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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Big Business of Returns
(illustration by Chris Philpot) Sources: (1) National Retail Federation; (2) Industry analyst Kurt Salmon; (3) Inbound Logistics; (4) B-Stock Solutions View Details
- 04 Jun 2015
- News
Can Silicon Valley Fix Women's Fashion?
- 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
- 12 May 2011
- News
A Game Plan in Trying Times
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
design and suitable not only for yoga but for everyday wear as well. Launched a little over two years ago, her clothing line, Zobha (which means beauty, brilliance, and grace in Sanskrit), can be found in more than 350 stores in twenty... View Details
Leslie Wexner
Victoria’s Secret and turning them into profitable enterprises. In his companies, Wexner has created one of the leading specialty fashion enterprises, serving every market from contemporary women’s wear and plus size clothing to discount... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Soul Man
wished to be rid of. As the teens deposited their notes in trash bins (along with CDs, T-shirts, and cigarette lighters), Luce prayed before the crowd into an onstage microphone, “Lord Jesus, I strip off the identity of the world, and this morning I View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- News
HBS Startup Is Developing Tech-Enabled Jewelry to Stop Rapists
(Photo courtesy of Flare Jewelry) Is it possible to create a personal-safety device that can stop a physical assault, call for help, and collect evidence for the police? And be fashionable? Those are questions HBS students Sara de Zarraga and Quinn Fitzgerald (both MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Downhill Re-Boot
HANSON: For boomers who still dare to schuss, a new way to keep them from getting cold feet. Former ski racer Denny Hanson (OPM 2, 1977) saw a lot of his contemporaries giving up skiing because they were tired of being cold and dealing with uncomfortable and ungainly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
How Culture Drives Results
- 08 Jun 2011
- News
A Lifestyle Entrepreneur
- 30 Jan 2012
- News
Shopping Around
Calabrese: "Never mistake motion for action." Courtesy Julia Calabrese A commercial real-estate mogul who quotes Hemingway? That would be Julia Calabrese (OPM 22, 1995), CEO at London-based McArthurGlen Group UK Ltd., a leading owner, manager, and developer of designer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Giving Back
It was in grade school that Jim Gibbons (MBA ’94) began to lose his sight due to macular degeneration, a retinal condition; by his junior year at Purdue, his vision loss was complete. Today, Gibbons is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, a network... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
course, weather patterns. How those factors played out, she recalled, "determined whether we got to buy our clothes or make our clothes that year." Mark noted that she never expected to find herself again in... View Details