US Top News and Analysis | This beauty stock has been on fire over the past year. Jefferies sees even more upside

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Ulta Beauty’s stock is poised for further gains after Jefferers upgraded the company to “buy” from “hold” and lifted its price target to $700 (up from $635), implying roughly a 26.5% upside from the latest close. The firm cited stronger revenue durability, a broader beauty backdrop and renewed makeup engagement, noting that Ulta’s new‑merchandise leadership has accelerated the addition of emerging makeup brands and shifted focus from merely filling gaps to launching trend‑driven products. With makeup accounting for about 38% of sales, analysts expect a makeup‑driven cycle to boost traffic, sales frequency, and margin mix, supporting higher‑quality revenue. The upgrade aligns with a consensus view—most analysts already rate Ulta as a buy—while the overall global beauty market is projected to grow about 5% annually through 2030, reinforcing confidence in Ulta’s differentiated strategy amid rising competition from online retailers.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/20/this-beauty-stock-has-been-on-fire-over-the-past-year-jefferies-sees-even-more-upside.html

#Jefferies #UltaBeauty #SydneyWagner #McKinsey #Amazon #

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McKinsey: Reducir la pobreza educativa es posible con tecnología y filantropía

McKinsey: Reducir la pobreza educativa es posible con tecnología y filantropía
San José, 13 abr (elmundo.cr) – La tecnología tiene un potencial transformador en la educación y por eso cada vez más soluciones deed tech buscan transformar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje con herramientas digitales que abordan desafíos de acceso, [...]

#Educación #McKinsey&Company #TecnologíaEducativa #Tendencias

https://elmundo.cr/tendencias/mckinsey-reducir-la-pobreza-educativa-es-posible-con-tecnologia-y-filantropia/

KI-Nutzung in Deutschland hat sich verdoppelt: von 19 auf 38 Prozent (McKinsey HR-Monitor 2026).

Gleichzeitig sinkt die Nutzung in den USA. Warum? Weil Tools allein nicht reichen. Nur 28 % der deutschen Firmen bieten formales KI-Training an.

https://kiberblick.de/aktuell/2026/2026-04-08-ki-adoption-deutschland-mckinsey/

#KI #KIberblick #McKinsey

Costa Rica alcanza un nuevo hito: 300.000 personas formadas en tecnología

Costa Rica alcanza un nuevo hito: 300.000 personas formadas en tecnología
San José, 06 abr (elmundo.cr) – En un contexto donde la demanda por talento en redes, ciberseguridad y tecnologías emergentes continúa en aumento, Costa Rica ha logrado avanzar en la formación de capacidades clave para la econ [...]

#CienciaYTecnología #Cisco #McKinsey #Tendencias #UniversidadTécnicaNacional #YazmínGuerrero

https://elmundo.cr/cienciaytecnologia/costa-rica-alcanza-un-nuevo-hito-300-000-personas-formadas-en-tecnologia/

Pretty insightful video!

#McKinsey's #AI Lie Explains What's Happening to Work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdKJaQkgJQ

“There are two common narratives about McKinsey. The first imagines the firm as some sort of hallowed place where future leaders go to test their mettle and learn the ways of the Force. Books like The McKinsey Way and The Lords of Strategy depict McKinsey consultants as heroes who rescue moribund businesses. The second narrative depicts McKinsey as a villain, driven primarily by greed. In their 2022 book When McKinsey Comes to Town, the journalists Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe made the case that the firm is to blame for—or at least complicit in—all sorts of modern-day evils: skyrocketing CEO pay, the Great Recession, the opioid crisis, the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, China’s surveillance state, even the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal.

The truth is that McKinsey is a quintessential institution of the post-World War II era. As such, the firm reflects all the successes of that era, as well as its blind spots, moral failings, and excesses. McKinsey was a key contributor to—and beneficiary of—the economic forces of globalization and financialization, trends that raised living standards around the world. But those same trends have been culturally destructive and politically destabilizing, which is why they are now often seen in a negative light by many on both the right and the left.“

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-mckinsey-century/

#McKinsey #Consultancies #Globalization #Neoliberalism