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Alien Invader Defends Against Indian Company Legal Attacks
Amazon’s Alien Invasion into the USD $1T Indian retail sales market (via a hookup with local Future Retail, Ltd) is being countered with...
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Jan 7, 20223 min read
India Challenge Part 3 — Up Close
This is the final part of a three part post about challenges to the India’s enterprise businesses. India risks being left behind as...
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Jan 6, 20222 min read
Post 5. New and Different Higher Prices – Explaining to Customers #2
Our last post recommended preparing for and setting up executive to executive meetings and other staff to explain prices changes to major...
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Jan 5, 20221 min read
India Challenge — Part 2
In our previous post, we explored systemic challenges to the outsourcing industry in India. This post discusses challenges and successes....
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Jan 5, 20222 min read
The Indian Challenge
Aliens change the future of technology in East Asia EkaLore has written about the changes as Amazon and other technology-focused...
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Jan 4, 20223 min read
New and Not Different – Internal actions for Higher Prices #3
Here is a third internal conversation that can help blunt the effects of a higher price announcement. Plan more communications with...
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Dec 28, 20211 min read
New and Not Different – Internal actions for Higher Prices #3
Here is a third internal conversation that can help blunt the effects of a higher price announcement. Plan more communications with...
arnoldkwong7
Dec 22, 20211 min read
Batteries Not Included — Alien Invaders in a Global Market
Three events focus attention each year on a key global products market – childrens’ toys, estimated at $32B (2020, no video games). The...
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Dec 22, 20212 min read
New and Not Different – Internal actions for Higher Prices #2
Delivering news about higher prices is never fun, but here is another tip for preparing to deliver the news effectively. Instead of...
arnoldkwong7
Dec 22, 20211 min read
New and Not Different – Internal actions for Higher Prices
Our last post explained that inflation and the need to raise prices hasn’t been an issue in most industries. When delivering tough news...
arnoldkwong7
Dec 21, 20211 min read
New and not different Explaining to Customers #1
Our last few posts dealt with internal conversations to prepare for raising prices. This and the next few posts recommend actions that...
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Dec 20, 20211 min read
New and Not Different — Inflation
A new subject is coming to sales, marketing, and customer support: higher prices. Management wants to grow revenue, improve profit, or...
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Dec 20, 20211 min read
An Alien has Already Landed #3
If you haven’t read the first two posts in the series, you’ll appreciate this more if you read them first. Find them here at:...
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Dec 16, 20211 min read
An Alien has Already Landed #2
In our 1st post, we talked about Aliens that hide in plain sight. We began the tale of FujiFilm’s move into the pharma world. Today we...
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Dec 15, 20211 min read
An Alien has Already Landed?
Sometimes Aliens hide in plain sight. In previous releases, EkaLore described Alien Invaders that disrupted profits, then widened market...
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Dec 14, 20211 min read
Counter Attack #5 - Conclusions
Our series - Counter Attack - How to defend against Alien Invaders laid out 4 defensive strategies: • Leveraging Regulatory Barriers to...
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Dec 9, 20211 min read
Counter Attack #4 - Geography and Workforce
Outsourced manufacturing or foreign market joint-ventures can be applied to cut the cost advantages of an Alien Invader. Eliminating...
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Dec 8, 20211 min read
Counter Attack #3 — R&D
The previous post outlined regulatory barriers that could be used to counter Alien Invaders. This post focuses on bringing R&D forward to...
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Dec 7, 20211 min read
Counter Attack - Defending Against Aliens #2
Post #2 Regulatory Barriers to Slow Aliens The first post outlined 4 areas where companies could make changes to counter Alien Invaders....
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Dec 2, 20211 min read
Why Pfizer's COVID Vaccine is a Business Success
Recently, the CDC broadened its recommendation to qualify all adults in the USA for the Covid-19 booster. Pfizer will celebrate a...
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Dec 1, 20211 min read
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