WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT US
Below is a list of published articles where Archstone Consulting has been featured or mentioned.
05/02/08 - Supply & Demand-Chain Executive
"Manufacturers Seen Bolstering Efforts to Manage Inflation"
May 2008 - FORTUNE Small Business Magazine/CNN Money
"When Middlemen Discredit Your Goods" from the cover story:
"Who's Stealing Your Business?"
04/28/08 - Women's Wear Daily (subscription required)
"High Costs, Slow Spending Vex Apparel Manufacturers"
April 2008 - Retailing Traffic
"The Lap of LUXURY"
04/18/08 - Sourcing Innovation
"Expanding Procurement's Role in a Financial Services Company"
04/09/08 - The Korea Times
"KT to Make Profit From Green Business in 2012"
04/07/08 - Fairfield County Business Journal
"Gurus of Lean" - Archstone targets waste; advises CFOs
04/02/08 - Supply Chain Management Review
"One Consultant's View on Supply Chain Education"
April 2008 - Industry Week
"Sources of Strength" featuring Archstone Consulting's
"Six Benefits of Better Strategic Sourcing"
March/April 2008 - Consulting Magazine
"Out of the Box:" Companies—and consultants—adjust their thinking
for manufacturing’s new global reality
03/31/08 - Business Finance Magazine
"Starting Out Right with BPM"
03/31/08 - FAO Research, Inc.
FAO Research to Host Supplier-Advisor Networking Events —
Archstone Consulting to participate in the Supplier/Advisor Networking Forum
03/28/08 - Supply Chain Management Review
"Notes from the Road"
03/19/08 - MarketWatch from Dow Jones
"Starbucks broadens plan to energize business"
03/17/08 - Retailing Today
"Reassembling business with China"
March 2008 - Sourcing Interests Group
"Managing Risk in an Offshore Environment"
03/10/07 - Spend Matters
"Archstone Consulting Welcomed to the Spend Matters Sponsorship Community"
March 2008 - Financial Executive Magazine
"7 Actions for Simplifying the Planning Cycle"
03/05/08 - CBS 2 TV - New York
"Some Retailers Expected To Not Honor Gift Cards"
03/05/08 - WCBS TV.com
"Tough Economy Doing Number On Retail Gift Cards"
02/26/08 - Reuters
Archstone Consulting Announces Senior Level Promotions
03/01/08 - Consultant News
Archstone Consulting makes senior level promotions
March 2008 - Industry Week
Archstone Study Reveals: "CPG Manufacturers Didn't Reduce Inventory Levels in 2007"
02/29/08 - RetailWire (registration required)
"CPG Cos. and Retailers Fail to Cut Inventories"
02/27/08 - The Stamford Advocate/Greenwich Time
"Michael Unger Promoted to Associate Principal"
02/25/08 - The Outsourcing Blog
The low-cost outsourcing advisors are on the march...
02/14/08 - Energy Central
Finance Transformation and the Role of BPO - A Utilities Industry Perspective
February 2008- Chain Store Age
Lessons Learned - Insights from holiday 2007 can help retailers move forward
February 2008 - Business Finance Magazine
"The Performance Quandary"
January/February 2008 - Supply Chain Management Review
"The LCCS Success Factors"
01/13/08 - San Jose Mercury News
"The gift-card giveaway"
01/10/08 - MarketWatch from Dow Jones
"VF Corp. shares jump on sales, profit outlook"
January 2008 - Business Finance Magazine
"Deconstructing the Supply Chain"
01/09/08 - The Advocate
"Web is anything but paperless"
January 2008 - Management Consultant International (subscription required)
"A New Year - A New Look at Consulting"
01/03/08 - Retail Traffic
"Retail's Holiday Picture Developing"
01/02/08 - TheStreet.com
"Gift Cards Give Back to Small Biz"
January 2008 - Industry Week
"Top 11 Manufacturing IT Trends"
12/28/07 - Bloomberg
"Macy's, Abercrombie May Get Boost From Gift Cards"
12/27/07 - ABC News
"Gift Card Thrive This Holiday Season"
12/27/07 - Bloomberg
"Macy's, Dillard's Cut Prices to Save Holiday Season"
12/27/07 - San Diego Union Tribune
"Retailers hope shoppers come out for sales, gift-card purchases"
12/27/07 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Local shoppers seek post-holiday deals"
12/26/07 - Bloomberg
"Gift Cards Cover Fuel, Living Costs, Help Consumers"
12/23/07 - Chicago Tribune
"Fossil Digs Out of Sales Slump by Wooing Young Adults"
12/20/07 - Today's Financial News
"Retail Stocks: Playing the new trend in gift giving"
12/18/07 - NBC Nightly News Video
"The gift that keeps on taking"
12/17/07 - FORTUNE/CNN Money
"Stores hiring fewer holiday temps"
12/14/07 - U.S. News & World Report
"Gift Cards: No Longer Bad Presents"
12/13/07 - Business Finance Magazine - Video Link
"Driving Results Through Cost Transformation" - CEO Todd Lavieri speaks
to Business Finance editor in chief Jack Sweeney about recent survey findings
that reveal how companies are viewing cost-cutting as a continuous process.
