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- 14 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Looking to the Next Decade of Change: A Recap of the 10th Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
On the evening of Saturday, February 22, 2014 and all day Sunday, February 23, 2014, the Retail & Luxury Goods Club hosted a record number of nearly 400 students and professionals from Harvard and the surrounding community for its... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- February 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Amazon in Fashion
By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock and Gabriel Ellsworth
According to many analysts and industry observers, in 2018 Amazon became the largest retailer of apparel in the United States and the second largest in the world, behind Alibaba. Much of Amazon’s apparel was made by third-party retailers on its platform, but Amazon had... View Details
Keywords: Amazon; Amazon.com; Fashion; Fashion Accessories; Retail; Retailing Industry; Retailing; ASOS; Inditex; Multi-channel Retailers; Online Retail; Online Retailing; Positioning; Private Label; Delivery; Spending; Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
Wells, John R., Benjamin Weinstock, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Amazon in Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 719-481, February 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- March 1984 (Revised August 1995)
- Teaching Note
Nineteenth Century Retailing and the Rise of the Department Store, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-384-022). View Details
Keywords: Retail Industry
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Antonio Moreno
Professor Moreno’s research explores how digital technologies are reshaping operational processes, with a particular focus on retail and service industries. His early work examined omnichannel retail—the integration of online and offline channels to create seamless... View Details
- June 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Teaching Note
Finland's S Group: Competing with a Cooperative Approach to Retail (TN)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jordan Mitchell and Samuli Skurnik
Teaching Note for [709409]. View Details
- 1982
- Book
The New Videotex Technology and Its Impact on Retailers in Canada
By: S. Ash and J. Quelch
Ash, S., and J. Quelch. The New Videotex Technology and Its Impact on Retailers in Canada. Canada, Dept. of Industry, Trade and Commerce, Technology Branch, Technological Innovation Studies Program Research report. Ottawa, Canada: Canada Ministry of Industry, Trade and Commerce, 1982.
- 05 Jun 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Cellophane, the New Visuality, and the Creation of Self-Service Food Retailing
- January 2008 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
Retail Sales of Health Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Grady Clouse
The BCBS of Florida is contemplating whether to enter the consumer-driven health care market and if so, whether to target such groups—and individuals—and in which of its geographic markets, and how. View Details
- April 1987 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Retail Financial Services Industry (B)
Christiansen, Evelyn T. "Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Retail Financial Services Industry (B)." Harvard Business School Case 387-182, April 1987. (Revised August 1987.)
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
Is Retail Dying? Plus, How Are Companies Spending their Tax Cuts?
- 19 Mar 2024
- Video
The Value of an MBA in Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Retail
- 06 Nov 2023
- Video
The Value of an MBA in Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Retail
- 19 Mar 2024
- Video
The Value of an MBA in Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Retail
- August 1999
- Article
Measuring the Efficiency of Service Delivery Processes: With Application to Retail Banking
By: F. Frei and P. Harker
Frei, F., and P. Harker. "Measuring the Efficiency of Service Delivery Processes: With Application to Retail Banking." Journal of Service Research 1, no. 4 (August 1999): 300–312.
- Working Paper
Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S.
By: Pragya Kakani, Michael Chernew and Amitabh Chandra
Rising list prices are often used to illustrate the burden of prescription drug spending, but payers routinely negotiate rebates from manufacturers that generate differences between list and net prices. List prices are easily available and affect patient cost-sharing,... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Rebates; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Price; Analysis; Pharmaceutical Industry
Kakani, Pragya, Michael Chernew, and Amitabh Chandra. "Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 26846, March 2020.
- June 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Dollar Tree: Breaking the Buck
By: Jill Avery and Marco Bertini
For thirty-five years, Dollar Tree, a discount retail chain selling general merchandise, had held its fixed price point steady, pricing all of its household items, food, stationery, books, seasonal items, gifts, toys, and clothing that made up its diverse and... View Details
Keywords: Retailing; Pricing; Pricing Strategy; Discount Retailing; Discount Store; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Price; Inflation and Deflation; Consumer Behavior; Retail Industry; United States
Avery, Jill, and Marco Bertini. "Dollar Tree: Breaking the Buck." Harvard Business School Case 522-091, June 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- 23 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries