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US ecommerce sales forecast at $294bn this year, growing 9.5%

The Equity Kicker

New forecasts out from Forrester predict that online retail sales in the US will be $294bn this year, rising to $414bn by 2018. The growth rate from 2013-2018 is forecast to be 9.5%. Better still, even after this growth online retail in the US will only be 11% of total retail sales, up from 9% this year.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

credit terms), a rise in daily sales outstanding, or DSO, affects the cash flows of local businesses. DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. According to The Economist forecast for 2015, ASEAN will add USD 335 billion and become the fourth largest economy in the world.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. how to evolve our management team.

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The 4 Hottest Industries To Start a Business in For 2020

Up and Running

Free, downloadable SAAS sales forecast template. 50 percent of consumer packaged goods growth from 2013-2018 came from sustainability-marketed products. Sustainable product sales are estimated to reach $142.4 – $151.1 Resources for starting a tech business. SAAS Business Startup Guide . Health and Medical.

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Business 2013 - Optimism, But Check Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. These initiatives, in concert with current findings, support economists’ forecast that the U.S. fiscal cliff.

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Revenue Growth For Lenovo In 2Q15 Obscures Unfamiliar Challenges For Its PC And Smartphones Business: TBR

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billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% year-to-year to $10.7 and Europe.

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A 2014 Social Media Forecast

YoungUpstarts

Though Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg likened Facebook to electricity, a utility that sparked great interest at the time of its discovery before settling into the commonplace, 2013 saw a decline in teen use of Facebook, one of the flagship social media platforms. Will 2014 see the death of Facebook a la MySpace? Probably not.