12/13/07 - MarketWatch from Dow Jones
"Costco Wholesale profit rises, led by overseas gains"
December 2007 - Chief Executive Magazine
"Are You Going Gray?"
December 2007 - Managing Automation
"Overcoming Outsourcing Challenges"
12/04/07 - WCBS TV
"'Tis The Season To Buy…Plastic"
12/01/07 - CFO Magazine
"Budgeting: Bring It On": Jason Balogh says that “over the next 12 to 18 months,
companies are really saying it's time to look at planning."
11/28/07 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Unwrapping gift card surprises"
11/27/07 - Footwear News
"Markdowns Threaten Margins"
11/26/07 - ConsumerAffairs.Com
"Keeping Santa Solvent"
11/26/07 - Women's Wear Daily (subscription required)
"Markdowns Threaten Margins"
11/26/07 - Fairfield County Business Journal
"Gift Cards Opt Small: Tool of the Giants Works for Mom and Pop"
11/24/07 - The Times of London
"US Shoppers Brave the Cold as Stores Lure Them with Big Discounts"
11/24/07 - The New York Post
"Buyer ‘Black’ I$ Beautiful: ‘Season Opener’ Store Dizziness is Big Business"
11/24/07 - The Record
"NJ Daily: Retailers Face Challenging Season"
11/24/07 - The Advocate
"New Stores Draw 'Black Friday' Crowds"
11/23/07 - CNET News.com
"Shoppers Hit Stores as Black Friday Kicks Off"
11/23/07 - Reuters
"U.S. Shoppers Go Black Friday Deal Hunting"
11/23/07 - Financial Post
"Black Friday Kicks Off"
11/21/07 - WCBS TV Video
"Gift Card Receivers With More Options Than Ever"
11/21/07 - TIME
"A Gray Friday At the Mall"
11/19/07 - Globe and Mail
"In face of economic swings, U.S. retailers brace for holiday season"
11/15/07 - The Wall Street Journal.
