Automotive
Podcast: Supplier Obsolescence Risks in the Evolving Mobility Market
by Jesse Glossinger, Steve Katz (host)
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Forestry
Shifting Housing Preferences and Online Shopping Growth Fuel Demand
By Jesse Marzouk
In this article, we take a look at how pandemic-driven changes in consumer preferences and behavior are impacting demand across numerous forestry product markets and how an industry challenged by continued resource limitations is responding.
Manufacturing
Podcast: Cleaning Up a Messy Distressed Asset - Saving Shop-Vac
Guest Brent Bonham, Steve Katz (host)
Brent Bonham joins Steve Katz on the Hilco Global Smarter Perspectives Podcast Series to discuss how thorough diligence and the right monetization partner can deliver maximum asset recovery value for companies in distress.
Transportation
Podcast: How Hilco's Monetization Engine Drove H19 to the Next Level
Guest Steve Tanzi, Bryan Courcier, Steve Katz (host)
Steve Tanzi and Bryan Courcier join Steve Katz on the Hilco Global Smarter Perspectives Podcast Series to discuss the trucking industry, specifically Hilco's Acquisition Solution for our provider of Asset Financing in the North American Transportation Industry.
Cannabis
Podcast: U.S. Market Prospects and Challenges
Guest John Sharpe, Steve Katz (host)
John Sharpe joins Steve Katz on the Hilco Global Smarter Perspectives Podcast Series to discuss the impressive growth of the US cannabis market over the course of the pandemic, as well as about some of the industry's current and future prospects and challenges.
Transportation
Intermodal Chassis Market Update - Q2 2021
By Derek Brennan and Brendan Corboy
In this article we deliver a brief overview of the logistics associated with the import and export of containerized freight and provide our observations on the current state of the intermodal chassis market one year after freight traffic reached its lowest level of the ongoing pandemic.
Intellectual Property
Hidden Asset: IPV4 Address Blocks
Guest Lee Howard, Steve Katz (Host)
Lee Howard, Senior Vice President at Hilco Streambank and IPv4.Global, joins Steve Katz on the Hilco Global Smarter Perspectives Podcast Series to discuss the potential for corporations, universities, and other organizations to achieve needed liquidity by leveraging an often underutilized and misunderstood IP asset: their IPv4 address blocks.
Automotive
Challenges and Opportunities Along the Road to Electric Vehicle Proliferation
By Keith Spacapan
In this first in a series of upcoming articles on the electric vehicle (EV) market, we take a look at plans by global auto manufacturers for continued, aggressive expansion of their electric offerings as well as the technologies that are competing for dominance in the market.
Jewelry Industry
Asset-Based Lending Guidelines and More
Guest Stephen D'Aquila, Steve Katz (Host)
Stephen D'Aquila, Vice President at Hilco Valuation Services and a jewelry industry specialists joins Steve Katz on the Hilco Global Smarter Perspectives Podcast Series to discuss the state of the industry one year into the global pandemic, and some guidelines that he suggests for lenders to follow in order to more effectively evaluate both prospective jewelry industry borrowers and existing portfolio accounts during this volatile pandemic period.
Cannabis
Keeping Pace Critical for Cannabis Businesses Amid Strong Growth and Technology Driven Advancements
By John Sharpe
In this article, we take a look at the impressive growth of the U.S. cannabis market over the course of the ongoing pandemic as well as the industry’s current and future prospects and challenges. As of April 2021, 17 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and Guam have all passed laws legalizing the recreational use and sale of cannabis for adults 21 years of age and older, although retail sales from dispensaries are not yet permitted in Vermont, D.C. and Guam. 39 states as well as the District of Columbia and Guam have legalized the use of medical cannabis.