In this week’s commentary, we’ll be discussing:
- What’s in Store for the 2nd Half the of Year
- Rentokil North America Acquires Innovative Pest Management
- Pest Control in the Emerging Markets
- A Little More on Knocking Doors
(Grand Kempinski Hotel, Cairo, Egypt)
So I’ve been a little slow in publishing the weekly commentary lately… it’s been very busy out there. As you’re about to see over the course of the next six months, the PCT Top 100 is about to be rearranged … again.
This week’s commentary is going to be a little short and we’ll get back to normal next week.
Although I am going to touch on my recent trip to the emerging markets of the Middle East and North Africa — namely, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — first I want to get into my thoughts on the second half of the year… [Read more…]
Pest Control M&A Weekly Commentary – July 30, 2018 – Where to Stash Your Cash When You Sell
In this week’s commentary, we’ll be exploring:
Driving Value: The Importance of Route Density
Two of the most powerful levers you have to drive profitability in your business, and therefore value, is pricing and route density. We’ll save pricing for another day.
Where I see more than half of pest control companies not really thinking through things is on the density side. Sure, it feels good to cover an entire region. “I service from NYC to Baltimore, I’m YUUUGGGEEE!”
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