Retail Trade - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
News

Q&A: Orin Smith

the quintessential entrepreneur." When Schultz purchased the Starbucks name and assets in 1987 for $3.8 million, the company, founded in 1971, had six retail stores that sold whole bean coffee, tea, and spices. Three years later, there... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

company will have trouble coming up with an equally compelling message to drive sales of a service that allows you to pay at the retail counter with a swipe of an iPhone. "What does it do for me as a consumer?" asks Associate... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Retail

01 Sep 2004
News

Stiletto Science

feet.” Or, as Hughes described it, “A shoe you can think in.” Hughes is chairman of HBN Shoe, which owns Insolia, a biomechanically correct design that’s built into a heeled shoe and can’t be seen when the shoe is being worn. Nordstrom is currently the only View Details

Keywords: high-heeled shoes; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Oct 1998
News

Short Takes

relationship between manufacturer and retailer, Chun shows how certain promotional practices deserve to be rethought. Conventional wisdom and past research, for instance, have led some to conclude that retailer stockpiling resulting from... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

24 Mar 2014
News

Birchbox Finds Beauty in Bricks and Mortar

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers

12 Dec 2013
News

Inspired Thinking

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers

Curtis L. Carlson

Carlson was the first entrepreneur to develop a loyalty program for the grocery chain through the issuance of Gold Bond trading stamps. What began as a simple loyalty program for grocers in the Midwest grew into one of the largest service... View Details

Keywords: Services

08 Oct 2020
News

Leader of Metro Named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year

Keywords: management; career choices; leadership; Retail Trade

15 Nov 2019
News

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

20 Oct 2019
News

Rent the Runway Opens Galway Office

Keywords: ecommerce; leadership; women in business; Ireland; entrepreneurship; Retail Trade

25 Sep 2019
News

Entrepreneur Middle East's Achieving Women 2019: Dina Sidani

Keywords: Retail Trade

03 Oct 2017
News

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