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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
health benefits—it helps the body store less fat, helps build the immune system, and reduces stress.” Hoskins cofounded the company in 2014, launching a Kickstarter campaign in November 2015 that netted Ario more than $200,000 in 30 days.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
battery-powered SpinBrush, now the nation's best-selling toothbrush. Retailing for around five dollars, SpinBrush accounted for $160 million in sales last year and is the subject of an HBS case study. "SpinBrush is a wonderful example of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
(MBA ’05) first line of women’s clothing, AMMARA, won’t hit department stores until this fall, she’s already landed in Women’s Wear Daily for bringing fashionable apparel to mature customers at a lower price point. “I felt there was a... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
in a small, confined space we want to be there too. Trash cans, diaper pails, litter boxes, you name it. Short term, we want to build our retail presence. Look for us in select Target stores this April!”... 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 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
as low-fat latte and Frappuccino(r). Starbucks, the Seattle-based company that started in 1971 as a retailer of bulk coffee, tea, and spices, is largely responsible for this new state of coffee consciousness. Today, the company operates... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
- 23 Jul 2014
- News
Meal-Delivery Startups Look for Winning Recipe
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
swipe of a credit card. “Automated retail sounds better,” suggests Gregg Kaplan (MBA 1997). Recruited by McDonald’s to help start new businesses within the fast-food giant, in 2002 Kaplan oversaw the installation of six kiosks in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
No Small Beer
The biggest thing in the beer business these days is the little guy. Research firm Technomics reported that the craft beer and premium import market rose almost 15 percent in 2012, with an "upward trajectory" that continued in 2013. And beer makers are looking to meet... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- News
The Fastest Rowers Don't Always Make the Fastest Boat
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
purchase goods from distributors. "A retail chain store with several outlets might bid on these items, for example," he says. Auctions are held daily and are done in real time. "You go to the site, see what... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
from the MBA Class of 1998: Marc Cenedella, founder of the Internet job search site TheLadders; Marla Malcolm Beck, cofounder of national cosmetics retailer bluemercury; and Chris Michel, cofounder of early professional social networks... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
When it opens next year, Los Angeles' new state-of-the-art sports complex will bear the name of a $7-billion international retail giant, a newcomer that will join heavyweights such as United Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, and MCI in seeing its... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
established market channels. Many top-notch sales reps balked at taking on a new company that would compete with the brands they were used to selling. Similarly, many retail outlets weren’t interested in adding a new brand to their... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
system, much more so than in the United States," the New York Times (June 7, 2000) reported. Merchants, ranging from toy stores to fishmongers, pay a monthly fee to access Rakuten's e-commerce software and customer database. Merchants... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
earned a Ph.D. in economics at Harvard in 1971, Fung has built Li & Fung into a multinational trading and retailing company with 36 offices in 20 countries and an annual turnover of more than $1.6 billion. In Hong Kong, where Li & Fung... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes