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David D. Glass
Glass is credited with leading Wal-Mart through an aggressive expansion program – increasing sales ten-fold (from $16 billion to $165 billion), developing the SuperCenter concept combining groceries and general merchandise, and opening... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mobile robots revolutionize order fulfillment
distribution center that is quick and low-cost to set up, inexpensive to operate, and easy to change anywhere in the world. An MIT-trained mechanical engineer, Mountz encountered inefficiencies in order fulfillment while working at an Internet-based View Details
- 31 Jul 2016
- News
You Rang?
venture capital—to ask how they were doing it. Their answer? Help. So the pair hired a woman from Craigslist to assist with chores like grocery shopping and picking up the dry cleaning, splitting the expense. Intrigued neighbors asked if... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Who's actually putting those groceries on the shelves still and who's driving the truck to get that food that gets put on those grocery... View Details
- 04 Oct 2019
- News
Changing of the Guard at Tesco
chain. Yet the same was true for Lewis, who came to Tesco from Unilever. “I remember people said that I wasn’t a retailer,” he told the Times of London. “I hadn’t been in grocery or a chief executive before, but being a chief executive is... View Details
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
Consumers today have more control than ever over the way they choose goods and services—from browsing freely at grocery stores to managing their own financial assets. Perhaps consumers should also have a greater sense of empowerment when... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
taking to Staples.com and Merck-Medco. Why didn't they embrace Webvan, Kozmo.com, and grocery deliverers such as Homeruns to the same extent? A: There's a simple answer. It's the idea that there's a direct migration path from direct mail... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
that hunger, Sun & Swell was born in 2016. “We started with the mission of bringing healthier foods to the world,” says Flynn. But that goal quickly expanded as she began to research the grocery and packaged food industry. Packaged food... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
Michailidis says. “I studied with incredibly competent people and two of them became my business partners. We founded Pushpins while we were still at HBS.” The Pushpins application enables users to scan items in grocery stores and receive... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- Portrait Project
Anthony Terrizzi
I will throw the bad food away. As a teenager in upstate New York, I got my first real job as a meat slicer in the deli department of a large grocery store. I spent much of my time memorizing the names of Italian cured meats and scooping... View Details
- Portrait Project
Molli Hourihan
Bring worlds together through food. Create brands that brighten lunch boxes and delight grocery aisles. Produce advertising and labels that tell the truth. Balance the delicate recipe for raising children with one Catholic and one Jewish... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
bland presentations have led most people to associate ready-made meals with “sacrifice and denial.” With health-care advocates from the Mayo Clinic to Michelle Obama encouraging Americans to shop the perimeter of the grocery store—where... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
of the common contracts people sign with themselves each year. If you have resolved to eat healthier, try ordering your groceries a week in advance of delivery. Internet delivery services make it all too easy to give into food cravings... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 8 AM – 8 PM MDT, 18 May 2018
- HBS Alumni Events
HBS Hacks: Solving For The Future of Work in San Francisco
Collaborate with fellow HBS alumni to create the actionable solutions to one of societys most vexing challenges. View Details
- Portrait Project
Jon Rudoe
their lives better. My first task is to help my future employer make shopping for groceries easier and more efficient. I'm not really sure what comes next, but I plan for it to be challenging and fun. I plan to help British education... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer-spending decisions by examining the purchasing behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases customers make when redeeming a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2024
- News
Hungry for Change
the mission of bringing healthier foods to the world,” explains Flynn. But that ambition quickly expanded as she began to research the grocery and packaged food industry. Flynn came to believe packaged food isn’t only a detriment to the... View Details
- 18 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
CPD Global Market Update: Singapore
corporate sponsorship of hackathons to help identify new and exciting internet-enabled ventures. There has been a flurry of recent high-profile mergers, with Lazada soon to be acquiring online grocery provider Redmart, and Alibaba now... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is... View Details