Articles filed underFirms in difficulties
Which future for Borsalino ?
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
One of the most iconic Italian brands, hats-maker Borsalino, filled for Bankruptcy on 18 December 2017. This story proves that even the most renown brands, those with the longest history (110 years of activity) are not immune against evolving market…
Have black boxes led to bankruptcies in the restaurant industry ?
Back in 2015 Belgian authorities announced that B2C firms selling more than 25000€ per year in food (restaurants thus), would have to be equipped by July 2016 with a new model of cash register containing a black box registering all transactions. This,…
Entrepreneurship in Belgium : is the situation really so worrying ?
Recent articles in newspapers pointed the decrease of firm creation in Belgium, especially in the Southern part of the country when the creation rate was said to have decreased 11.2% We downloaded the figures from BeStat, the official repository of…
Which perspectives for firms’ bankruptcies in 2014
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
More than 11000 firms went bankrupt in Belgium in 2013. Will 2014 be as bad as 2013 ? Bankruptcies all-time high in Belgium 11052 bankruptcies and 27912 jobs lost: those are the sad figures of bankruptcies in Belgium for the…
How and why data analysis can help increase your profitability and fuel your growth
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
We are currently doing several big data-based assignments for very various clients and we’d like to share with you common mistakes that are often made by companies when considering analyzing their data. Mistake #1: where is my data? First of…
Here’s why Aigle’s new marketing strategy works amazingly well
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
One of the advantages of having a strong brand is that meaningful diversification can enable you to unlock growth. Here’s the example of Aigle, an historic brand of rubber boots which has diversified into side products. Aigle has manufactured its…
Crowdfunding: the consequence of banks not financing startups
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
We have dealt already several times with crowdfunding on this blog. As I explained in a post not so long ago several alternatives exist (in terms of business model). I explained the model of Look&Fin (a relatively –yet with good…
