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- June 1989 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Private Label at Dayton Hudson Department Store Co.
By: Walter J. Salmon
Keywords: Retail Industry
Salmon, Walter J. "Private Label at Dayton Hudson Department Store Co." Harvard Business School Case 589-120, June 1989. (Revised October 1991.)
- June 1989 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Hills Department Stores, Inc.
By: Walter J. Salmon
Keywords: Retail Industry
Salmon, Walter J. "Hills Department Stores, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 589-099, June 1989. (Revised September 1993.)
- June 1977 (Revised August 1978)
- Case
Paul Harris Stores, Inc.
By: Walter J. Salmon
Keywords: Retail Industry
Salmon, Walter J. "Paul Harris Stores, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 577-187, June 1977. (Revised August 1978.)
- November 1998 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 499-042, November 1998. (Revised June 2000.)
- February 1995
- Teaching Note
Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA TN
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Teaching Note for (9-390-132). View Details
Keywords: Retail Industry
- May 1994 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Concord Center
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
A major shopping center developer and an insurance company form a joint venture to develop a 900,000 square foot super-regional shopping center. Describes the nine-year struggle to deal with market, regulatory, and financial issues to get the project ready for... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Joint Ventures; Construction; Partners and Partnerships; Governance Controls; Market Entry and Exit; Projects; Equity; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Concord Center." Harvard Business School Case 394-200, May 1994. (Revised November 2001.)
- March 1991 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Marks and Spencer Ltd. (B)
Describes the firm's 1988 expansion into the United States through the acquisition of Brooks Brothers, a specialty up-market men's clothing chain and Kings Super Markets, a high quality New Jersey grocer. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Business Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Globalization; Retail Industry; United States
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Marks and Spencer Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 391-090, March 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
- November 1988 (Revised August 1989)
- Case
Lucky Stores (C)
Keywords: Retail Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Lucky Stores (C)." Harvard Business School Case 389-052, November 1988. (Revised August 1989.)
- August 1986 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Wal-Mart Stores' Discount Operations
Facilitates a discussion of the sources of Wal-Mart Stores' competitive advantage in discount retailing, and the future sustainability of that advantage. Also profiles the company's major diversification move in the early 1980s. View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Wal-Mart Stores' Discount Operations." Harvard Business School Case 387-018, August 1986. (Revised April 2007.)
- February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy
By: Rebecca Henderson and James Weber
In 2005, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the company had made progress on multiple dimensions: energy efficiency in its... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Reputation; Environmental Sustainability; Retail Industry; United States
Henderson, Rebecca, and James Weber. "Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy." Harvard Business School Case 316-042, February 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Birchbox at Six: Cute Boxes Filled With Makeup Aren't Enough
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo’s e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates between shipping... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
in an Omnichannel World, Vol. 8 edited by Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno, Sicupira Family Associate Professor, Technology and Operations Management Unit Springer Series in Supply Chain Management The world of retailing has changed... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- News
Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition
Clubs News Clubs News In a first-ever result, all of the winners in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition (ANVC) hail from the same HBS class: the MBA Class of 2022. The ANVC finale, held virtually on March 22 and 23, brought eight global regional winners together... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup
Model T owners—and it was basically the last major innovation in gasoline retailing for more than 100 years, says Bryan Frist (MBA 2015). “The gas station was stuck in the 20th century.” That revelation led to a question: If you can get... View Details
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up in a family that owned retail stores and enjoyed telling stories of their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries