POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Creating Your Own Luck I love being around lucky people. They believe they’re always going to get the closest parking space at the mall, and they’re going to win the raffle at church or work. They always enter drawings—and believe they’re going to win—just because they’re...	2016-12-27
Creating Distinctive Client Value in Destination Services We often hear from relocation directors and their brokers that they are feeling disenfranchised these days. Their core services for incoming transferees - personalized, needs-based, locally expert and top-agent supported – are too often bypassed by an internet-oriented generation...	2017-01-26
Creating a Business Plan With Team Buy-In It's that time of year again. Fall. Fourth quarter. Business planning. Some teams think the quiet time between Christmas and New Year's Day is the best time to update their business plans, but I think it's a great time for personal reflection and goal setting for the year...	2018-10-29
Cost, Confidence and Convenience: Survey Reveals Americans' Attitudes on the Smart Home A new smart home study released this week from Lowe's found that while Rosie the Robot is the futuristic feature consumers would want most from "The Jetsons," more than 70 percent of smartphone users in America just wish they could control something in their home from...	2014-08-27
Cost Prevention by GBO Intervention The corporate transfer process presents many opportunities for relocation departments to favorably influence a client’s program costs. An important one for clients is preventing inventory acquisitions or GBOs (guaranteed value buy-out) by obtaining a market sale instead. It is...	2017-02-27
Corporate Relocation Policy Topics and Trends: Lump Sums If you work with corporate transferees and relocation administrators you know “lump sums” are employer-provided funds meant to assist with one or more relocation expense items. Although a common element in many relocation packages, employers can intend them for very...	2015-06-23
Corporate Relocation Community: Your Input Needed for our Business Development Trends Survey! The mobility industry is always in motion: demographics and economies shift; familiar work patterns change; businesses restructure and evolve. BUT - transitions often bring opportunities, too. In keeping with this theme, RIS Consulting Group is sponsoring a brief survey to...	2015-05-27
Corporate Relocation Business Development: Survey Results Summary Thanks to all who participated in RIS Consulting Group’s survey last month. We hope you’ll find your colleagues’ feedback useful and interesting. A response summary of survey questions follows. 'Rate the following corporate relocation services by revenue...	2015-07-21
Corporate Mobility Policies: Can They Generate Business Opportunities for You? While relocation policy support activities may never become your core service, they could become a revenue-generating adjunct business-to-business offering provided on an hourly or project basis. If you work with transferees, you know mobility policies are the foundation of...	2013-06-13
Corporate Culture Chasm: Employees View Their Culture More Negatively than Management A new study finds a concerning gap between what managers say they want their company culture to be and what employees say is really valued by those same bosses. The study, conducted by Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield, co-founders and leading researchers at...	2016-08-16
Content is King: How to Win the Battle against Portals It’s hard to deny that the giant real estate portals are doing more than simply holding their own when it comes to branding and attracting Web traffic to their sites. They attract the lion’s share of real estate traffic, and typically have bigger advertising budgets and...	2013-07-12
Consumers in U.S., Canada Will Demand More Credit Consumers' appetite for credit will continue to grow, according to the latest quarterly survey of U.S. and Canadian bank risk professionals. In a recent survey from FICO, a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, 46 percent of respondents expect the...	2013-10-17
Consumer Trends: 80 Percent of Consumers Believe Total Data Privacy No Longer Exists The vast majority (80 percent) of consumers aged 20-40 in the United States and the United Kingdom believe total privacy in the digital world is a thing of the past, and nearly half (49 percent) said they would not object to having their buying behavior tracked if it would result in...	2014-05-29
Consumer Spending Index Reaches an 11-Month High The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) reached its highest point in almost a year. The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. "The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index grew to reach the highest reading since November 2013," says...	2014-12-22
Consumer Spending Flat in July, but Housing Improves The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index remained flat in July as improvements in real housing prices and labor markets offset weakness in other areas. The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. "Real home prices continue to move higher from a...	2013-08-21
Consumer Interest in Sustainability Remains High According to the recently released REALTORS® and Sustainability 2018 Report, consumer interest in both residential and commercial sustainability is high, with more than half claiming to be very or somewhat interested in sustainability issues. This report stems from NAR’s...	2018-06-28
Consumer Experience Shifts to Text: Research From inquiry to sale, communicating with consumers throughout the process is vital. According to recent research out of Ellie Mae®, the financing industry platform, communication preferences are shifting to text. "Consumers have been telling us that...	2018-04-08
Consumer Confidence Retracts Consumer confidence retracted in March, posting a 127.7 reading in the latest Consumer Confidence Index® from The Conference Board. February's reading was 130. The Expectations reading of the Index, which gauges how consumers feel about their business, employment and...	2018-04-08
Consumer Confidence Index Retreated in October The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in September, declined in October. The Index now stands at 98.6 (1985=100), down from 103.5 in September. The Present Situation Index decreased from 127.9 to 120.6, while the Expectations Index declined from...	2016-10-25
Consumer Confidence Index Increased in December The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased considerably in November, posted another gain in December. The Index now stands at 113.7 (1985=100), up from 109.4 in November. The Expectations Index increased sharply from 94.4 to 105.5, but the Present...	2016-12-27

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