Bain in the news

  • Employees 'pause' Bain consulting careers for externships

    June 17, 2013 | Business Because | Media mention

    Bain & Company consultant, Luba Mandzy Herring answers question about Bain & Company's externship program as well as about her experience as an extern.

  • For private equity, door to deals opens in China

    June 10, 2013 | Private Equity | Dow Jones | Media mention

    Private-equity investors, long shut out from getting controlling stakes in Chinese companies, are beginning to find mainland entrepreneurs increasingly amenable to outside help.

  • Would Sir like his goat wrapped?

    June 08, 2013 | Consumer Products | The Economist | Media mention

    Dubai's wealthy are no longer content with luxury brands, instead preferring custom-made 24-carat gold iPads and Bengali Tigers. Bain & Company estimates that luxury spending in the region grew from 10% last year, to just over $8 billion.

  • Beyond bling

    June 08, 2013 | Consumer Products | The Economist | Media mention

    With sales of many luxury items declining China remains the biggest prize in the luxury industry, but the low-hanging fruit is gone. The outlook for luxury-goods firms appears to have dimmed, but has not yet gone out entirely.

  • Hard luxury confronts a world turned upside down

    June 08, 2013 | Consumer Products | Financial Times | Media mention

    Where sales of watches have been the engine of growth for more than a decade, the fastest-growing area today is jewelry. That trend is triggering the biggest round of consolidation the luxury industry has seen in many years.

  • Make your own: Natural stones remain buyer's best friend

    June 08, 2013 | Consumer Products | Financial Times | Media mention

    Since their creation in a New York laboratory almost 60 years ago, synthetic diamonds have divided the main sector in which many expected to see them flourish.

  • Business myths and global realities: Some of the things I've learned since graduation

    June 08, 2013 | Cornell University's website | Media mention

    Bain & Company partner Hernan Saenz was the feature keynote speaker at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Business reunion, held June 8, 2013.

  • Ask the expert: MBA jobs clinic 2013

    June 07, 2013 | Financial Times | Media mention

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  • Internship ends with no job offer? How to cope

    June 06, 2013 | The Wall Street Journal | Media mention

    A summer internship can make or break a student’s chances of landing a full-time job after graduation, and the pressure is growing. Just because a student is not offered a job after a summer internship does not mean that they are automatically stamped as 'unhireable.

  • 15 top MBA employers

    June 06, 2013 | CNN Money | Media mention

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