Crisis Management – Walmart and The Home Depot, DoorDash’s questionable customer acquisition strategies and hope for a COVID vaccine
May 25, 2020
Crisis Management – Retail bankruptcies, shopping malls, and Tim Hortons reopening
May 25, 2020
Crisis Management – Government relief, the auto industry, and talks of Amazon acquiring AMC
May 25, 2020
Crisis Management – Uber, Airbnb, retail reopening, and Shopify’s valuation
May 25, 2020
Crisis Management – Amazon, airlines, bailouts, and bankruptcies
April 30, 2020
Crisis Management on Yahoo Finance
March 3, 2020
You need to have a plan. Mark Satov joined Greg Bonnell on BNN Bloomberg to discuss the economic impacts of coronavirus on businesses and also the need for leaders to set precedent early within their companies.
February 24, 2020
‘you can’t sell products to women if you don’t respect women’. Mark Satov discussed Victoria’s Secret with Greg Bonnell and also touched on Forever 21, Pier 1 and other struggling brands
February 7, 2020
Too good to be true… or just a great deal? Mark Satov discussed Flair’s new pricing plans and a bit about airline pricing in general
January 29, 2020
Another player who started online and is now mixing it up with an omni-channel retail strategy – selling mattresses with partner retailers and in their own stores. Watch as Greg Bonnell and Mark Satov discussed Casper and their IPO
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Managing Director, Callisto Capital
(Former Managing Director, Bain Canada) −
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− Irfhan A. Rawji, Former Chairman of the Board Heart and Stroke Foundation −
“I hired SATOV to assist us in quickly addressing some fundamental strategic decisions. We formed a joint team of SATOV and Telus employees and together ran a very efficient process to deliver against tight deadlines. My team and I had a great sense of ownership and confidence in the recommendations we made, which ultimately improved profitability. Thanks for the help!”
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− Brett Marchand President and CEO, Cossette Communication CEO, Vision 7 International −
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− Sam Roston, SATOV alumni −
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