Crisis Management with Fexingo: Recessions, Layoffs, and Business Survival Stories

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Crisis Management with Fexingo: Recessions, Layoffs, and Business Survival Stories

Crisis Management with Fexingo is the daily show for leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs who need to make real decisions when the market turns. Lucas and Luna cut through the noise of every recession rumor and layoff headline, grounding each episode in specific numbers and named cases from the current moment. They examine how companies navigate downturns — from the initial margin squeeze to the brutal calculus of workforce reduction — and what separates a survival story from a collapse. Lucas brings the journalistic rigor, tracking the macro signals that trigger crisis mode and the micro-decisions that define a response. Luna presses on the human and strategic dimensions: how do CEOs choose which divisions to cut? What does a responsible layoff plan actually look like on paper? When does cost-cutting cross into self-destruction? Each episode is built around a real-world crisis scenario drawn from the public record — a retailer facing a demand cliff, a tech firm burning through cash, a manufacturer wrestling with supply chain disruption. Lucas and Luna dissect the available data, weigh the trade-offs, and argue through the options leadership teams face. The show never offers easy answers — instead it leaves you with the specific, uncomfortable questions you need to ask your own team when the next downturn hits.

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Episodes

146 episodes

How a Small Coffee Chain Survived the GLP-1 Wave

Aug 1, 2026 · 5:56
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How a Small Design Studio Survived the AI Image Wave

Jul 30, 2026 · 5:04
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How a Small Solar Company Survived the Tariff and Rate Crisis

Jul 30, 2026 · 4:37
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How an Independent Movie Theater Survived the Streaming Crisis

Jul 29, 2026 · 5:59
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How a Small Trucking Company Survived the Oil Spike

Jul 29, 2026 · 5:46
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How a Small Data Center Survived the Power Grid Strain

Jul 28, 2026 · 5:45
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How a Staffing Agency Survived the Labor Shortage

Jul 28, 2026 · 4:48
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How a Small Wealth Manager Survived the Client Panic

Jul 28, 2026 · 7:15
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How a Small AI Startup Survived the AI Skepticism Wave

Jul 27, 2026 · 6:01
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How a Furniture Maker Survived the Tariff Blitz

Jul 27, 2026 · 5:43
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How a Factory Survived by Thinking Like a Tech Company

Jul 26, 2026 · 8:57
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How a Small Chocolatier Survived the Cocoa Price Crisis

Jul 26, 2026 · 8:52
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How a Law Firm Survived a Ransomware Attack

Jul 25, 2026 · 6:09
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How a Coding Bootcamp Survived the Tech Layoff Wave

Jul 24, 2026 · 5:07
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How a Credit Union Survived the Oil Price Surge

Jul 23, 2026 · 6:42
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How a Mid-Sized Manufacturer Survived the Shipping Crisis

Jul 23, 2026 · 8:07
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How a Podcast Network Survived the Instagram Algorithm Collapse

Jul 23, 2026 · 5:43
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How a Family Farm Survived the Water Rights Crisis

Jul 22, 2026 · 9:38
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How a Specialty Food Importer Survived the Hormuz Blockade

Jul 22, 2026 · 8:43
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How a Microbrewery Survived the Aluminum Tariff Squeeze

Jul 21, 2026 · 6:32
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How a Freight Broker Survived the Hormuz Disruption

Jul 21, 2026 · 8:56
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How a Small Brewery Survived Without Taproom Customers

Jul 20, 2026 · 6:50
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How a Roofer Survived the Housing Affordability Crash

Jul 19, 2026 · 6:44
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How a Small Hostel Survived the Airbnb Crackdown

Jul 19, 2026 · 5:44
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How a Used Car Dealer Survived the EV Transition

Jul 18, 2026 · 6:59
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How a Drone Startup Survived a Government Ban

Jul 18, 2026 · 7:10
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How a Community Bank Survived the Deposit Panic

Jul 17, 2026 · 9:23
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How a Dog Treat Baker Survived the Commodity Price Spike

Jul 17, 2026 · 9:13
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How a Niche Publisher Survived the Print Apocalypse

Jul 16, 2026 · 9:33
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How a Hair Salon Survived After Losing Its Entire Team

