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Edward G. Gardner
Gardner began mixing hair and beauty products for blacks out of his basement during the 1940s. Around 1960, he began working for another beauty supply business and when it went bankrupt, Gardner took its... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- Portrait Project
Marijana Kolak
MBAs, where I ended up loving every minute of the experience. I want to make sure my children grow up to be beautiful human beings. As a business leader and public servant, I want to help rebuild Yugoslavia so my children are the first in... View Details
- Portrait Project
Emily Wang
all, and dance was doing for these children what it had always done for me: magnifying the beauty in humanity, no matter how dark or difficult the circumstances. I will not cure cancer. But for all those struggling, wandering in darkness,... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
Levy: Ingredients for beauty from an unlikely source. Photo courtesy Kerty Levy A company that manufactures the nutritional ingredients used in animal feed doesn’t seem like the most likely incubator for a View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization
preferences (with the beauty industry as an example). According to panelists, globalization has a homogenizing effect on diverse national cultures. Its pressures cause societies to become more alike, converging in business approaches,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- August 2020 (Revised January 2021)
- Supplement
Facelift at Olay (B)
By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Olivia Hull
This supplement to Facelift at Olay (A) explains the major steps Procter & Gamble’s skincare brand Olay took to reverse several years of declining sales. View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Demographics; Age; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Digital Marketing; Transformation; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States; Ohio
Gupta, Sunil, Rajiv Lal, and Olivia Hull. "Facelift at Olay (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 521-002, August 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
- April 2007 (Revised June 2008)
- Background Note
AmorePacific
By: Elie Ofek and Kerry Herman
Describes the dominant firm in the Korean cosmetics market up to the mid-2000s. Gives background on AmorePacific's historical evolution, its current brands, and the competition it faces from local and international players. Also provides information on the market... View Details
Keywords: History; Competition; Distribution Channels; Brands and Branding; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; South Korea
Ofek, Elie, and Kerry Herman. "AmorePacific." Harvard Business School Background Note 507-070, April 2007. (Revised June 2008.)
- March 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Burt's Bees: Leaving the Hive
Rapid growth is pushing Burt's Bees' natural personal care products into mass distribution channels, with products and brand elements that are less quirky, more commercial than they used to be. Indeed, CEO John Replogle believes that by focusing on efficacious,... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Consumer Behavior; Asset Pricing; Entrepreneurship; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
Wathieu, Luc R., and Laura Winig. "Burt's Bees: Leaving the Hive." Harvard Business School Case 507-017, March 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- October 2004 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market
By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Akiko Kanno and Masako Egawa
Describes the multinational growth of Shiseido, the world's fourth-largest cosmetics company, with a focus on its strategy in China since 1981. Explores the challenges facing firms in the globalization of a culturally specific industry such as cosmetics. The Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Competition; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey G., Akiko Kanno, and Masako Egawa. "Making China Beautiful: Shiseido and the China Market." Harvard Business School Case 805-003, October 2004. (Revised July 2013.)
- August 1984 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Suave
By: Mark S. Albion
Promotes discussion on advertising budgeting and media mix decisions in the shampoo market for low-priced, high-volume Suave. Provides various types of market research into consumer behavior and the competition context. The importance of retailers and shelf space is... View Details
- December 1978 (Revised December 1985)
- Case
Clairol Skin Machine (C)
By: Walter J. Salmon and Steven R. Palesy
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Steven R. Palesy. "Clairol Skin Machine (C)." Harvard Business School Case 579-112, December 1978. (Revised December 1985.)
- December 1993 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Gloria Hilliard Mayfield at Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.
By: John P. Kotter and Andrew P. Burtis
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Kotter, John P., and Andrew P. Burtis. "Gloria Hilliard Mayfield at Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 494-016, December 1993. (Revised June 1994.)
Frederic N. Schwartz
Schwartz orchestrated Bristol-Myers' growth as a multinational health and beauty care provider ushering in ten consecutive years of market value appreciation. He oversaw the successful acquisition of Clairol and repaid the debt in less... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- Portrait Project
Ilana Rosen
march hundreds of miles at gun point towards East Germany. If the prisoners sat from exhaustion they would be left to die or shot on site. My grandmother was overwhelmed from exhaustion, but Ila never let her sit. Ila is the reason I am here today. This View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Squeeze Play
electronic components assembly line and recast as an expensive, high-end beauty product. That Tweezerman success has allowed LaMagna to bankroll other passions. He’s run for office (unsuccessfully) and dabbled in politics over the years... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Sleight of Hand
Camirand Academy of Magic, a magic-products supplier in Quebec. “I use this lotion at least twice a week, minimum, and I probably go through an ounce, an ounce and a half a year,” he told the New York Times (February 19, 2006). “For most people who are amateur... View Details
- 21 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits
that provides underrepresented minorities in finance with the resources and guidance needed to develop into industry leaders. As a Toigo Fellow, I was able to meet with top investment management firms before even stepping foot on campus. I am most excited to experience... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- Portrait Project
Ann Lucena
helping a friend or sharing a smile with a stranger. I want the delight of introducing someone to a beautiful song or teaching a child a new word. I crave the satisfaction of enhancing and enriching someone else’s life. I yearn for the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Viroopa Volla
Two babies were born in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant government hospital at 11:38 p.m. one Monday in 1991. The father in the other room left as soon as he saw that it was a girl. My father stayed and believed that I was the most View Details
- Portrait Project
Apeksha Kothari
We’re asked what we plan to do, and I declared the following: I crave the crackle of creativity. The thrill, the absolute exhilaration, As a beautiful new something is plucked from infinite possibility; I want furrowed brows turning... View Details