Apollo Management of New York has sunk $1 billion into NCL Corp. Ltd., or Norwegian Cruise Line. Apollo, known for turnarounds, has an opportunity on its hands after its Friday, August 17 announcement, reported in the Miami Herald.
Entries from August 2007
Why NCL/Apollo Needs the French Lines and United States Lines
August 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Deathwatch
The solution for Radio Shack’s problems
August 1st, 2007 · 8 Comments
Save an American electronics icon with Realistic & Micronta The news on RadioShack Corp. is not good. Sales are down in the current quarter by 15 percent, and the Fort Worth, Texas retailer has closed hundreds of stores. Wall Street has all sorts of answers for why this Corner Electronic Geekfest Gathering Spot is failing, [...]
Tags: Retail
Getting rid of Joseph Abboud and Jimmy Dean
July 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Eponymous brandicide? What do you do if you own the name of a company, but the company’s namesake and founder tells the Wall Street Journal that you have turned the company into a “sex, drugs and rock and roll brand” and says of the current management that “nightmares do end.” That’s the problem that JA [...]
Tags: Brandicide
