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The value of guiding a customer from a legacy on-premise offering into a cloud solution, is not a simple dollar-for-dollar exchange. In fact, the migration usually results in the customer spending 2-3x more with that vendor, but saving 20-50% overall as it is able to shed significant ancillary costs.
Nicholas Sleep coined the “scale economics shared” model to identify Costco’s long-term advantages. He later found it had even strong applications to internet retailers, betting big on an “overpriced” Amazon in 2007. In today’s digitally accelerated world his observations are finally being reflected among mainstream investors.
Instagram Shops allows small businesses to have a virtual shopfront that will eventually span across all of Facebook’s digital properties- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Whatsapp. This has the potential to re-shape the e-commerce space.
While investors have faced a once-in-a-century stumbling block at the hands of COVID-19, the pandemic may prove to be a stepping stone to significant investment opportunity. In this two-part whitepaper, we examine a multi-decade, structural trend that is now accelerating as a direct result of the pandemic.
For The Gap Inc. (GPS), it has been a tumultuous past few years as it has faced a slow bleed to e-commerce. Recently though Kanye West and his fashion company YEEZY have formed an alliance with GPS. The stock market reacted positively to the news, but can YEEZY bridge the gap for investors?
Read our analysis of UnitedHealth Group's Optum business which is a capital-light, technology-enabled health services business leveraging distinctive capabilities in data and analytics, pharmacy care services, population health, health care delivery and operations.
Facebook is a mature behemoth that is under intensifying risk of being penalised in a multitude of possible ways by regulators. Read on to know more about our analysis of this social media giant and where we feel it is headed.
Amazon reported its quarterly financial results last week and for the first time in more than half a decade, and after significant investment, Amazon’s International segment recorded positive quarterly operating profit.
As we learn that COVID-19 eradication may not be a near-term possibility for most nations, governments are faced with a major dilemma. Should large-scale government support for those who need it be continued? Or should public deficits and associated borrowings be limited to some designated level?
The unforeseen pandemic caused the stock market sell-off prompting the US Federal Reserve to pump financial markets with liquidity for the next three months. Resultantly the stock market bounced back. As the Fed’s role in financial markets has moderated recently, what does this imply for the share market investors?
To gain more insights about the last quarter (June 2020), please have a look at this video featuring Andrew Macken, Montaka's Chief Investment Officer.
Spotify is the world’s largest digital music and podcast streamlining platform. The company estimates that it has more than five times the amount of music data than its nearest competitor.
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