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- April 1996
- Case
J.C. Penney
By: Walter J. Salmon and Jeanne Blasberg
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Jeanne Blasberg. "J.C. Penney." Harvard Business School Case 596-102, April 1996.
- April 1989 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Georgetown Leather Design
By: Walter J. Salmon
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry
Salmon, Walter J. "Georgetown Leather Design." Harvard Business School Case 589-111, April 1989. (Revised November 1993.)
- August 1984 (Revised January 1989)
- Teaching Note
Hart Schaffner & Marx: The Market for Separately Ticketed Suits, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-582-134). View Details
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry
- March 1984 (Revised August 1990)
- Case
Petite Playthings, Inc.--1984 (A)
Provides background information for the (B) case, in which a young sales person is asked for a bribe by an experienced children's wear buyer. View Details
Shapiro, Benson P. "Petite Playthings, Inc.--1984 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 584-080, March 1984. (Revised August 1990.)
- April 1982 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Hart Schaffner & Marx: The Market for Separately Ticketed Suits
Calls for a decision on whether Hart Schaffner & Marx, the nation's leading manufacturer of high quality, branded suits, should expand its product line by marketing suits that are separately ticketed (i.e., the coat, vest, and slacks are sold from individual hangers... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Decisions; Price; Markets; Distribution Channels; Production; Mathematical Methods; Competitive Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Tedlow, Richard S. "Hart Schaffner & Marx: The Market for Separately Ticketed Suits." Harvard Business School Case 582-134, April 1982. (Revised June 1993.)
- December 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corp.
Keywords: Family Business; Production; Management; Performance Improvement; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Stevenson, Howard H. "Karen Vincent and Zodiac Corp." Harvard Business School Case 389-078, December 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- November 1988
- Teaching Note
B-W Footwear (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for (9-387-022). View Details
- October 1986 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
B-W Footwear
By: David B. Yoffie
As import penetration into the American footwear market reached 81% in 1986, B-W Footwear, along with all of its American competitors, was struggling. Supply lines were deteriorating, retailers and importers were gaining power, and the government had rejected two... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Management; Globalization; Government and Politics; Business Strategy; Trade; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
Yoffie, David B. "B-W Footwear." Harvard Business School Case 387-022, October 1986. (Revised November 1988.)
- October 1984
- Teaching Note
NIKE (B1): Business Class Travel, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-385-028). View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
How Do You Predict Demand and Set Prices For Products Never Sold Before?
How can a retailer use its own data to determine what to charge for products it has never sold before? That’s a question Kris Ferreira considered during a presentation at Future Assembly, an event at Harvard Business School where business leaders and academics... View Details
- August 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Supplement
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges
By: Willy C. Shih
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details
- August 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Teaching Note
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-115.
Faced with continuing cost pressure, should Coats, the world's largest thread maker, relocate some of its make-to-stock manufacturing to an ultra-low-cost region while leaving make-to-order demand close to customers? View Details
- December 2018
- Case
Bata versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Iris Leung and Quinn Pitcher
Set in 2016, “Bata India versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance” compares the strategies and financial performance of two Indian footwear companies. Bata India had long been the market leader in footwear in India, but its leading market position was being challenged by... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Strategy; Operations; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Analysis; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, Iris Leung, and Quinn Pitcher. "Bata versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance." Harvard Business School Case 119-050, December 2018.
- February 2017
- Teaching Plan
Dhamani Jewels: Becoming a Global Luxury Brand
By: Lynda Applegate
Dhamani started as a loose gemstone dealer in 1969 in Jaipur, India. By the 2000s, it was headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and had expanded into diamonds and retail. The family business was now in its second generation of leadership and aimed to become a... View Details
- August 1994 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.: Cost Reduction for Mature Products TN
By: Robin Cooper and Robert S. Kaplan
- December 2012 (Revised July 2015)
- Supplement
Nalli Silk Sarees (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Namrata Arora and Vidhya Muthuram
Presents the company's perspective using an interview format. Ramnath K. Nalli, vice chairman of Nalli Silk Sarees Private Limited, and his daughter, Lavanya Nalli (HBS MBA 2011), the fifth generation entrepreneur to be involved in the family business, discuss customer... View Details
Narayanan, V.G., Namrata Arora, and Vidhya Muthuram. "Nalli Silk Sarees (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-048, December 2012. (Revised July 2015.)
- January 2012
- Case
Calvin Klein and Warnaco Group: Negotiating a Trademark License
By: Susan Fournier, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, William W. Fisher III and Robert Mnookin
- April 2010
- Case
Bill Nichol Negotiates with Walmart: Hard Bargains over Soft Goods (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
CEO Bill Nichol must somehow negotiate a surprise ultimatum from Walmart, his largest customer, about his largest and most profitable product line: “We're dropping it.” Among its hosiery products, the Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co. produces and sells a branded line of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Crisis Management; Negotiation Tactics; Conflict Management; Apparel and Accessories Industry; North America
Sebenius, James K., and Ellen Knebel. "Bill Nichol Negotiates with Walmart: Hard Bargains over Soft Goods (A)." Harvard Business School Case 910-043, April 2010.
- November 2009
- Teaching Note
Eddie Bauer (TN) (A), (B) and (C)
By: Paul M. Healy and Sharon P. Katz
Teaching Note for [110008] [110009], and [110010]. View Details
Keywords: Apparel and Accessories Industry
- October 2009
- Teaching Note
Esquel Group: Integrating Business Strategy and Corporate Social Responsibility (TN)
Teaching Note for [307076]. View Details