parameters (BRN (WMA) and positive rate) are virtually the only risk factors that affect a firm's credit risk during the beginning period of the COVID-19 crisis. In other words, the COVID-19 parameters can be called systemic risk factors in managing the pandemic...
and biological domains. In this context it is likely that older workers will increasingly use health apps to monitor chronic conditions. The global COVID-19 pandemic may, in addition, trigger a new step in industrial development. The answer may not be that it will affect the older workforce ...