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  • 20 Mar 2017
  • News

Rent The Runway Cofounder Fleiss Bows out as Company Preps for IPO

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

The New Rules of E-Commerce

proving the freshness of his eggs. Empower partners over products. Rakuten allows its merchants great leeway in crafting their online portals. Site designs encourage customers to linger and explore rather than purchase and leave, and Rakuten provides its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; e-commerce; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
  • 05 Dec 2007
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

and vary over time. Cannibalization occurs in the short term following the addition of a new channel, while complementarity takes time to manifest itself. Retail store openings cannibalize direct channel sales in the short term if... View Details

    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
    • 26 Feb 2014
    • News

    How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

    Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
    • 18 Oct 2016
    • News

    Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs

    Growing up, Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) thought she was unstoppable. Then she entered the business world. “I grew up thinking I lived in a post-feminist world, “ she said. “I saw no impediment in my way based on my gender.” Six years ago, she and HBS classmate Katia... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Birchbox; Rent the Runway; Hello Alfred; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
    • 15 Dec 2011
    • News

    An HBS gift guide

    Wondering what to get the HBSer in your life this year? In the holiday spirit, we're highlighting a few alumni-led companies and ideas that you may not know about. Since roughly 1 in 6 alumni work in manufacturing, high tech, retail, and consumer products, there are... View Details
    Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
    • 01 Jun 2022
    • News

    Case Study: Glass Half Full

    Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with their mother, Sarah Scott... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
    • 19 Mar 2016
    • News

    Ex-McKinsey Analyst Finds New Path as Lavish Jeweler

    Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
    • 01 Oct 2000
    • News

    Internet Tsunami

    Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA '93) is the founder, president, and CEO of Rakuten, Japan's leading online shopping destination. He believes that because the Internet allows merchants to circumvent the many intermediaries who jack up prices in Japan, "it is going to completely... View Details
    Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
    • 14 Jul 2015
    • News

    Birchbox Debuts VR for Male Subscribers

    Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
    • June 1995 (Revised July 1995)
    • Case

    Wal-Mart in East Asia

    By: David B. Yoffie and Richard Seet
    Discusses Wal-Mart's entry strategy in East Asia, specifically Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and China. View Details
    Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Trade; Expansion; Retail Industry; East Asia; Singapore; Japan; Hong Kong; China
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    • 06 Apr 2016
    • News

    Rich People Now Have a Safe Way to Dump Their Jewelry

    Keywords: Gilt Groupe; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
    • 08 Jun 2011
    • News

    Alumni News: Judy Gehrke

    http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/alumni-news/story-gehrke.html View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; flea markets; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
    • 07 Oct 2010
    • News

    Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa

    Keywords: Professor Rajiv Lal; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers

      Rob Gierkink

      Flashfood, a business that works with supermarkets to significantly reduce food waste while helping families with their weekly food bill. In 2016 Rob invested in Index, a point-of-sale technology company. Rob became Chairman of the company and worked with Indexs... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital;#1;#Advertising;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods
      • 25 Jul 2012
      • News

      Movie Magic

      swipe of a credit card. “Automated retail sounds better,” suggests Gregg Kaplan (MBA 1997). Recruited by McDonald’s to help start new businesses within the fast-food giant, in 2002 Kaplan oversaw the installation of six kiosks in... View Details
      Keywords: vending machines; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
      • 15 Jun 2015
      • News

      Giving Small Boutiques a Global Reach

      Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
      • 04 Aug 2014
      • News

      The Best and Worst of Family Businesses

      Keywords: familly business; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
      • 01 Jun 2006
      • News

      Sleight of Hand

      Camirand Photo Courtesy Guy Camirand It turns out that sawing ladies in half or pulling rabbits out of hats doesn’t worry professional magicians nearly as much as a bad case of dry hands. High-performance legerdemain, such as palming coins or making cards disappear,... View Details
      Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers