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9 Plays e-Commerce Leaders Are Running to Protect Margin
On the surface, selling out sounds like a pretty good holiday problem to have. That’s the case until the costs add up.
CommerceIQ discovered that stockouts cost brands 140% more than baseline on Black Friday and 248% more on Cyber Monday.
Holiday growth can be difficult because more sales don’t always mean more profit. Margin quietly disappears across ad spend, discounts, inventory decisions, creator payouts, and returns that hit in January.
9 Plays to Defend Your Margin This Holiday Season looks at nine of those places, including:
Healthy ROAS hiding money-losing SKUs
Discounts on products shoppers aren’t price-comparing
Ad dollars going toward inventory at risk of stocking out
Creator payouts capped by first-order math
Returns that turn into refunds instead of exchanges
Plus learn four more ways to keep more of what you earn this Q4.
Why Nigeria’s Housing Policies Keep Failing to Deliver Affordable Homes
Nigeria’s decades of housing policies have failed to deliver the scale of affordable housing required by the population, raising questions about how governments formulate programmes, coordinate implementation and measure results.
Why do construction projects stall?
Rising material costs aren't the only challenge facing developers. Cash-flow gaps can be just as disruptive. Our research with Bujeti looks at the financial pressures behind construction delays and what they mean for the industry.
Nigeria’s Capital Market Faces a Test: Can Long-Term Investment Reach Housing and Infrastructure?
Nigeria’s capital market faces growing pressure to demonstrate that the funds it mobilises can translate into productive investment, infrastructure development and business expansion, with implications for housing delivery and real estate finance.
Analytics on Live Data Without Leaving Postgres
When analytics on Postgres slows down, most teams add a second database. Then they manage pipelines, sync lag, and drift forever. TimescaleDB extends Postgres instead. Analytics run on live data, in the database you already have. No pipeline. No migration. No new query language.
Manufacturers Target Lower Energy Costs as Nigeria’s Power Crisis Threatens Competitiveness
Nigeria’s manufacturers are seeking new financing arrangements and alternative energy solutions to reduce the cost of powering factories, as unreliable electricity supply and expensive self-generation continue to weigh on industrial productivity and business competitiveness.
Dangote Refinery IPO Hits $1.6bn Target as Investors from 119 Countries Apply
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has reportedly secured enough investor commitments to meet its $1.6 billion initial public offering (IPO) target, attracting applications from investors in 119 countries as the share sale reaches its closing date.
Insurance Shouldn’t Be Your Problem to Solve
WithCoverage replaces traditional brokers with an AI-enabled team of real estate insurance experts and attorneys. Get flat fees instead of commissions and one platform for policies, claims, COIs, and renewals across your portfolio.
Start with a free, confidential policy review to uncover savings and better protect your properties.
Nigeria’s Economic Reforms Deliver Stability but Leave Households and Businesses Under Pressure
Nigeria’s economic reforms have improved some key indicators, but high food inflation, expensive borrowing, weak electricity output and limited private-sector credit continue to constrain households and businesses, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has said.
BOI Mobilises €2.2bn and ₦250bn to Expand Industrial Financing Across Nigeria
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has mobilised more than €2.2 billion and ₦250 billion in new funding over the past three years to expand financing for Nigerian businesses, with manufacturing and infrastructure receiving a major share of its large-enterprise lending.
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