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Raamin Mostaghimi
for in full with a year in poverty in a camp in southwestern Pakistan, with a night huddled under a blanket in the bed of a Toyota Hilux fleeing from the bullets of the Iranian border patrol, and with four years sewing baby clothes and... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
Climate Stories Episode #9 – Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design In our first few months, Climate Stories have focused on cars, buildings, electricity, solar farms, green jobs, war and peace. In this post, we look in our closets - to find... 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
Keywords: Retail
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Camille McGirt
I live and breathe every day at the intersection of black, female, and extremely tall. I’m literally every single inch of 6’4. My height impacts all layers of my life, from my clothing to my health, to my vehicle size preferences, to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
their insights about grassroots entrepreneurship to America's larger entrepreneurial community. Two stops on the itinerary: 1. Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT) RAP sells USA-made work clothes designed for women, including 70... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She weighed her options: She could donate... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
handle the rockier, less sandy soils of Wisconsin—yet has to fit under the 8-foot-high shade cloth that ginseng depends on. “We’ve started using a lot more technology to reduce the dependence on farm labor,” Hsu says, “but you can only do... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
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Approaching Business with an Artistic Eye - Global Activities 2020
there are distinct characteristics in the way people dress,” says Halwani. “Companies don’t create specific fashions for the region, so women who wear modest clothing struggle to find styles they like and often end up with very bland... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
York, where in September 2009 he enrolled in a fashion-marketing program at the Parsons School of Fashion. Since completing the program in December 2010, Heffernan has divided his time between angel investing and consulting with small View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
HERMAND-WAICHE What's the story behind Adore Me? "I had always wanted to start a company in the United States and after three years at McKinsey & Company, and following my graduation from HBS, I felt ready to take the plunge. Prior to launching Adore Me, I partnered... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Toy Story
centered on quality, FAO Schwartz now focuses on higher-end toys. The company is also designing its own products with its own brand and has acquired a children’s clothing company. The chain is now down from forty stores to just three, in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
another of Reich's interventions. He recounted the controversy surrounding accusations that clothing promoted by Kathie Lee Gifford had been manufactured in a sweatshop environment. Even though Gifford had no legal liability in the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
same from financial services firms. However, consumers understandably have a different bar when it comes to shopping online for clothes versus picking the financial product that’s best for them. Finances aren’t just personal, they are... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
assigned to two groups and presented with the dilemma of choosing between an expensive clothing item that they loved and a cheaper item that would be just as useful but allow for savings to purchase necessities. Based on their assigned... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Sophia Olmos (MBA 2025)
seven people in a room moving furniture and unpacking clothes was absolute chaos. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. In my adult life, I’ve strived to mirror the support my family has given me throughout the years in all communities I... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3. Chadwick noted that while department stores used to be where shoppers went for everything from baby clothes to furniture to power tools, many stores have now limited their assortment and... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
his manager's approval—from the cash register. That practice is a gray zone, but would hardly qualify as a moral one. By contrast, the same employee setting aside a clothing item in a storage room to later purchase for himself when the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace