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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
“fashion’s fairy godmother.” It’s easy to remember a time when women didn’t buy high-end fashion online—it was barely a decade ago. Magnúsdóttir watched the birth of the online fashion industry as a retail consultant and a cofounder of a... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
long-tail view suggests that consumers will purchase an increasing number and a wider variety of videos, everything from Hollywood classics to obscure foreign films. Long-tail proponents believe that consumers have very different tastes, and online View Details
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Automobile and motor vehicle industry
in Stamps Reading Room) -- Gives monthly production and sales activity by country and manufacturer. Ward's Motor Vehicle Facts and Figures (Ref. HD9710.U5 M63a in Stamps Reading Room) -- Gives North American production, View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
Marla Malcolm Beck’s Path to CEO
In a New York Times piece that asks “How to Become a C.E.O.?”, Marla Malcolm Beck (MBA 1998) is highlighted as an example of the entrepreneurial path one can take to the chief executive position. Malcolm Beck, the founder and CEO of beauty View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Allston to Get Harvard Museum
Construction on the 125,000- to 135,000-square-foot, three-story museum is expected to begin in the fall. When completed in late 2009, it will house modern and contemporary art and include retail space and a café. Construction of the... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment. Publisher's Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/How-Will-You-Measure-Your-Life-Karen-Dillon?isbn=9780062102416&HCHP=TB_How+Will+You+Measure+Your+Life Retail... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Fall Reunions
academic program filled classrooms with alumni eager to sample the latest in faculty research covering more than two dozen topics, ranging from venture capital and health care to retailing and globalization. LINK TO PHOTO GALLERY Read... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard to Restart Allston Development
apartments and a retail center at Barry’s Corner, located at the intersection of Western Avenue and North Harvard Street, is also part of phase one. The second phase will focus on planning for an enterprise research campus, including a... View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
Earning Potential
Sion Tesone (OPM 43, 2013) is the founder & CEO of Amani Enterprises, LLC, which operates the for-profit social enterprise TISSINI. In this interview, he talks about TISSINI’s aims to empower Hispanic women through friend-to-friend retail... View Details
Michael D. Eisner
Eisner has also upgraded and expanded Disney’s theme parks and hotels, and has added hundreds of retail Disney Stores. In 1995, Eisner acquired the ABC Television Network and ESPN, the cable sports network. Eisner has also grown the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
recall of 450,000 tires missing a key safety feature that a U.S. importer had purchased from a Chinese manufacturer and distributed to retail outlets. “I don’t think there is a strong culture of adherence to regulations in China right... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Isik Kececi Asur, MBA 1997
country and culture,” Asur says. In addition to Mustafa’s diversified family oil business, the Asurs are partners in Istanbul-based Aragon Capital, a firm they launched five years ago that manages a variety of investments including commercial and residential... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ensuring success through education
opened its first campus in 2008 and its second in 2011. “There are many businesses that are born and die. A university is supposed to live forever,” says the founder and chairman of FiBA Group, a multibillion-dollar portfolio of investments that includes shopping... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mobile robots revolutionize order fulfillment
The brainchild of Mick Mountz (MBA 1996), Kiva Systems, with its army of small, battery-powered, orange mobile robots, offers a game-changing approach to the way e-commerce retailers such as The Gap, Staples, Saks 5th Avenue, Crate and... View Details
Curtis L. Carlson
variety of retail and hospitality sectors. Carlson expanded his offerings by purchasing the Radisson Hotel in Minnesota and building it into a national chain. He also acquired TGI Fridays and hundreds of other hospitality businesses. When... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care
“The current health-care system generally is modular. Specialized companies operate hospitals, process paperwork, negotiate blanket service contracts, and manage outpatient and retail clinics. Most doctors’ offices are set up as... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (MBA 1965) and president Jonathan Kraft (MBA 1990) suggested an innovation they’d like to see: a way to predict the next Tom Brady. The Retail and Luxury Goods Club brought designer Tommy Hilfiger to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
American mobility, where local leaders shape initiatives without waiting for Congress to act, and ambitious companies partner with governments to tackle projects that serve the public good, create jobs, and improve quality of life. Retail... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Booting Up
cater properly to larger-footed women. One day a shoe manufacturer finally said to me, 'Why don't you do something about that?'" Intrigued by the challenge, Thornton interviewed shoe retailers and manufacturers and even took a $6-an-hour... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
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Arum Kang
As an assistant buyer fresh out of college, Arum Kang felt ready to test her quantitative skills on the retail floors of Lord & Taylor in New York City. "I'm very analytical," Arum says. "Working with consumer data and... View Details