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- February 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
European Retail Alliance: (Ahold--The Netherlands, Argyll--United Kingdom, Casino--France)
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "European Retail Alliance: (Ahold--The Netherlands, Argyll--United Kingdom, Casino--France)." Harvard Business School Case 392-096, February 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- 30 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?
The line gets blurry for shoppers when retailers won't honor their online prices in-store. (Kwangmoozaa) While shopping for my 10-year-old daughter’s Halloween costume last October, I pulled out my smartphone and hopped online to see if... View Details
- October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Moda Operandi: A New Style of Fashion Retail
By: Mukti Khaire
Moda Operandi is a startup in the fashion industry. The firm organizes online trunk shows of designers' collections, allowing its members to directly order clothes from the collections shown in Fashion Weeks all over the world. Moda Operandi conveys the preorders to... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Internet and the Web; Design; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
Khaire, Mukti. "Moda Operandi: A New Style of Fashion Retail." Harvard Business School Case 812-040, October 2011. (Revised September 2014.)
- July–August 2000
- Article
Rocket-Science Retailing Is Almost Here: Are You Ready?
By: Marshall L. Fisher, A. Raman and Anna McClelland
Fisher, Marshall L., A. Raman, and Anna McClelland. "Rocket-Science Retailing Is Almost Here: Are You Ready?" Harvard Business Review 78, no. 4 (July–August 2000): 115–124.
- September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 589-051, September 1988. (Revised November 1988.)
- Article
Innovations in Retail Operations: Thirty Years of Lessons from Production and Operations Management
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
We review papers published in Production and Operations Management (POM) during its thirty-year history that deal with retail operations issues with an empirical approach. The papers span a range of issues, from traditional ones like forecasting and inventory... View Details
Keywords: RFID; Innovation and Invention; Technology Adoption; Operations; E-commerce; Strategy; Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. "Innovations in Retail Operations: Thirty Years of Lessons from Production and Operations Management." Special Issue on The 30th Anniversary Issue of Production and Operations Management edited by Subodha Kumar and Christopher S. Tang. Production and Operations Management 31, no. 12 (December 1, 2022): 4452–4461.
- 06 May 2015
- News
Two Retail Veterans Take Aim at Amazon’s E-Commerce Reign
- September – October 2010
- Article
The Effect of Product Variety and Inventory Levels on Retail Sales: A Longitudinal Study
By: Zeynep Ton and Ananth Raman
We examine the effects of product variety and inventory levels on store sales. Using four years of data from stores of a large retailer, we show that increases in product variety and inventory levels are both associated with higher sales. We also show that increasing... View Details
Ton, Zeynep, and Ananth Raman. "The Effect of Product Variety and Inventory Levels on Retail Sales: A Longitudinal Study." Production and Operations Management 19, no. 5 (September–October 2010): 546–560.
- March 2020
- Teaching Note
Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Carla Larangeira
- September 1988
- Supplement
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (C)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 589-053, September 1988.
- 13 Feb 2018
- News
Is America in a Retail Apocalypse? Ask Yelp
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Local Bookstores Show How Retailers Can Serve Communities
- 04 Apr 2016
- News
Your next text may come from a retailer
- 13 May 2013
- HBS Conference
Consortium For Operational Excellence in Retailing (COER) 2013
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
“The use of this lever of discounts has been so high in many aspects, it is causing e-commerce companies to become unprofitable,” says Teixeira, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. “We don’t think that’s necessarily the right approach.”... View Details
- September 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Teaching Note
Moda Operandi: A New Style of Fashion Retail
By: Mukti Khaire
- November 12, 2007
- Article
A New Makeover for an Old Retail Face
By: Bill George
Keywords: Sales
George, Bill. "A New Makeover for an Old Retail Face." U.S. News & World Report (November 12, 2007).
- September 1988 (Revised November 1988)
- Supplement
Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (B)
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Watt Group: Consumer Product and Retailing Doctors (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 589-052, September 1988. (Revised November 1988.)