Costs Blogs
Acquisitions to Gain Product Capability
Apple's Future in Smart Phones – Part I
Apple's Future in Smart Phones – Part II
Big Cost Differences in an Industry – Part 1
Big Cost Differences in an Industry – Part 2
The Brand is Worth More than the Land
But Can You Control Other Entrants?
Capacity Reduction to Raise Prices
The Causes and Symptoms of Overcapacity
Consolidation in the Waste Industry
Cost in Two Hostile Industries
Cost Reduction by Redesigning the Product
Cost Standards Come to the Service Industry
Creating Economies of Scale in the Auto Industry
Debt Crisis: Worse than Some Commentators Tell Us
The Decline of an Industry Leader
Defending the Low-Cost Position
Delivering More by Offering Less
Digits Save Lives…and Costs by Improving Efficiency
Digits Save Lives…and Costs by Improving Effectiveness
Economies of Scale at Work…and Not
The End of This Story is Predictable
Evolution of Markets: Patterns in Steel, Auto and Airframe Industries
The Fate of Price Point Specialists in Hostility
Finding a Home for Orphaned Products
Green Shoots in Attitudes and Jobs
GM and Sears…Slip Sliding Away
Good Market Share. Fast Growth. No Profits. Why?
Health Care Costs – Our Future
How 'Bout We Throttle This Golden Goose?
How the High End Company is Vulnerable
Impressive Results from a Change in Pricing Strategy
Industry Capacity Expansion Despite Overcapacity
Layoffs, Expectations and the Economy
Let Someone Else Pay the Freight
Low-End Competitor Exposes Fundamental Strategic Errors of the Leaders
A Low-End Competitor with Low Industry Costs
Masters of the Cost Cutting Universe
Meeting a Challenge from Below
National Costs in a Global Economy
Nearing End Game for Domestic Auto Industry
New Capacity in a Shrinking Market
One Up, One Down, One Sideways
Price Increases in a Recession
Price Leaders Against Standard Leaders in Troubled Times
Pricing in a Profitable Market
Pricing in Today's Airline Industry – Part 1
Reality Strikes Discount Air Carriers
Recycling of Capacity in a Tough Market
Reducing Costs by Eliminating Non-Productive Input
Reducing Costs by Paying a Lower Rate for Your Inputs
Reducing Costs by Redesigning Products and Processes
Service Levels Go Up, Not Down, in Hostility
Situation Bad, About to be Worse
Southwest: Joining the Legacy Airlines?
Spread Fixed Cost Activities Over More Sales Volume to Reduce Costs
The Two Best Consultants in the World Warn the Associated Press
Union Negotiations during Good Times
What Happens When Giants Rumble
Whirlpool and Electrolux Blink
Why Overcapacity Often Gets Worse
Will a Partial Silver Strategy Work for United
A Win Win Cost Reduction/Performance Innovation in the Cell Phone Industry
HOW CAN THESE BLOGS HELP ME?
If you face a competitive marketplace, read these blogs. We wrote them to help you make better decisions on segments, products, prices and costs based on the experience of companies in over 85 competitive industries. Much of the world suffered a severe recession from 2008 to 2011. During that time, we wrote more than 270 blogs using publicly available information and our Strategystreet system to project what would happen in various companies and industries who were living in those hostile environments. In 2022, we updated each of these blogs to describe what later took place. You can use these updated blogs to see how the Strategystreet system works and how it can lead you to better decisions.