CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Costco Wholesale — Shares of the big-box retailer jumped about 7.3% after it reported solid sales numbers for December. after the retailer warned it was running out of cash and was considering bankruptcy. The firm cited Voya’s lower-risk business, ability to generate capital and valuation as pluses.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

parent company of luxury online retailer Mytheresa , announced that it's filed a registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a press release. The number of those shares to be offered is still up in the air, as is the price range, according to the release. MYT Netherlands Parent B.V.,

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To put these numbers in perspective, the Mag Seven companies now have a market capitalization larger than that of all listed stocks in China, the second largest market in the world in market capitalization terms. I agree, but I remain a believer that intrinsic valuation is the only tool that you have for assessing whether g.

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APRIL 16, 2020

As retailers look for a way out of an unprecedented cash flow crunch, many are slashing prices online and offering free shipping. The move is good for consumers, but for the retailers involved discounting is a double-edged sword. It’s the age-old argument for retail. According to Edited , the number of new styles posted by U.S.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable margin was for a firm operating in the retail business. In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the investment data business, to compute an industry average.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Its most recent valuation was $3.5 The mobile digital-only bank now has over 5 million customers, more than twice the number of users than it had in early 2019.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

The round saw the company's valuation hit over $215 million. Retail Index showed that this accelerated the digital shift by five years, with eCommerce transactions for grocery orders alone hitting $5.9 Bolt also saw a tenfold increase in the size of its shopper network, along with 250,000 added shoppers to its network per month.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The resulting debate among accountants about how to bring intangibles on to the books has spilled over into valuation practice, and many appraisers and analysts are wrongly, in my view, letting the accounting debate affect how they value companies. So, how far has accounting come in bringing intangible assets on to balance sheets?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Refunds in the hundreds of millions might be in store for retailers with the ruling, the Financial Times reported. At the same time, the court turned down the leave to appeal to the Supreme Court for the Valuation Office Agency that brought forward the case. Still, the U.K. Still, the U.K. Consumers used their debit cards 13.2

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Instacart Business Model The Instacart business model extends online shopping, already common in other areas of retailing, into the grocery store space. In the second, I will examine the forces that are pushing consumers to online grocery shopping, and the ceiling for that growth is much lower than it is than in other areas of retailing.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The number of shares that will be offered and the price range have not been determined, the release stated. The company announced in July that it was considering an IPO , with a potential valuation of $10 billion through a deal with Goldman Sachs. The IPO will take place after the SEC review process is complete. It was valued at $2.9

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Shares in Future Retail rose 13 percent on Friday (November 29) after India’s antitrust body announced that it has approved a deal that would give Amazon a minority stake in the company. In August it was reported that the eCommerce giant was in discussions to acquire a stake in Future Retail. percent of Future Retail.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

That skewing can affect valuation and pricing judgments about these firms, and correcting accounting inconsistencies is a key step towards leveling the playing field. To the extent that these numbers are used in computing financial ratios, it will affect your measures of operating income and return on invested capital.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Wall Street also loves numbers, and investors love numbers that publicly traded companies offer along key metrics, such as (and not limited to) revenues, margins, earnings and same-store sales. That may portend a bit of bumpiness for retailers like Target. Generally Right Or Precisely Wrong. But what comes next?

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this post, I will look at the levers that drive Paytm's value, and you can make your judgments on where you think this offering will lead in terms of valuation and pricing. In 2014, it introduced Paytm Wallet , a digital wallet that was accepted as a payment option by leading service providers and retailers.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Sweden-based Klarna, which provides the ability to pay for consumer goods with installments at a number of retailers, has seen a boost during the pandemic. billion, a sizable increase from the company's last valuation of $5.5 The investment will value the company at $10.65 billion in 2019.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

This week’s B2B Data Digest pulls some of the highlights from that eBook and serves up the numbers behind the forecasts. — $20 trillion: the expected valuation of the B2B payments market. trillion: the current valuation of the U.S.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

The top five IPOs by valuation in 2024 were Lineage on the Nasdaq ($5.1 billion (about $464 million) IPO for discount grocery retailer Boxer. IPOs, however, are enjoying a surge. Theyre up 44% across the globe, 144% in the US, 137% in Japan, and 255% in the Middle East and Africa. In Europe, IPOs are down 19%.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

