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Margo Cramer

intellectually fulfilling, "it wasn't a degree that took me in any specific direction." Immediately after graduation, Margo worked as a merchandising team and sales account manager at Commando, a women's luxury View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education; Retail/Hospitality

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

clusters," Pisano says. "What we came to is it really depends. It's not all or one." The four clusters used in the field study had differing fates. Two—sports shoes and wooden chairs—declined while the other two—high-end women's shoes and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Apparel & Accessories; Apparel & Accessories; Apparel & Accessories

09 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

Was there any middle ground? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/915027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-067 Quincy Apparel (A) Quincy Apparel designs, manufactures, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

HBS senior lecturer David Edelman exploring "The Future of AI and the Customer Experience." Upcoming discussions in the series include "The Future of Leadership in the Digital Era," "ChatGPT and the Future of AI," and "The Future of Sports View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

about broadcasting rights, the licensing of merchandise, sports apparel and equipment, product endorsements, and sponsorships of sports, teams, and sports-related events." It is only in recent decades that pro-fessional sports have... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

leading apparel maker Liz Claiborne Inc. (LC) were coming off a sixteen-year high that had begun to wane in 1992. A combination of factors — the national recession, weak spending on women's apparel,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

MountainMandy Xu, MBA 2023Luxury women's outdoor apparel offering sustainable pieces that will be in their wardrobes for life. KrnWtrDaf Dubbelman, OPM 2010With our sustainable water dispensers you can enjoy... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

in the apparel industry. The afternoon featured a presentation by William A. Sahlman, Dimitri V. d'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, titled "Deals-Lessons I Have LearnedÉ Confessions of an Angel Investor,"... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

Susie Mulder at NIC+ZOE Susie Mulder must decide how to lead NIC+ZOE-the women's apparel brand she had recently joined as CEO-from its start-up phase into a disciplined growth phase. With growing revenues, a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of very poor rural and urban women in India. It... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

accuracy of daily sales forecasts. We collaborated with an online apparel retailer to assemble a dataset that combines (1) detailed internal operational information, including data on sales, advertising, and promotions, as well as (2)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

customer-focused approach. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808166 Sara Campbell Ltd. (A) Harvard Business School Case 108-070 Describes a situation in which Sara Campbell, the CEO of a View Details