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- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
and with a family to support, “living in a dump over a hardware store with kerosene heat,” one biographer wrote. But the Army learned that MacDonald had done well in Industrial Procurement at HBS and offered him a job. He enlisted in... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
values extend throughout the entire organization? These are the questions that need answering, and it's up to the emerging generation of leaders to answer them. Q: It is a paradox that leaders must inspire confidence in others, yet to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
programs has gone far beyond the marketing department to infuse everything the museum does, making it unique among its peers, says Jill Avery, senior lecturer in the General Management unit at Harvard Business School. The Magic Tate Ball... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
And I continue to be grateful to be part of such a dynamic, complex, colorful community. Aaron Gan – Class of 2021 I grew up in Singapore in a multi-racial and cosmopolitan society where everyone in my generation is bilingual. I did not... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
rapidly leveraging new ways of doing things, both from an operational and commercial standpoint, quickly became a number one priority. Keeping up to date with the latest governmental information was a useful starting point for many, but it wasn’t enough to View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
top-down, generic approaches to communicating their plans with their employees. Although mass emails and newsletters are not problematic in and of themselves, they are no substitute for the kind of communication this moment calls... View Details
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker thought his “new kind of store,” which was a consolidation of many different kinds of shops into one, was the future of shopping. Not only did his department stores become very successful, they were also part of a View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
an empty lot. To the east stands a vacant building; to the north, a liquor store with iron bars on its windows. In short, it could be any corner in any struggling neighborhood in the United States. Yet for Dlodlo, it might as well be the... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
would predict. Receivers are not sufficiently skeptical about undisclosed information-they underestimate the extent to which no news is bad news. Senders generally take advantage of receiver mistakes. We find that providing disclosure... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
Charles R. Walgreen
Though Walgreen was trained as a pharmacist, he was an equally astute businessman. Walgreen personally manufactured some of his drugs in order to be able to maintain profitable low prices, and he also offered Walgreens branded merchandise... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
Visa, American Express, or Diners Club. Estée therefore targeted a small number of fine department stores that sold merchandise on credit, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman-Marcus, and Bloomingdale's. She... View Details
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Harvard Business School
and implemented programs to improve the company's factory sourcing. Prior to joining Walmart, Jackson was president and COO at Dollar General Stores, where he led significant new store openings and improved... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
MICHAEL KAPLAN (left, with brother and partner Nicholas) reflects on lessons learned and looks ahead to future growth. Michael Kaplan (MBA ’02) had a great idea for a start-up: a fashionable apparel company catering to plus-size women. But when an investor pulled out... View Details
William T. Grant
Grant opened his department store operation in 1906 with a 25 cent-limit on all merchandise. Grant created this 25 cent niche market at a time when department store prices began at 50 cents and Kresge and... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
make mistakes or take shortcuts to get their work done." Merchandise ends up being misshelved, or not shelved at all. The store claims to have it, but neither the customer nor employees can find it. If other... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
each store by product category. It uses its merchandise planning system to automatically adjust the inventory at a store based on sales in each product category. Thus, a View Details
William M. Batten
Batten transformed JCPenney from a sleepy “Main Street” store into a diversified mass merchandiser located in shopping malls throughout suburbia. He dramatically expanded the View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
Look at the business model. Walmart catapulted into a $400-billion-plus company by luring customers into stores with groceries at very low margins, reaping the benefits of additional trips, which generated... View Details