"The Gift Card Continues to Evolve"
11/15/07 - Yahoo! Finance Canada/Bankrate
"2007 Gift Card Study: Consumers love them"
November 2007 - Pharmaceutical Executive
"Consultants Confidential: The Future Is Now: Consultants Spotlight"
11/14/07 - Greenwich Time
"Study finds cost-cutting still in style"
11/13/07 - NY Daily News
"Estimated $8 Billion in Unused Gift Cards Last Year"
11/13/07 - The Chicago Sun-Times
"Holiday Job Outlook Iffy"
11/13/07 - The Chicago Tribune
Gift cards may be losing their purchase power
11/12/07 - Reuters
"Survey Says Gift Cards Are Popular, but Many Go Unused"
11/11/07 - The Associated Press
"Holiday Season Looks Rough for Investors in Retail Stocks"
11/06/07 - Pantagraph
"Businesses Look to Gift Cards to Spark Sales"
11/02/07 - Prepaid Trends
"Credit, Debit, and Prepaid Fraud Are All Connected"
November 2007 - Business Finance
"Top of Mind: Finance Makes Cost-Cutting Routine"
November 2007 - Management Consulting News
"How to Hire for Rapid Growth: Lessons from Three Successful Firms"
November 2007 - NRF Stores
"Gift Card Programs Become More Creative, Lucrative"
10/30/07 - Joffrey Ballet
The Joffrey Ballet and Archstone Consulting: Corporate Partners
10/26/07 - The Kansas City Star
"Retailers and Shoppers Aren’t Waiting for the Traditional Christmas Season"
10/23/07 - El Paso Times
"EP Retailers Still Hoping for Holiday Cheer"
10/19/07 - Convenience Store News
"Gift Cards Will Shine this Holiday "
10/17/07 - Yahoo Finance/BusinessWire
Archstone Reaches Global Agreement With LG CNS’ Consulting Arm
10/15/07 - eMarketer
"Gift Cards To Be Holiday Bright Spot"
10/15/07 - DNR
"Retailers Set for World Summit"
October 2007 - NRFTech 2007: IT Leadership Summit
"Shorting Retail? Private Equity's Impact on the Industry"
10/12/07 - Women's Wear Daily
"September Sales Chill Holiday Outlook"
10/12/07 - Greenwich Time
"Holiday Spending Could Take a Hit This Year"
10/12/07 - Chicago Sun-Times
"Trudging Into Holidays: Tough Times for Shoppers Take Toll on Retailers"
10/11/07 - Investor's Business Daily
"Retail Sales Chilled By A Balmy Sept., Economic Worries"
10/10/07 - BusinessWire
Archstone Consulting's 2007 Retail Holiday Forecast:
Cold Shoulder from Shoppers, Blizzard of Discounts
10/10/07 - Chain Store Age/Retail Net
Firm Projects Slowest Holiday Growth Rate in Years
10/05/07 - The Record
"Gift Cards Just Keep on Giving"
Fall 2007 - Smart Enterprise
BI leader, Sanjay Sehgal, cuts through the analytic buzzwords and provides a
no-nonsense view on what executives are looking to get out of their BI investment
October 2007 - Industry Week
IT Strategy Leader, Mark Peacock, Shares His List of Second-
Generation IT Outsourcing Trends
October 2007 - Industry Week
Mark Peacock Comments on Reverse Outsourcing
09/20/07 - El Paso Times
Gift Cards Boon for Retailers During Holiday Season
09/19/07 - The Wall Street Journal.
"Retailers Push Gift Cards"
09/18/07 - Dow Jones Newswire
"Holiday Gift-Card Sales Seen Surging 25% To $35B Study"
09/18/07 - Reuters
"US Holiday Gift Card Sales to Rise 25% — Survey"
09/18/07 - Associated Press
"Study: Holiday Gift Card Sales Expected to Surge to $35 Billion"
08/30/07 - CNN Money and Dow Jones
"SPECIAL REPORT: Food Companies Work To Improve Safety —
and Rebuild Confidence"
08/29/07 - MarketWatch Video
A Matter of Trust: "Nothing can tank a brand faster than a safety
scare," says Archstone Principal, Bob Allen
08/29/07 - The Wall Street Journal.
"Ugg Is Solid Footing for Deckers"
08/29/07 - The Advocate
"Archstone Launches New Website"
08/21/07 - E-Sourcing Fourm
"Driving Operational Excellence with eSourcing"
08/20/07 - Computing: Talking Outsourcing
"Going Global"
August 2007 - Business Finance
"Your Shared Services Checklist"
08/01/07 - Sourcing Innovation
"Archstone Actualizes"
07/20/07 - DM Review
"M&A and the CIO: Why Earlier Involvement of IT Improves Integration Success"
07/19/07 - The Manufacturer
Grey Market Q&A interview with The Manufacturer's Editor-in-Chief, Dann Anthony
Maurno and Archstone Consulting's John Ferreira, Principal
07/09/07 - CNN Money and Dow Jones
"Campbell Enters China And Russia, Seeking Soup Share"
06/28/07 - MarketWatch from Dow Jones
"General Mills Earnings Up Less Than 1%"
06/18/07 - E-Sourcing Forum
"eSourcingWiki - Early Summer Update"
06/15/07 - The Wall Street Journal.