Jul 16, 2026 · 5:27
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How a Small Retailer Survived When Its Landlord Went Bankrupt

Jul 15, 2026 · 5:39
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How a Restaurant Survived the Delivery App Fee Crisis

Jul 15, 2026 · 8:46
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How a Niche Video Game Studio Survived Three Near-Death Moments

Jul 14, 2026 · 8:08
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How a Small Law Firm Survived Without Billing by the Hour

Jul 14, 2026 · 7:00
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How a Hotel Chain Survived the Loyalty Program Collapse

Jul 13, 2026 · 6:35
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How a Toy Maker Survived the Tariff Shock Without Raising Prices

Jul 13, 2026 · 5:42
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How a Private Space Firm Survived Two Rocket Failures

Jul 12, 2026 · 6:43
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How a Small Bank Survived by Turning Away Deposits

Jul 12, 2026 · 9:10
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How a Debt Collector Survived the Consumer Spending Boom

Jul 11, 2026 · 7:50
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How a Small Ad Agency Survived Losing Its Biggest Client Overnight

Jul 11, 2026 · 6:52
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How One SaaS Firm Survived the 2025 Mass Subscriber Cancellation

Jul 10, 2026 · 6:33
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How a Family Farm Survived Three Generations Without Debt

Jul 10, 2026 · 8:39
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How a Solar Installer Survived Subsidy Collapse

Jul 9, 2026 · 7:26
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How a Small Manufacturer Survived When Its Only Customer Went Bankrupt

Jul 9, 2026 · 7:15
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How One Real Estate Firm Survived the Office Crash

Jul 8, 2026 · 6:20
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How a Midwestern Manufacturer Survived Tariff Turmoil Without Offshoring

Jul 8, 2026 · 10:44
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How One Airline Survived a Fuel Crisis Without Bailouts

Jul 8, 2026 · 6:26
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How a Small Regional Bank Survived a Liquidity Crunch

Jul 7, 2026 · 7:11
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How a Private College Survived the 2025 Enrollment Cliff

Jul 7, 2026 · 6:38
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How a Credenza Maker Survived Two Recessions Without Layoffs

Jul 6, 2026 · 8:13
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How a Defense Contractor Survived the 2025 Chip Shortage

Jul 6, 2026 · 6:23
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Why Subaru Bypassed the Inventory Crisis Entirely

Jul 5, 2026 · 8:23
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How a Restaurant Chain Survived Its Own Founder's Death

Jul 5, 2026 · 7:59
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How a CEO Kept the Lights On With 90 Percent Revenue Gone

Jul 4, 2026 · 6:17
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How a Grid Operator Avoided Blackout Without Building New Plants

Jul 4, 2026 · 9:35
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How a Coffee Chain Survived the Commodity Crisis

Jul 3, 2026 · 7:55
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How a Bank Survived a Run by Rebuilding Trust in 72 Hours

Jul 3, 2026 · 7:58
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How a Small Business Survived the Great Resignation Wave

Jul 2, 2026 · 5:41
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How a Coffee Roaster Survived the 2025 Commodity Shock

Jul 2, 2026 · 6:35
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How a Bank Survived a Run by Rebuilding Trust in 72 Hours

Jul 1, 2026 · 7:48
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How a Restaurant Chain Survived the 2020 Collapse Without Government Aid

Jul 1, 2026 · 8:50
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How Companies That Laid Off Workers for AI Are Regretting It

Jul 1, 2026 · 10:21
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How a Meme Stock Company Survived Its Own Hype

Jun 30, 2026 · 7:14
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How GE Medical Survived the 2020 Imaging Crash

Jun 30, 2026 · 7:12
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How a Retailer Survived the 2022 Inventory Crisis

Jun 29, 2026 · 7:21
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How a Hospital System Survived a Cybersecurity Meltdown

Jun 29, 2026 · 6:08
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How a Winery Survived Wildfire Without Insurance Payouts

Jun 28, 2026 · 6:24
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How a Toymaker Survived the 2023 Recession Without Layoffs

Jun 28, 2026 · 5:24
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How a Small Manufacturer Survived the Memory Chip Crisis

