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- 28 Dec 2016
- News
Retail price reality check
- 04 Dec 2010
- News
Gregg Steinhafel has faced up to many challenges as Target CEO
- 17 Sep 2021
- News
AI Can Help Address Inequity — If Companies Earn Users’ Trust
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
it's supposed to." Bower continues: "Theoretically, when an industry has excess capacity, prices fall and the least efficient producers can't survive." But, Bower adds, that doesn't always happen. "In many countries, for all sorts of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
John Gourville and Alex MacKay (Image by John Ritter) Rising inflation and pandemic-related supply-chain challenges are driving up prices at the grocery store. While some manufacturers, like Procter & Gamble, have come forward to announce... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
and chips chain, figuring that if I could grow earnings of 50 percent compounded with a donut shop chain, just imagine what I could do with several other franchise businesses. Bad idea. It did not work and earnings stagnated. Stock price... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Downhill Re-Boot
softer “walking” boot that fits into a carbon-fiber chassis that in turn fits into a ski binding. “Our whole design concept is first and foremost to have a boot that’s comfortable,” Hanson told the Associated Press (September 5, 2009). “Comfort and warmth are important... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Plugged In
money. That won't work for the ELR. "The consumer we're targeting is not that price conscious," notes Camargo, adding that it's more of an emotional purchase. "When they drive a vehicle, they want it to be a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time
experience with Motorola Mobility, Yarlagadda saw a safe and economical solution. Yarlagadda developed a solar-powered LED lantern that turns a few hours of sunlight into more than double the lighting power. “I priced my lanterns at $25... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
centers profitable more quickly. — Bob Poulin (MBA 1985) The premium in the hourly rates is well deserved, but you are giving too much value away by not covering fixed/setup costs. I believe the source of funds to finance the expansion is in your View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Business Firsthand in South Korea
Town, and Helsinki. Mike Lim (MBA 2020), one of the students on the Choco Pie team, says, “Our assignment was to determine how to target millennial women with the new product . . . driving sales at their specialty kiosks and shops.” The... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
in central and eastern Europe, each employing five to 500 software engineers, are often locked out of larger enterprise deals. What’s more, their target clients and projects are relatively small, which means valuable resources are left on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
1,000 retail outlets, including Target and Toys “R” Us. Revenue has grown rapidly with just one flavor, but after multiple discussions with venture capital groups, it became clear that investors were looking for companies that had reached... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
Scaling Up at Five Below
target audience, where Joel Anderson (MBA 1993) is CEO. A retailer of trendy goods where everything is (you guessed it) five dollars and below, Five Below was launched in 2002 and now has over 500 stores throughout the United States.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
Mobley cart them away. The concept resonates with Mobley’s target customers, who for now are in the NYC area (where the company is based), although its service areas will change to keep pace with shifting demands, Ramírez says. “The... View Details