Lemon Tree Hotels goes asset-light: Warburg Pincus to infuse up to Rs 960 crore in Fleur
Boards approved a scheme splitting Lemon Tree into an asset-light manager and Fleur, a Warburg-backed hotel owner set to list on NSE and BSE.
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500 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDKraft Heinz bets on agile pods and $1 packs to win back a pinched consumer (interview)
CEO Carlos Abrams-Rivera runs ~75 interdisciplinary 'agile pods' and core-first innovation — Taco Bell meal kits grew over 24% while net sales still fell 6.4%.
Read the caseKohl's went back to coupons and its own brands — and posted its best comps in four years
Years of off-price drift, dropped categories and coupon limits gutted Kohl's; Michael Bender restored the old playbook and comparable sales finally turned.
Read the caseKirkland's converts its fleet to Bed Bath & Beyond and enters the wholesale business
The Brand House Collective will rebrand 250-275 Kirkland's stores as Bed Bath & Beyond, close the rest, and sell wholesale for the first time.
Read the caseJubilant Ingrevia's specialty pivot lifted EBITDA margin from 9% to 15% (interview)
CEO Deepak Jain moved half the portfolio out of commodities; specialty and nutrition now drive 90% of EBITDA and Q1 FY26 profit rose 54% (self-reported).
Read the caseJeep reset prices and incentives after five straight years of US sales declines
New brand CEO Antonio Filosa cut pricing, pushed 0% financing and upped marketing; August sales rose 28% with a target of 1 million US sales by 2027.
Read the caseJeep brought back the Cherokee as a hybrid to lead Stellantis' US recovery
After a three-year hiatus, the 2026 Cherokee returned as Jeep's first traditional hybrid and most efficient US model, priced to win back RAV4 and CR-V buyers.
Read the caseHippo cut growth and sold distribution, turning a $41M loss into $58M profit (interview)
CEO Richard McCathron dropped the insurtech growth playbook — pausing new business, cutting catastrophe exposure and selling distribution to reach net income.
Read the caseHershey unified confection and salty under ONE model; salty sales up 23%
CEO Kirk Tanner writes that ONE Hershey replaced category silos with one sales voice; salty snacks grew 23%, four times company rate.
Read the caseHershey India quit non-metro general trade to chase six cities' premium shoppers
Against every Indian FMCG rival's playbook, Hershey India is exiting non-metro kirana trade to bet on six metros, quick commerce and e-commerce.
Read the caseGM cut 2,700 part numbers and $2B of fixed costs to widen profits during the EV transition
At its October 2024 investor day GM said simplification had cut $2B of net fixed costs, lifted small-crossover margins and stopped EV losses growing.
Read the caseTewolde Gebremariam grew Ethiopian Airlines 4x into Africa's largest group
From 2011 the CEO quadrupled revenue, grew the fleet from 33 to about 130 aircraft and made Addis Ababa a global transit hub — then skipped a COVID bailout.
Read the caseDick's turned Foot Locker pilots into profits and cancelled most closures
After planning 400 closures, Dick's found its Fast Break remodel out-comped Dick's itself; 250 stores get the format and the closure list shrank sharply.
Read the caseDelta's Bastian ran a people-first premium playbook — Amex alone now pays $8B (interview)
In Fortune's Titans and Disruptors interview, Ed Bastian explains the employee-first turnaround that took Delta from Chapter 11 to most profitable US airline.
Read the caseDealShare rebuilt as a B2C value e-tailer with private labels and two-hour delivery
After a year of restructuring, the ex-unicorn dropped its hybrid wholesale network for a consumer-first model anchored by private labels at 18–20% of sales.
Read the caseCorewell's merger integration office banked $200M a year in savings by year two
Beaumont and Spectrum's 2022 merger hit its $200M savings estimate — tracked from day one by a single integration management office.
Read the caseCommonSpirit hit its $2B merger synergy goal — then turned 'systemness' into growth
After reaching $2B in merger synergies in 2023, CommonSpirit unified EHRs, ERP and national programs — FY24 revenue rose $2.8B and EBITDA margin to 3.5%.
Read the caseCommonSpirit's Project ImpACT trims length of stay and lifts volumes back to growth
The 138-hospital system hit breakeven on an adjusted basis ($2M) as volumes rose 3.8% and labor costs fell as a share of revenue under its turnaround plan.
Read the caseCommonSpirit brought revenue-cycle management in-house with nearly $2.8B in special charges
CommonSpirit recorded nearly $2.8 billion in transition-related charges. Its FY2026 operating loss before special charges narrowed to $430 million.
Read the caseComcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky; shares jump 17% on the news
After Versant took the cable networks, Comcast will separate NBCUniversal and Sky so pipes and programming can be run — and valued — apart.
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