That implies that the public valuation of BigCommerce is quite a bit more than the offer from the private markets. In just a few examples: More than 42 percent of consumers surveyed are engaging in retail shopping via the web as of the end of May, up markedly from the 12.3 percent seen in March.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Staying in the online retail space, I look at JD.com, which operates more as a retailer, selling goods and services through its platforms. Tencent in the gaming business, Alibaba and JD.com, with retailing, and Didi, with logistics, are all disruptors of the status quo, in the businesses that they operate in.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Sources told the news service the Bengaluru-based online retailer will aim for a valuation of between $45 billion and $50 billion. If the company gets a valuation in that range, Walmart would have more than doubled its investment. India’s Flipkart Group , the eCommerce firm owned largely by Walmart Inc.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The number of shares and the pricing have not yet been released. . Pets are anticipated to stay popular, with the number of households with pets going up 4 percent in 2020 alone. The pet retail chain is also moving towards profitability after net losses the past two years. It could be looking for a $6 billion valuation. .

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APRIL 2, 2020

Big Data analytics reached a market valuation of $29.87 This episode underscores that data for targeted customer offerings can come from anywhere and is not necessarily the result of meticulous number crunching. When number crunching is needed, however, data analytics can help. billion in 2019 and is projected to total $62.1

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MAY 13, 2019

With Uber and Lyft IPOs now solidly in the rearview mirror, the question for many watching the market is what’s next – and what will the the next round of innovations in retail and payments look like? Data: $82 million: Uber’s pre-IPO valuation. million: Number of unbanked U.S. Data: $82 million: Uber’s pre-IPO valuation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2020

Last week, PYMNTS reported Instacart raised $225 million in new funding, bringing its valuation to $13.7 The company has doubled the number of customers and now offers services to more than 500,000 people who want groceries delivered to their door.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

In today’s top news, FinTech startup Tink raised €85 million to bring its valuation to €680 million, and Starbucks plans to shift more toward drive-thru and online ordering. Stockholm-based FinTech Tink announced a new funding round of €85 million, which boosts the startup’s valuation to €680 million ($825 million). Tis the Season ….

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

100+ | Number of unattended, self-service vending machines — known as DMV Now Self-Service Terminals and deployed by the State of California’s DMV — that allow customers to handle their vehicle registration renewals without having to wait in long lines or speak with a department employee. presidential election, according to Friday (Feb.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That skewing can affect valuation and pricing judgments about these firms, and correcting accounting inconsistencies is a key step towards leveling the playing field. Accounting 101 I am not an accountant, and have no desire to be one, but I have used their output (accounting statements) as raw material in valuation and corporate finance.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 10, 2022

We also have a number of articles on cashflow management: How advisors can help couples navigate the decision of whether to combine their finances or keep them separate. Executive Summary. The key questions aspiring partners can ask themselves to determine whether becoming a partner in their firm is the right course for them.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

DoorDash could go public as early as the spring, but the IPO price range and the number of shares being offered are still yet to be determined. DoorDash’s draft submission follows the company’s valuation of $13 billion at the end of 2019.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

After all, as SPAC Insider estimates , SPACs IPOs (so far) this year number 241, with an average deal size of $335 million and gross proceeds of nearly $81 billion, which far outpaces the 59 deals and gross proceeds of about $13.6 Increased retail trading activity has also boosted interest in early-stage SPAC targets. billion in 2019.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

A new survey of Black Friday shoppers from PYMNTS showed the Seattle retailing giant dominated its rivals in the traditional post-Thanksgiving holiday season kickoff. percent in Q2 2020, which is still a number any other company would give their whole paycheck for. But the numbers are misleading. That dropped to 44.4 percent).

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MAY 20, 2019

The company’s valuation was not revealed, but Wagestream has raised a total of almost £45 million so far, and Briffett said “the valuation is definitely higher now.”. He added that the company is currently in talks with Amazon , and has signed up a number of U.K. It covers a total of around 120,000 workers.

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JULY 16, 2020

Shopping apps are blowing up as the biggest name in retailing and brand marketing turn mobile commerce into customer experience gold. Topping the Provider Ranking at numbers 1 and 2, respectively, are Walmart and Amazon. The epic battle between the two retail leviathans is closely followed by PYMNTS’ Whole Paycheck series.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Moreover, Magento customers can enjoy all the benefits of Brex, including higher credit limits, instant online underwriting without personal guarantees and tailored rewards to online retail businesses. In June, Brex announced it raised $100 million in venture funding, giving the company a valuation of $2.6 billion.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Grab’s Earnings Bouncing Back To Pre-COVID Numbers. Online clothing retailer thredUP has filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. Investors Say FinTech Valuations Are High, But Not Overheated. And resale marketplace ThredUp filed for an IPO. Clothing Reseller ThredUp Files For IPO.

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