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  • 06 Mar 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

the store,” Karmarkar says. “For a lot of shoppers, who only have a certain amount of money to spend and have the awareness that they can’t buy everything, it could distract them from their focus.” In one experiment Karmarkar conducted,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

TOGETHERNESS: Mark and Kim Lackley based their furniture business in Vermont. Learn on someone else’s dime. That’s a lesson from HBS that served Kim Alley Lackley (MBA ’94) well as she made the leap from software and Internet start-ups to launching her husband’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Martin V. Marshall Remembered

while working as a stock boy at a Safeway grocery store to help pay his way through the University of Missouri. He received the School’s Distinguished Service Award in 1998, and one year later, OPM graduates honored Marshall by endowing... View Details
Keywords: obiturary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Vivek Ranadivé

provides the infrastructure (or"middleware") that makes e-commerce work across disparate computer systems. His meaning, however, is just the opposite.. "The concept of e-business will disappear because every business will be an e-business," Ranadivé explains. "Physical... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; Information; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

Meal Plan

were battening down the hatches and assessing where we were from a cash perspective, trying to get a sense of what the baseline was going to feel like. Then we started to get very creative and scrappy about taking care of people yet still running our businesses. We... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores
  • 13 Mar 2019
  • News

The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

in a small, confined space we want to be there too. Trash cans, diaper pails, litter boxes, you name it. Short term, we want to build our retail presence. Look for us in select Target stores this April!” What have been the most enjoyable... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2025
  • News

The Vinyl Revival

Records, an iconic music store in Austin, Texas. In this episode of Skydeck, Kelleher talks with senior editor Jen Flint about the resurgence of vinyl in the era of streaming. READ MORE Jen Flint: Why don't we start with your story? Tell... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2019
  • News

Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

employs more than 140 people and revenues have gone from 100k to 65M in 10 years,” says Mannai. “Further growth is expected, as they open brick and mortar stores and launch their own clothing brand.” View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Weaving Success in India

India and the 89-year story of Nalli, his family’s iconic silk sari company. Chetti, interviewed by Professor V.G. Narayanan, is one of 80-plus noteworthy business leaders from Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, South Asia, and Turkey whose wisdom and View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

Action Plan: Rapids Growth

weekend, Holley laughs. “All four days,” he says. “My kids complain about how much we kayak. But I love it.” How to Kayak Like a Pro Find a great dealer. “You can walk into any big-box store right now and walk out with a $250 kayak, but... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up in a family that owned retail stores and enjoyed telling stories of their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

stores and enjoyed telling stories of their sales. Advertising was a popular career with a certain amount of glamour in the 1950s and 1960s. I, too, liked the thought of developing ideas that would motivate consumers. As an undergrad at... View Details
  • 27 Nov 2013
  • News

No Bologna, Please

risks where the payoff wasn't obvious. After HBS, he opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston—and watched commuters stream by in the morning until he added fresh croissants and baguettes, both novelties at the time. That store would become... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

One-on-One with Tom Oreck

1,200 employees work, reopened just ten days after Katrina wrought destruction of “biblical proportions” on the Gulf Coast community. Oreck recently talked about that experience and the future. Were you prepared for Katrina? We had always... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 26 Feb 2014
  • News

The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)

HERMAND-WAICHE What's the story behind Adore Me? "I had always wanted to start a company in the United States and after three years at McKinsey & Company, and following my graduation from HBS, I felt ready to take the plunge. Prior to launching Adore Me, I partnered... View Details
Keywords: online shopping; fashion; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

and research applications, yet little is known about their relation to prices in physical stores where most retail transactions occur. I conduct the first large-scale comparison of prices simultaneously collected from the websites and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Riding It Out

used.” THANK YOU, WESTLEY: Minard with the horse that inspired SmartPak. On starting a business, she advises entrepreneurs to “choose something you’re intrinsically interested in; it will help you get through the hard times.” SmartPak’s View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores
  • 26 May 2022
  • News

Bidding Up

intriguing. That experience planted the seed for a 50-plus-year career at Stanford exploring new auction designs and formats—work recognized in 2020 with the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In this special edition of Skydeck... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Speak English, Please!

a universal experience of status diminution when people compare their native language to this new language,” Neeley remarks. “So no matter how fluent some people are in English, they believe they’ll never be as sophisticated, influential,... View Details
Keywords: Kim Girard; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
  • 09 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection

Underhill. "If I go to a Web site that's hard to read because it's got funky type face, and I can't get service when I call, well, that's a problem." And many stores post signs with print far too small for many of their... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Bierck; Retail
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