Tag: Margins

16 DEC

Early adopters of AI in transportation and logistics already enjoy profit margins greater than 5% — while non-adopters are in the red

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. Major logistics providers have long relied on analytics and research teams to make sense of the data they generate from their operations.See the rest of the story at Business Insider […]

17 SEP

UPS is hoping tech investments will boost its profit margins (UPS)

This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence Transportation & Logistics Briefing subscribers hours before it appeared on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. UPS said at its investor day last week that it’s looking for ways to increase profit margins, according to The Wall Street Journal. The logistics giant has recently […]

20 FEB

The Thai Filmmaker Documenting Life at the Margins

Five years ago, Nontawat Numbenchapol struck up an acquaintance with a boy living in Bangkok while working on a PBS documentary about Shan people, an ethnic minority group from Myanmar. The boy told the documentarian that he hoped to become a photographer and filmmaker, and the two connected on Facebook to chat about cameras. By […]

13 JAN

Boeing, SpaceX have razor-thin margins to fly crew missions in 2018

Enlarge / Commercial Crew Astronaut Eric Boe examines hardware during a tour of the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California. (credit: NASA) Almost since the beginning of the commercial crew program in 2010, the old and new titans of the aerospace industry have been locked in a race to the launch pad. Boeing, with five decades […]

23 JUN

THE FREE SHIPPING REPORT: How this pervasive perk is eating away at margins, and the strategies retailers can adopt to compete with Amazon

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. Amazon Prime’s free two-day shipping has led to an industry paradigm shift. Online retailers — small and large — are increasingly offering the perk to keep from losing customers […]

21 APR

SCHLUMBERGER: Rising costs hurt margins (SLB)

Reuters/Atef Hassan (Reuters) – Schlumberger NV said on Friday a ramp up in drilling activity in North America boosted pricing for its oilfield services, but the cost of reactivating equipment idled during the slump in crude oil prices gutted margins. Oil stabilizing above $ 50 per barrel has encouraged oil producers to resume drilling after […]

23 FEB

Kohl’s beats thanks to higher margins (KSS)

(Kena Betancur/Getty (Reuters) – Department store operator Kohl’s Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher margins despite a 2.8 percent drop in sales. Kohl’s shares were up 3.2 percent at $ 43.10 in premarket trading on Thursday. The company, like rival Macy’s Inc, reported weak sales in November and December as it struggles […]

21 FEB

HGTV star Scott McGillivray explains how to avoid the biggest thing that ‘kills profit margins’ when selling your home

Mike Windle/Getty When selling your home, one objective stands above all else: maximizing your profit. To make sure you’re earning as much as possible on the sale, Scott McGillivray, the host of HGTV’s “Income Property” and a real estate expert who’s invested in over 100 properties, recommends avoiding one thing that he sees sneak up […]