Jun 27, 2026 · 6:49
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How a Car Maker Survived a 40 Percent Revenue Drop Without Bailouts

Jun 27, 2026 · 8:12
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How a Hotel Chain Survived the Travel Collapse of 2020

Jun 26, 2026 · 7:15
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How a Toymaker Survived the 2023 Recession Without Layoffs

Jun 26, 2026 · 4:52
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How a CEO Navigated a Cyberattack Without Paying the Ransom

Jun 25, 2026 · 5:59
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How Micron Survived the Memory Chip Crisis and Became Margin King

Jun 25, 2026 · 6:45
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How a Struggling Airline Kept Flying During a Fuel Price Shock

Jun 24, 2026 · 7:30
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How a CFO Steered a Bank Through Zero Percent Rates

Jun 24, 2026 · 6:45
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How a CEO Navigated a Supply Chain Crisis Without Layoffs

Jun 23, 2026 · 7:33
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How a Regional Bank Survived a Run by Rebuilding Trust in 72 Hours

Jun 23, 2026 · 6:19
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How a Retailer Built Customer Loyalty During the Great Recession

Jun 22, 2026 · 6:29
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How a Family Winery Survived the 2020 Tariff Crisis

Jun 22, 2026 · 6:56
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How a Small Bank Survived a Run by Rebuilding Trust in 72 Hours

Jun 21, 2026 · 6:55
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How a Family Winery Survived the 2020 Tariff Crisis

Jun 21, 2026 · 6:34
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How Marvel Built a Billion-Dollar Comeback from Bankruptcy

Jun 20, 2026 · 6:41
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How Vanguard Navigated a 96 Percent AUM Drop in 2008

Jun 20, 2026 · 8:30
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How a Restaurant Chain Survived the Delivery App Squeeze

Jun 19, 2026 · 6:28
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How a Telecom Survived a 70 Percent Stock Drop

Jun 19, 2026 · 6:42
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How a Regional Bank Survived a Run by Rebuilding Trust in 72 Hours

Jun 18, 2026 · 11:56
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How T-Mobile Kept Its 5G Rollout on Track During a Supply Chain Crisis

Jun 18, 2026 · 5:57
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How JetBlue Shrank to Survive a Capacity Crisis

Jun 17, 2026 · 8:31
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How Carvana Survived Near-Death and Pivoted to New Cars

Jun 17, 2026 · 6:51
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How Rivian Handles Layoffs While Launching the R2

Jun 16, 2026 · 9:37
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How a CEO Saved a Company After a 90 Percent Stock Crash

Jun 16, 2026 · 6:05
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How a CEO Saved His Company After a 90 Percent Stock Crash

Jun 15, 2026 · 6:08
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How a Retailer Survived a 40 Percent Sales Plunge

Jun 15, 2026 · 7:50
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How a Grocer Survived the Great Recession by Betting on Private Label

Jun 14, 2026 · 6:12
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How SpaceX IPO Forced a Crisis Communication Pivot

Jun 14, 2026 · 9:11
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How a Pivot Saved a B2B Software Company from Extinction

Jun 13, 2026 · 8:23
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How a 100-Year-Old Bakery Survived Flour Price Spikes

Jun 13, 2026 · 11:00
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How Leica Defied Digital Disruption

Jun 12, 2026 · 7:13
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How Keurig Kept Brewing When Pods Got Stuck

Jun 12, 2026 · 9:20
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How Domino's Survived a Pizza Price War

Jun 12, 2026 · 6:00
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How the Swiss Franc Crisis Forced a Watchmaker to Reinvent

Jun 11, 2026 · 6:31
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How Logitech Survived a 50 Percent Sell-Off in Its Stock

Jun 11, 2026 · 6:35
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How One Company Survived a Cyberattack That Wiped Out Its Billing System

Jun 10, 2026 · 6:41
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How a Startup Survived an Iran War Supply Chain Shock

Jun 10, 2026 · 7:09
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How SpaceX IPO Reveals Crisis Management in Uncharted Territory

Jun 9, 2026 · 9:17
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How BlackRock Mega Forces Reshape Crisis Investing

