Smart Growth

2nd Quarter 2006 
 
 

Welcome to the 2nd quarter 2006 edition of the Smart Growth Report from the Childs Company. I hope you find the information here useful in developing plans to meet your business or personal goals. Please contact me if there is anything we can do to facilitate implementing the ideas contained in this report. I would love to help you.

Best wishes for your success,
Matt Childs


This Quarter:

Smart Marketing:
Market Busters
By Rita McGrath
and
Ian MacMillan
40 Strategic Moves That Drive
Exceptional Business Growth

While most executives and business owners talk about their great growth plans, very few actually deliver real gains in growth and profitability. How do some companies manage to beat the odds and bust through the obstacles that make explosive growth so elusive?

In this practical, hands-on guide, the authors focus on five overall strategies that companies have used to drive exceptional growth. For each strategy, they identify specific moves, “market busters”, that have the potential to dramatically reconfigure a company’s revenue and profit stream. For each strategy, the authors provide a template for identifying a company’s potential market busters and cite numerous examples from a variety of industries.

Challenge yourself and your management team to step back from your business and evaluate each of these strategic areas, especially those involving your customers and your products and services. The fact is that incorporating this methodology should be performed not just to plan for growth….but to ensure survival in a competitive marketplace.

“Market Busters” reveals forty marketbusting moves used by firms to successfully transform their businesses and outlines five overall strategies for driving growth. Click here to learn about the five strategies and 40 marketbusting moves you can implement in your company.

Has your business achieved the growth levels you expected? Contact Matt Childs to identify potential Market Busters in your business by clicking here!

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Smart Investing:

Your Portfolio Strategy for
the Remainder of 2006

Equity markets have been strong through the first quarter of 2006 with the S&P up 4.2% through the end of the first quarter. Morgan Stanley’s Equity Research has recently revised slightly upward its forecasted 2006 earnings estimates for the S&P 500. Drivers of the upward revision have been stronger than anticipated growth in the energy sector as well as positive performance from the financial stocks as a result of rising M&A volumes and pricing power among insurance companies.

Given where we are in the economic cycle, Morgan Stanley Equity Research has recommended reducing exposure to cyclical industries in favor of more stable growth sectors as the year progresses. The basic premise is that 2004 and 2005 were the years to be long in cyclical areas like energy, materials and certain utilities while 2006 will be a transition year where it makes sense to reduce exposure to these industries amid the backdrop of a decelerating economy. Given this premise, Morgan Stanley Research recommends increasing allocation to stable growth sectors such as staples, pharmaceuticals and health care.

There are many risks associated with this framework and no guarantee that we make the right call. As always, we strongly recommend prudent asset allocation, particularly during uncertain times, to minimize downside exposure.

Click here to contact Matt Childs for an evaluation of your portfolio and more specific recommendations.

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GA Economic Indicators
1st Quarter 2006
Unemployment 5.1%
Personal Income 6.8%
Single Family
Housing Permits
3.6%
CPI 3.6%

Click here for Matt's analysis of the 1st Quarter Indicators

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Business Partner Profile

FineLine Technologies

FineLine Technologies provides barcode ticketing solutions for the retail supply chain. Selling to both major retail chains as well as retail suppliers, Fineline develops custom solutions to assist its customers in making their supply chains more efficient. The company has developed its own proprietary software applications for integrating barcodes and the sophisticated ticketing needs of its customers.

Founded by Richard Stamper, FineLine has grown rapidly in recent years—opening offices in Toronto and Hong Kong in addition to its headquarters location in Atlanta. Major customers include such well-known companies as American Eagle, Spencer Gifts, Kirkland’s and Under Armour. Childs Company has served as an advisor to the company since 2001.

For more information on FineLine Technologies, please contact Matt Childs
at mchilds@childscompany.com.

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Fineline Technologies


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