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WeWork’s Fizzle Bodes Ill For IPOs
WeWork’s Fizzle Bodes Ill For IPOs
October 04, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

From the ashes of WeWork’s failed IPO … more ashes? Perhaps so, at least for the traditional IPO model. Other money-losing firms are seeing their...

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Nike Ups Its (Sizzling) Digital Sales Game
Nike Ups Its (Sizzling) Digital Sales Game
September 27, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

In the direct-to-consumer sales race, in the sprint to get shoes on feet and apparel off the racks, Nike has evidently brought its A Game...

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Stripe’s Valuation And The Value Of Real Disruption
Stripe’s Valuation And The Value Of Real Disruption
September 20, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the WeWork IPO – rather, the shelving of that IPO, at least for now – heralds the end of...

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Google’s AG Onslaught A Big Fizzle For Tech
Google’s AG Onslaught A Big Fizzle For Tech
September 13, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

In many cases, unity is a good thing. Banding together for a common cause, perhaps a charitable one, or rooting all together for a home...

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Death Knell – Or Big Fizzle – For The High-Growth, Red-Ink IPO?
Death Knell – Or Big Fizzle – For The High-Growth, Red-Ink IPO?
September 06, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Are we witnessing the death knell for the IPO that is tied to high-growth, but money-losing, companies? Whether WeWork – specifically, the parent company We,...

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In Brick-and-Mortar Retail, Nothing Lasts Forever (21)
In Brick-and-Mortar Retail, Nothing Lasts Forever (21)
August 30, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

In retail – the brick-and-mortar kind – only impermanence is permanent. The body count mounts in terms of physical stores becoming ghost towns, where storefronts...

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Kohl’s Third-Time’s-No-Charm Fizzle
Kohl’s Third-Time’s-No-Charm Fizzle
August 23, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Third time’s no charm. Three quarterly reports, three straight declines in quarterly sales for Kohl’s. Beyond the vagaries and volatility in stock price, where Kohl’s...

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Are Chinese Tech Stocks Set For Fizzle?
Are Chinese Tech Stocks Set For Fizzle?
August 15, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

A trade war tariff reprieve does not a sustainable rally make, at least not for Chinese tech stocks. However, the news Thursday (Aug. 15) was...

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Bitcoin’s Sizzle To Lead To Fizzle?
Bitcoin’s Sizzle To Lead To Fizzle?
August 09, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

As the price of bitcoin surged this week, cryptocurrency (namely, Facebook’s Libra) has been under increased scrutiny by regulators. The folks who bought their bitcoin...

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