Jun 9, 2026 · 8:44
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How a Grocer Survived 25 Percent Margins by Redesigning Its Supply Chain

Jun 8, 2026 · 6:45
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How a Manufacturer Survived the Forced Repricing of Its Entire Inventory

Jun 8, 2026 · 6:44
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How a Small Airline Survived the Iran Conflict Disruption

Jun 7, 2026 · 6:32
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How a Family Business Survived a Generational Crisis

Jun 7, 2026 · 6:02
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How a Bank Used Its Own Stock Drop to Win Customer Trust

Jun 6, 2026 · 10:04
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How a Restaurant Chain Survived a Supplier Collapse

Jun 6, 2026 · 5:51
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How a Furniture Retailer Survived a 50 Percent Revenue Drop

Jun 5, 2026 · 7:36
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How a CEO Used a Personal Crisis to Save the Company

Jun 5, 2026 · 8:00
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How the 2026 Layoff Wave Differs From 2020 and 2023

Jun 4, 2026 · 7:21
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How the 2026 Layoff Wave Is Different This Time

Jun 4, 2026 · 8:00
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How Starbucks Handled a Brand Crisis by Closing 8000 Stores

Jun 3, 2026 · 7:00
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How a Hotel Chain Survived 2020 by Converting to Hospital Beds

Jun 3, 2026 · 7:23
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How a Regional Bank Survived the 2023 Crisis Without a Bailout

Jun 2, 2026 · 10:24
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How Patagonia Survived a Sales Crisis by Telling Customers Not to Buy

Jun 2, 2026 · 7:45
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How Johnson and Johnson Handled the Tylenol Crisis

Jun 1, 2026 · 7:19
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How a Mid-Size Bank Survived the 2023 Crisis Without a Bailout

Jun 1, 2026 · 8:02
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How a Family Office Survived the 2023 Banking Crisis

May 31, 2026 · 9:49
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How Salesforce Turned Activist Pressure Into a Crisis Playbook

May 31, 2026 · 6:39
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How a Bank Used Its Own Crisis Playbook to Survive 2023

May 30, 2026 · 6:55
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How Airbnb Survived the 2020 Travel Collapse

May 30, 2026 · 5:35
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How Netflix Turned a Subscriber Crisis into a Pricing Powerhouse

May 29, 2026 · 12:21
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How a Small Town Grocery Chain Survived the 2023 Banking Crisis

May 29, 2026 · 6:19
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How a Mid-Size Manufacturer Survived the 2023 Regional Banking Crisis

May 28, 2026 · 7:22
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How a Hotel Chain Survived the 2020 Revenue Collapse

May 28, 2026 · 10:19
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How Zappos Built a Crisis-Proof Culture Before the Crisis

May 27, 2026 · 6:31
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How Mastercard Handled the 2020 Revenue Crisis

May 27, 2026 · 9:06
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How a Failed Product Saved the Company

May 26, 2026 · 8:58
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How a Regional Bank Survived the 2023 Crisis Without a Bailout

May 26, 2026 · 6:00
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How Toyota Turned a Supply Chain Crisis Into a Competitive Edge

May 25, 2026 · 6:54
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How Nintendo Survived the 1889 Crisis and Kept Going

May 25, 2026 · 8:32
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Why Disney's Star Wars Flop Is a Strategic Lesson in Crisis Management

May 24, 2026 · 9:10
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How IKEA Survived the 90s Recession by Cutting Prices

May 24, 2026 · 7:18
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How Domino's Pivoted During the 2008 Recession

May 23, 2026 · 6:06
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How Southwest Airlines Survived the Post-Pandemic Crisis

May 23, 2026 · 7:33
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The Leica Turnaround How a Camera Maker Defied Digital Disruption

May 22, 2026 · 7:53
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How Starbucks Navigated the 2008 Financial Crisis Without Closing a Single US Store

May 22, 2026 · 6:34
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How Boeing Could Survive Its Own Recession

May 21, 2026 · 7:38
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How Patagonia Navigated the 2008 Recession Without Layoffs

May 21, 2026 · 12:01
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SpaceX IPO Could Reshape European Listings

May 19, 2026 · 6:02
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