Big Business

Just a year into his second 5-year term, Rajesh Gopinathan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has tendered his resignation effective Sept 15. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (TCS.NS) named K. Krithivasan as its CEO designate, effective March 16. He is currently the President and Global...

A surprising number of families are unprepared for wealth transfer. A recent study found that just 50 percent of North American family offices have a succession plan in place. In some cases, the reason stated was “discomfort in discussing the sensitive subject matter.”   Successful wealth transfer takes into account the needs, wants,...

Posters, TV commercials, Facebook and YouTube ads, and social media are everywhere. Advertisers have increased the level of their imagination to attract more and more clients towards the brand and product they are trying to sell. Today we will talk about the most common tools and the most popular topics...

Silicon Valley Bank (which is under federal government control), a subsidiary of the defunct SVB Financial Group (SIVB.O), has a new Chief Executive Officer, Tim Mayopoulos. Mayopoulos succeeds the bank's former CEO, Greg Becker. His job is to keep calm and carry on. The Silicon Valley Bank failure was the...

Each product that is being sold has a different story to tell, and depending on the category it belongs to, people will check for different characteristics of it. Here is a list of the most popular things clients will see on a product when they buy food. Taste and personal...

Going on a diet is not easy, and for many people, it does not only have to do with having a killing body but is also linked to health issues. The word ''diet,'' of course, is so old-fashioned. Today we call it healthy eating, and perhaps this is the right...

We have talked to Rustam Bakhtiyarov, Director of Forward Auto Group LLC, which is engaged in car rental in Florida, USA. Rustam has told how he manages to remain successful in his field, about his attitude to colleagues and clients, the conversation has touched on personal achievements, plans and expectations....

It is estimated that 70% - 90% of the new products that come on the market each year fail to produce profits. When profits are not there, the product does not have a reason to exist. The numbers speak for themselves, and the percentage of products that fail is literally...

Starting with the definition -for those unfamiliar with the term- of what a convenience product is, we would say it is the type of consumer product and service that consumers buy more frequently with minimum buying efforts and comparisons. You may also listen to people refer to them as low-involvement...

Companies exist to create value for customers. Customers only buy when they think the value they will receive exceeds the price.  Stop and think about those first two sentences. They’re the foundation of what is to follow. Customers buy value. Companies create value. Pricing puts a number on the transaction....