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15 Nov 2019
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Diversity as a Driver of Performance

Source: Tapestry Source: Tapestry In September, Jide Zeitlin (MBA 1987) was named chairman and CEO of Tapestry, the $5.9 billion parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. A former Goldman Sachs executive, Zeitlin has been on the board of the company... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

25 Sep 2019
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Entrepreneur Middle East's Achieving Women 2019: Dina Sidani

Keywords: Retail Trade

03 Oct 2017
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Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?

In the battle to land Amazon’s second American headquarters, Boston may have an historical advantage with CEO Jeff Bezos. A recent Boston Globe article details Bezos ties to the area, which began with a visit to HBS campus 20 years ago. Since the founder of Amazon... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

24 Apr 2017
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Rent the Runway Cofounder Joins Walmart Tech Incubator

Keywords: Retail Trade

14 Apr 2016
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The New Color of "Nude"

Keywords: Retail Trade

06 Apr 2016
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Turning the Family Business into the World's Top Sari Seller

Keywords: Retail Trade

04 Mar 2016
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"The Ultimate Test of Passion, Determination and Persistence"

Keywords: Retail Trade

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

1917). Full text available as a networked resource. Wassam, Clarence Wycliffe. The Salary Loan Business in New York City (New York, 1908). Full text available as a networked resource. Credit Men's National Association (U.S.) Retail et... View Details

01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

deadline, and as Linzmeyer dug into the earlier concepts he and his co-founder considered the retail component stuck out to him as the clear winner. He loved craft beer, but as a consumer he wasn’t happy with the options of where he could... View Details

15 May 2018
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Spreading the Safety Net

paid sick leave and the flexibility to work from home, or even abroad. Our hourly employees, working in Rent the Runway’s warehouse, on the customer service team and in our retail stores, had to face life events like caring for a newborn,... View Details

19 Sep 2016
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Sustainable Farming in the Arid World

inputs. Our flagship project is a $200 million farm in Australia where we grow tomatoes specifically for an end-retailer. We fix the price with that retailer over a 10-year period and we do so growing only using sunlight and sea water as... View Details

08 Jan 2025
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Mapping Pain Points at the IRS

Having spent a decade helping retailers optimize customer service, Fumi Tamaki (MBA 2014) could not pass up the opportunity in June 2024 to take on the challenge of improving the customer experience at the government organization that... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; IRS; customer service; government service; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2012
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New Venture Winner an Undercover Success

recipient of $25,000 for TrophoMax, a producer of patented seed and leaf inoculants. Jonathan Assayag (MBA 2010) of the HBS Club of Brazil was a semifinalist for Lema21, an online retail channel for quality eyewear. An online poll named... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Changing Nature of Research

School’s Bureau of Business Research—comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe business. The resulting report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories, increase profits, and cut waste.... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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2006 MBAs Go to Work

Equity/LBO: 15.4%) (Commercial Banking/Other: 4.1%) Consulting 21.4% Technology/Telecom 5.8% Other Services 5.7% Pharma/Biomedical 4.6% Consumer Products 4.4% Retail 4.3% Other Manufacturing 3.7% Entertainment/Media 3.4%... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Jul 2020
Working Paper Summaries

COVID-19 and the Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for Future Research and Action

Keywords: by Ashley Whillans and 28 coauthors; Retail; Retail

August 1965 (Revised December 1987)
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L.L. Bean, Inc.

Discusses the development and operations of a small manufacturing and mail order company doing $3 million sales. L.L. Bean operates in violation of most reasonable business principles, but it is profitable and growing. View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Maine

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Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (A)

After years of deteriorating financial performance and eroding market position, Safeway, Inc., the largest public grocery store chain in the United States, found itself the target of a hostile takeover offer. Management decided to take the company private in a $4.3... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Retail Industry; United States

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