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Study finds global luxury sales flattening amid self-inflicted creativity crisis and price hikes

The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is on pace to stall this year amid a creativity crisis and price hikes focused on the biggest spending customers

The Independent UK

Bain Capital leads $35 million Series A for M^0, a network for minting digital dollars

With the funding, M^0 wants to create a global network for institutions to mint digital dollars that "all look the same, smell the same, are fully fungible."

Fortune

Southeast Asia gets hit by the dealmaking slump, with a 39% drop in private equity deals in 2023

Private equity investments in Southeast Asia totaled $9 billion in 2023, a significant drop from the $27 billion reported in 2021.

Fortune

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‘Rostering to the limits’: senior Virgin Australia pilots raise safety concerns over fatigue

Exclusive: Correspondence from pilots seen by Guardian Australia pleads for changes to the roster system to address fatigue

The Guardian - AU

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.18% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.52%

Caixin Global

Global PE Market Rides Steepest Drop in 2023, Bain Says

Global slowdown in private equity investment put down to soaring interest rates and shaken confidence but Bain expects dealmaking to revive in 2024

Caixin Global

Watches of Switzerland shares dive by a third after revenues warning

UK’s biggest Rolex and Omega seller becomes latest luxury retailer to be hit by switch in spending by aspirational shoppers

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These are the Best Companies to Work in the United States This Year

Bain & Company leads an annual ranking by Glassdoor, followed by Nvidia. More about the list

Latin Times

How to maximize your inclusion investment for greater business impact

Companies should selectively bolster investment where inclusion can create the most business impact, a new Bain & Co. report argues.

Fortune

3 High-Quality Luxury Stocks to Buy Now

Propelled by robust consumer spending, the luxury market is poised for rapid growth. The return of Chinese consumers and the rise of online shopping is expected to amplify this expansion. Hence, quality luxury stocks Industria de Diseño Textil (IDEXY), H & M (HNNMY), and Movado Group (MOV) could make ideal…

StockNews.com

Management consultants can make great CEOs—but they have to get their hands dirty first

Some 47 Fortune 500 CEOs have spent time as management consultants but first took more junior roles.

Fortune

Massive consulting firm Bain says 150 million jobs will go to older workers over the next decade

Baby boomers and Gen Xers aren't going anywhere—they'll make up more than 25% of the workforce by the end of the decade.

Fortune

Fighting hackers is big business—and just helped Blackpoint Cyber raise $190 million led by Bain Capital

CEO Jon Murchison is a former National Security Agency computer operations expert.

Fortune

Harvard MBA Grads Enter a Tepid Job Market Hoping for the Best

Students and faculty say the final semester has been suffused with worry and a higher share of the class leaving school unemployed.

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Chinese police question staff of US consulting firm Bain

Incident comes after police last month raided Beijing office of US due diligence firm Mintz Group and detained staff.

Financial Times

Will the extraordinary boom in luxury goods ever end?

The rise of LVMH to become Europe’s first $500bn company illustrates the sector’s seemingly unstoppable growth

Reuters

Chinese police query Bain's Shanghai office staff - company spokesperson

Chinese police have visited U.S. management consultancy Bain Company's office in Shanghai and questioned staff there, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday without elaborating.

Fortune

How boards can make good on their DEI commitments

DEI and anything deemed “woke” has become a catchall bogeyman.

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The Guardian - UK

LV= awards former boss £318,000 bonus despite widening losses

Mark Hartigan’s exit followed anger over attempt to arrange insurer’s sale to US private equity firm Bain Capital

Bangkok Post

Asset managers turn to M&A

Wealth and asset management companies plan to use mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in both scale and scope this year to seize opportunities as the sector anticipates growth opportunities worth US$250 billion by 2030, a recent study found.

Fortune

Bain Capital Ventures is debuting $1.9 billion in two new funds

Amid the challenging private market environment, the firm raised two new funds above their target size.

Axios

For generative AI and ChatGPT, the hunt for profits begins

The first winners in this money race will be the companies that own the underlying AI models.

Caixin Global

China M&A Deals Plunged 34% to Nine-Year Low in 2022

Economic headwinds and pandemic disruptions similarly slowed global mergers and acquisitions, management consultant Bain reports

Tribune News Service

Airlines turn market darlings as COVID-19 forces financial clean up

Unloved during the pandemic as their businesses were incapacitated almost overnight, airlines that cut back to survive the crisis are now blowing through profit forecasts and luring back investors.

Bangkok Post

Firms persist with M&A to expand

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) will remain a key strategy for companies globally to expand markets and value chains amid increasing turbulence, according to a new report.

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