"Survey Indicates 'Faster, Cheaper' Outsourcing Model Is Out of Favor" —
Archstone Consulting Ranked #4 "Boutique Outsourcing Advisory Firm
June 07 - Management Consultant International (subscription required)
"Archstone Steps Up Its Pursuit of Europe"
06/11/07 - Consulting Magazine
"Seeing is Believing:" How Business Intelligence is Helping Global 2000 Companies
Gain New Visibility into their Data
06/11/07 - Supply & Demand-Chain Executive
Elements of Success with Operational Excellence Programs
06/05/07 - Investor's Business Daily
"Tech Services Startup's New Model: Senior People on Small Projects" - Q&A with
CEO, Todd Lavieri
06/04/07 - Chief Executive Magazine
"Game-Changing R&D" - Andrew Buss comments
on outdated R&D models not being aligned to business strategy
June 07 - Experienced Retailers: Archstone Consulting Launches 2007
"Retail Business Intelligence Survey"
05/25/07 - Dow Jones Newswire
U.S. Food Companies Look for Growth in Hispanic Markets
05/09/07 - The Wall Street Journal
Newly Appointed Principal, Mark Simmons, To Lead Archstone Consulting's Operations
Practice in Europe.
May 2007 - Business Finance Magazine
Managed Growth: How to Establish and Achieve Optimum Financial Targets by Dave
Sievers and Patti Mulldowney
May 2007 - Industry Week
"Just In Time -- How To Fix A Leaky Supply Chain" By David Blanchard, Editor-in-Chief
of IndustryWeek magazine speaks on the piracy pandemic.
04/20/07 - Spend Matters
"Archstone's Quiet Rise in the Operations and Sourcing Services Rank"
04/11/07 - Industry Week
"Driving Growth by Controlling Grey Market Leakage" By John Ferreira, Steven
Swanson and John Ferguson as published in IndustryWeek, May 2007
04/10/07 - Sys-Con Media
"Supply Chain Executives Representing Over $17.8 Billion in Transportation Spend
Gathered at Aberdeen's Supply Chain Management Summit"
Q1 2007 - GMA Forum Vol. 9 No. 1
"Your Trade Promotion Efforts: How Much Are They Eating Away at Your Base?"
04/03/07 - Telephony World
“Wireless Services: How to Reduce Costs" by Diana Bersohn as published on
TelephonyWorld.com.
04/02/07 - The Wall Street Journal
"Subprime Pullback May Crimp Consumer Spending"
March/April 2007 - Consulting Magazine
"The Age of Archstone”
03/26/07 - Consulting Magazine: Q&A Interview
“At Archstone, Discipline Trumps Bureaucracy” – Consulting Magazine’s editor-in-chief
goes one-one one with Archstone Consulting CEO, Todd Lavieri
03/19/07 - Consulting Magazine Video Interview
Maryann Gallivan, Global Life Science Practice Leader, explains why smaller, larther
than larger consulting firms may be the ideal place to build a life science practice (6:23)
03/14/07 - Consulting Magazine Video Interview
Mark F. Schmeling, CFO Advisory Services Practice Leader, explains how top
performing CFOs are becoming "czars of all data" within their companies (6:15)
03/14/07 - Dow Jones Newswire
Consumer Companies Hunt for Growth Through Brand Extensions
03/07/07 - The Wall Street Journal
"Gap Feels the Pinch of Higher Rents" - Principal, Carrie Shea, is asked to weigh in on
topic
02/28/07 - Electronic Retailer
Perspective: "Channel Crossing" written by Andrew Buss, Hannah Hamburger and
Sarah Knox
02/27/07 - Forbes.com
Dave Sievers Discusses Retailers' Gift Card Strategies on Forbes Video News Network
02/26/07 - Brandweek
Brandweek's Spotlight Article: "Departments of Energy"
02/15/07 - Investor's Business Daily
"Polo Hopes to Stay on Growth Curve with New J.C. Penney Deal"
02/12/07 - Women's Wear Daily
"Analysts See Shift in Consumer Spending Habits"
02/12/07 - BusinessWeek
CEOs: Hello, You Must Be Going
01/26/07 - Time Magazine
Khakis Get the Blues
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