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Sustainability in CPG and Retail
chains." The Food Industry Association: Corporate Social Responsiblity Trade association representing food retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers. Their CSR section includes topics such as Food Waste, Sustainability, Animal Welfare, and Transparency....
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- 19 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Retail as an Intern at Walmart
Additionally, I recently learned that my assignment is in Merchandise Finance & Strategy, specifically for the Softlines part of the business (i.e., apparel and footwear). I’m thrilled that they listened to my request to be closer to...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Taking Tailoring High Tech
2010) created Birchbox, a wildly successful monthly beauty-samples subscription service that has inspired countless in-a-box imitators. Motlagh’s Acustom Apparel showroom in Soho, which opened in 2013, has some things in common with a...
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- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
apparel and footwear, when City Year requested fifty pairs of boots for its youth service corps program. "In the philanthropic relationship," Austin observes, "each side benefits modestly. The NPO receives funding, goods, or services,...
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by Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 2001
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William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
speedily sourcing garments and apparel for customers in the West. Its solid reputation is based on its ability to meet required specifications at a competitive price. Fung believes his company’s levelheaded approach to the IT revolution...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
years later, it's clear that she made the right choice. As a director of the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company and managing partner of McKinsey Southeast United States, Karch has become an expert on numerous business topics, such as retailing, mass merchandising,...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
fans were forced by FIFA to remove their pants before entering the stadium. As a result, hundreds of fans watched the game in their underwear. Needless to say, the Dutch brewery reaped a marketing bonanza. For the big athletic equipment and View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
Tightly packed workers and other weak protections allowed COVID-19 to sweep through American slaughterhouses during the past year, infecting at least 45,000 employees and killing an estimated 240 people. To Harvard Business School Professor Michael Toffel, who has...
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Linda J. Wachner
Wachner’s first success in fashion came in the mid-1970s while she was working in Warnaco’s lingerie division, Wagner’s. Perceiving that it was their uncomfortable and unfeminine design that made women “burn their bras,” Wachner redesigned softer, free form bras that...
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Fabric & Apparel
Diane S. M. von Furstenberg
Von Furstenberg emerged on the fashion scene with three simple black jersey-style silk dresses in 1970. In the denim craze of the seventies, the silk dresses stood out for their elegance and sophistication, and it was upon this basis that von Furstenberg built her...
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Fabric & Apparel
Ralph Lauren
Lauren built a $1 billion+ fashion business, one of the greatest successes in the last half of the 20th century. He is one of the most influential contemporary designers, responsible for developing the American look and establishing New York City as a rival to Paris....
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Anne Klein
Klein played a major role in re-inventing the fashion industry. She founded Junior Sophisticates, where the clothing had classic lines, and incorporated this look in Anne Klein and Company when it began in 1968. Klein’s unique style of interchangeable separates was...
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George F. Johnson
Johnson built a successful shoe company, but his most striking contributions to American capitalism were the progressive labor policies introduced at Endicott-Johnson. His company was the first in the shoe industry to introduce the 8-hour workday, 40-hour workweek, and...
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Fabric & Apparel
- 25 Sep 2018
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Esquel Group Looks to a Robotic Future
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
showcase best practices in the topic, to be distributed among all participating agents. Our objective is to disseminate knowledge and facilitate implementation of the most efficient solutions for distribution of financial products. Sustainable View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
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Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
catch up,” she says. Questioning the status quo has also inspired Mendhro to launch VIDA, a venture-based ecommerce platform based in San Francisco that connects designers across the globe with producers, to manufacture original apparel...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1998
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John (“Bo”) Kemp
"That grew into a desire to save, invest, and make more" - a predilection that eventually led to an interest in private-equity investing. Kemp attended Yale, where he continued his entrepreneurial efforts by creating The Greek Shop, a custom View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic development in China. Esquel is...
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- 11 Dec 2014
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Fashion's Retail Revolution
making entrepreneurship in fashion retail more possible and more attractive: globalization and the digital disruption of the shopping experience,” says Khaire, who studies entrepreneurship in creative industries. In the United States last year alone, View Details