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- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
adequately considered whether or when this is true. In a sense, they have a very blunt tool that they are overusing. Second, there is a constant battle for shelf space in most grocery stores. If you are Quaker Oats, you would like to have... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- News
Lessons from a COVID Survivor
Allow yourself to lean and be seen. Ruparell’s lifeline came from a broad network of friends and colleagues, who provided physical and emotional support, including grocery delivery and encouraging text messages during her illness. Let go... View Details
- 19 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?
Today, Amazon participates in so many industries that it takes a small army of researchers at HBS to track them all: retailing, cloud computing, book stores, grocery stores, digital consumer products, commercial real estate,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
to help launch the product once they created a commercially viable recipe. In January 2013, they debuted their chocolate milk shake in the natural grocery channel (including Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market). Over the course... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
Harvard Business Review 98, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 98–105. Weaknesses in supply chain strategy exposed As anyone who went grocery shopping in the early days of the pandemic can tell you, empty shelves revealed how COVID-19 did a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Microsoft became dominant in software for PC operating systems; and the belief by entrepreneurs and investors alike that online grocery orders to the long-gone Webvan, the largest single start-up during the Internet bubble, would become a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
discuss each of these myths in turn. Size Of The Reward Loyalty programs do not really work in grocery stores because the rewards that grocery retailers can afford to offer are too small. They cannot offer... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
the scenes for a while. Almost everyone I know in the food packaging and grocery industry is a health nut. People are becoming more aware of their health and have a growing desire to find a way to eat and feel better. That will change... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
grocery bags has been strongly promoted as environmentally and socially conscious. In parallel, firms have joined policy makers in using a variety of initiatives to reduce the use of plastic bags. However, little is known about how these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases customers make when redeeming a $10-off coupon they received from their online grocer with the purchases the same customers make when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey
expensive brands, and only when inflation surged, not before or after,” the researchers write. Why? Cavallo and Kryvtsov find evidence of an increase in the relative demand for cheaper products, as consumers shifted their spending from high to low-priced varieties in... View Details
Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
tolerance, can have substantial welfare costs. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13966 I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
ways. Some people might be more willing to give at a grocery store when they ask you to donate at the checkout counter. Other people might not give there but instead respond to a letter or email request. I think, rather than asking what... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
sense of place by visiting local grocery stores. In China, my sons loved to see all the different flavors of potato chips—like cucumber, blueberry, and hot-and-sour fish soup!” See the sights—but open your eyes. “There’s nothing wrong... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
a roof deck; a small ‘captive audience’ model at supermarkets and stadiums; and a midsize ‘outlot’ model in shopping centers.” Make smart partnerships. “Because of the Food Network, the name Jeff Mauro is well-known in grocery stores, but... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
whopping $5.2 billion. In creating Staples, Stemberg drew on the knowledge of modern distribution techniques he had acquired during his twelve years in the grocery business. As a vice president with the Jewel Companies' Star Market chain... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- Web
Meet the Team | Information Technology
Development team. Since joining the Harvard Business School in 2008, Ruth has worked with dozens of faculty to produce media-enhanced case materials including The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations, lululemon, Terror at the Taj Bombay, Success Academy, Eataly:... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
cooperatively owned grocery store. In my work, I primarily organized our outreach efforts with several foundations and community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and strategized ways for us to successfully secure both grant... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government