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Don't forget the amazing track record of BCG leading companies into bankruptcy. Yes BCG consulted for Toy's R Us. Maybe there is more too it...

There is a conspiracy theory BCG is tied to SHF to lead companies into bankruptcy with help of negative news narratives and help from MM to internalize buy orders and place sell orders on lit markets driving stock prices down.

No concrete evidence yet but who knows when all they get is a fine and it's business as usual.

BCG also consulted for:

Blockbuster

OfficeMax

Pizza Hut

KLM Air France

K-Mart

Neiman Marcus

Pier 1 Imports

Sears

Toys R Us

Circuit City

JC Penny

Radio Shack

Texaco

Chrysler

MF Global

Conseco Inc.

CIT Group

GM

WorldCom

Washington Mutual

Lehman Brothers

GameStop - Fired avoided bankruptcy

PulteGroup - Fired and avoided bankruptcy.




Isn't there significant sample bias here though? I imagine companies in dire circumstances would be more likely to bring on consultants to help "right the ship"


Also this isn't exactly their complete client list. That's like saying "Con Edison provided power to these companies and they went bankrupt!"


Which of these brands do you think were healthy, prior to hiring consultants? Which of them had healthy future prospects, and did not deserve to have 'their stock prices driven down'?

I'm not saying that the consultants provided any value add, but if a priest gets hired to say last rights over a terminal patient, it's hard to accuse the priest of killing the patient.




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