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    Wayne Hicklin

    Hicklin played a critical role in the international expansion of Avon and its diversification into new product lines, most notably apparel for men and women. Capping off his 43-year career, Hicklin doubled Avon’s sales and earnings... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
    • 01 Jun 2007
    • News

    2020 Vision

    for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; and served as EVP at Dunk.net, Shaquille O’Neal’s footwear and apparel company. She is currently the CEO of Insomnia Consulting LLC, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in investment, development, and... View Details
    Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • 01 Jun 2010
    • News

    Fashionable Fundraising

    Thirty-five HBS students and partners took to the runway in mid-April for the Retail & Apparel Club’s 7th annual HBS Fashion Show. The sold-out event packed a Boston restaurant, with the proceeds going to the Harris Center for Education... View Details
    Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
    • 09 Jun 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: June 9, 2015

    Was there any middle ground? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/915027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-067 Quincy Apparel (A) Quincy Apparel designs, manufactures, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 20 Jul 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

    economy, and factor cost differentials, like labor costs, became more important, Pisano says. That's why there was a huge outflow of unskilled apparel manufacturing from the United States. "There's nothing that makes it sticky," he says.... View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Apparel & Accessories; Apparel & Accessories; Apparel & Accessories
    • 01 Jun 2006
    • News

    Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants

    the seventh annual Social Enterprise Conference. The daylong event featured a number of panel discussions and two keynote presenters: Jeffrey Swartz, president and CEO of Timberland, the $1.5 billion footwear and outdoor apparel company,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • Fast Answer

    Sustainability in CPG and Retail

    chains." The Food Industry Association: Corporate Social Responsiblity Trade association representing food retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers.  Their CSR section includes topics such as Food Waste, Sustainability, Animal Welfare, and Transparency.... View Details
    • 01 Jan 2002
    • News

    Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

    Brooks Brothers, Marks & Spencer, and Nordstrom. What isn't known to consumers is the name behind all these labels-a family-owned textile and apparel manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong called The Esquel Group. With seventeen plants... View Details
    • Profile

    Michelle Giguere

    In high school, Michelle Giguere, "fell" into the Gap and never left, working part-time at the apparel retailer throughout college and returning full-time after graduation. "I loved the mix of fashion with the energy of... View Details
    • 25 Jan 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategic Alliances

    apparel and footwear, when City Year requested fifty pairs of boots for its youth service corps program. "In the philanthropic relationship," Austin observes, "each side benefits modestly. The NPO receives funding, goods, or services,... View Details
    Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
    • 01 Dec 2014
    • News

    Instilling Production with Principles

    Hilfiger. But chairman Marjorie Yang doesn’t spend much time talking about apparel anymore. Instead, she’s talking about the importance of improving the livelihood of workers (which reduces turnover) and reducing water and electricity use... View Details
    Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing
    • 01 Apr 2001
    • News

    William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency

    speedily sourcing garments and apparel for customers in the West. Its solid reputation is based on its ability to meet required specifications at a competitive price. Fung believes his company’s levelheaded approach to the IT revolution... View Details
    Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
    • 01 Sep 2016
    • News

    3 Minute Briefing: Y Combinator’s Qasar Younis

    (photo by Leah Fasten) My impetus to start my own company was so somebody else couldn’t control my destiny. My first company was Cameesa, an apparel company with a Kickstarter model. There were many failures: We didn’t know what we were... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 20 Jun 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

    challenge from the perspective of large global apparel brands. This case helps students take the perspective of a Bangladeshi contract factory that is part of the brands' supply chain but must also deal with challenges in its own supply... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2014
    • News

    Taking Tailoring High Tech

    2010) created Birchbox, a wildly successful monthly beauty-samples subscription service that has inspired countless in-a-box imitators. Motlagh’s Acustom Apparel showroom in Soho, which opened in 2013, has some things in common with a... View Details
    Keywords: April White; 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.... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
    • 01 Feb 2000
    • News

    Short Takes

    the parties assume the traditional roles of "benevolent donor" and "grateful recipient." For example, urban community-service nonprofit City Year began its relationship with Timberland, a maker of outdoor apparel and footwear, when City... View Details
    Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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    Xenia Yashina

    Dad mounts it and speaks. As usual, half of the town is out today. People listen, applaud, cry. Then the evil car comes, and people in military apparel arrest my dad. Mom is crying, but I am not afraid. I know dad will come back – and we... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2016
    • News

    Faculty Q&A: Price Check

    addition, online retailers have a vast amount of data at their fingertips; solving complex problems with data seemed like a natural fit. Tell me about the research you did with Rue La La. Rue La La is in the online flash sales industry, offering designer View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
    • 01 Oct 1999
    • News

    Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch

    years later, it's clear that she made the right choice. As a director of the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company and managing partner of McKinsey Southeast United States, Karch has become an expert on numerous business topics, such as retailing, mass merchandising,... View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young
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