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  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

inability to get one of the espresso-based drinks to which he had grown attached during his years working in finance in New York. Dozie hopes to solve both the supply and the demand problems with Café Neo, a coffeehouse chain he and his... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 23 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Trends in Consumer Products

simple and often logical but difficult to predict. Jake Kirsch ‘11, VP Innovation, ABinBev Covid had a massive effect on our business. Fifteen percent of our business is in bars and restaurants and they were effectively closed. Some new products scheduled for launch... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Toy Story

one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • November 1993
  • Supplement

OfficePro (C)

By: John A. Quelch
Supplements OfficePro (A). View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Supply Chain Management; Retail Industry; France
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Quelch, John A. "OfficePro (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 594-055, November 1993.
  • 13 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 13

census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Inspiration Is Not Enough

animated screen stars for decades of royalty income. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad developed a rigorous vendor-screening process that, though not sexy, provided the furniture retailer with “an impressive supply View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • May 1999 (Revised August 1999)
  • Case

Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?

By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Jay DiGeronimo, president of a 16-store supermarket chain, is trying to decide the timing and method for expanding his chain. The family-owned company could continue in a maintenance mode, with each family member running one store. It could expand slowly using a new... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Investment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Private Ownership; Competition; Expansion; Retail Industry
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Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?" Harvard Business School Case 599-054, May 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
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Kresge Way | About

Foundation, the philanthropic organization established by his father, Sebastian S. Kresge. The elder Kresge was a legendary retailing entrepreneur who founded a chain of five-and-ten-cent stores in the... View Details
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

Companies you describe as crippled by denial include the supermarket chain A&P, the retail conglomerate Sears, and the short-lived delivery experiment Webvan. How did these companies succumb to denial?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Retail; Retail
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

progress. The case traces the evolution of the AmazonFresh business model and describes the operating capabilities necessary to compete in grocery. Would there come a day when most grocery shopping was done online? If so, how would Amazon compete with established View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators

Brightstar and Encore, which act as trade-in white labels for large retail chains and mobile carriers. Sure, these competitors lack Gazelle's brand in the eyes of consumers and Gazelle's website has a great... View Details
Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 06 Jan 2014
  • News

Sprouts Sees Healthy Growth Ahead

Keywords: Whiole Foods; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

Product Development & Marketing, where Product Development Specialists and Breeders explained the process for developing new tomato varieties. Many different factors (e.g., consumer preferences such as taste and shape, disease resistance, supply View Details
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Case Study: Sneak Peak

1,000 retail outlets, including Target and Toys “R” Us. Revenue has grown rapidly with just one flavor, but after multiple discussions with venture capital groups, it became clear that investors were looking for companies that had reached... View Details
Keywords: Whole Foods; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Managing Global Supply Chains There are fundamental differences between supply chains and global supply chains, say authors Ananth Raman and Noel Watson, both HBS professors. "The increasing... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
  • 28 Apr 2008
  • HBS Case

Negotiating with Wal-Mart

Like Muccio, Talley confronted some of the same hardball price challenges, and like Muccio, she acquired a deep understanding of the Wal-Mart culture while finding "new money" in the supply chain through innovative tactics. For... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Supplying Demand

When it opens next year, Los Angeles' new state-of-the-art sports complex will bear the name of a $7-billion international retail giant, a newcomer that will join heavyweights such as United Airlines, Anheuser-Busch, and MCI in seeing its... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
  • 27 Oct 2016
  • News

Paying It Forward

chains as well as small retailers on four continents. “People find us—despite very little marketing outside the United States—because everyone has the same problem,” says Kundu. “I see that we’re having an... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Case Study: On the Table

(PMD 58, 1989) Gaia Design should use an already established logistics company such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL. Although the e-commerce infrastructure as a whole is not good in Mexico, these organizations are large enough to drive world-class supply View Details
  • August 2005 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Leitax (A)

By: Noel H. Watson, Rogelio Oliva and Laura Winig
Leitax, a young digital camera manufacturer selling its cameras mainly through retailers, experienced poor matching of inventory availability with demand for new and existing products in 2002. Describes the implementation and details of a consensus forecasting... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
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Watson, Noel H., Rogelio Oliva, and Laura Winig. "Leitax (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-002, August 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
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