Fast Retailing Group - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More

down in May. He teamed with prominent economists to study price data from June 2018—the month before the trade war began—to early 2019. Their work combines import and export prices at the US border, collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail; Retail; Retail

01 Sep 2010
News

Online Fashionistas

MAYBANK AND WILSON: Doing well while looking good. Courtesy Gilt Groupe Cofounded in 2007 by Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (MBA ’04), formerly of Louis Vuitton and Bulgari, and ex-eBayer Alexis Maybank (MBA ’04), Gilt View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

The widespread use of pricing algorithms is reshaping the nature of competition in online markets and potentially driving up the prices of retail goods, according to recent research. These automated, price-adjusting software programs may... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

01 Dec 2009
News

Downhill Re-Boot

remains to be seen is whether buyers will pony up the suggested retail price of $1,295 per pair. Hanson, a pioneer of the rear-entry boot, acknowledges that “in this very, very difficult economy,” there is “some skepticism around making... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

basic material needs to concerns about the safety and quality of these products. When products did fail—as happened dramatically in the late 1950s with the antinausea drug Thalidomide—such cases became the focus of aggressive consumer View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Sep 2005
News

Allston Options Up for Discussion

The report recommended fast and frequent shuttle service between Cambridge, Allston, and the Longwood Medical Center. It also suggested several transportation options, including new through streets, a new pedestrian bridge across the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 2021
News

Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region

cooperative’s plan to rebuild its decimated workforce. Kenichi Nonomura (MBA 2012), who was on the first Tōhoku trip and attended the virtual reunion, contributed to the case study “The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast View Details

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

have a natural authority." In retail, Trumbull found more evidence that diffuse groups impact outcome, comparing retail policy in France and Germany. Mom-and-pop stores in both countries have faced the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

30 Jan 2012
News

Shopping Around

Calabrese: "Never mistake motion for action." Courtesy Julia Calabrese A commercial real-estate mogul who quotes Hemingway? That would be Julia Calabrese (OPM 22, 1995), CEO at London-based McArthurGlen Group UK Ltd., a leading owner,... View Details

Keywords: real estate; shopping; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Jun 1996
News

Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

When HBS professor Leonard A. Schlesinger and the other architects of the new MBA introductory "Foundations" curriculum decided that a thorough understanding of capitalism's underpinnings was essential, they asked Professor Thomas K. McCraw and other members of the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Social Network Marketing: What Works?

it's important to understand both who influences purchase decisions in online communities and which groups of users can be influenced. “Viral campaigns truly leverage the network aspect of these social networking sites.” "By understanding... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Retail; Retail

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

Clinic, a provider of medical services; Fast Retailing Group, which owns a chain of apparel stores; and Lawson's, which operates more than 40,000 convenience stores. The cases underscore disaster recovery... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Retail; Retail

John Y. Brown, Jr.

Brown, along with a group of investors, purchased Kentucky Fried Chicken from its founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, for $2 million in 1964. Brown grew Kentucky Fried Chicken from 600 to 3,500 franchises. Brown, alongside McDonald’s Ray... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

01 Mar 2012
News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

of retailing through consulting and marketing work for a roster of global clients. Traub recently sat down with Gilt Groupe cofounders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) to discuss... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

22 Jan 2018
Blog Post

"Luxury, Technology, Integration"

experience, YNAP still feels like a start-up today in many ways. YNAP has seen projects and initiatives move at a fast pace throughout the company, experienced double-digit growth, introduced new technologies, expanded into new buildings,... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

20 May 2016
News

The Most Creative People in Business 2016

Illustration by Peter Arkle for Fast Company Illustration by Peter Arkle for Fast Company Fast Company recently released its Most Creative People in Business 2016 list, and HBS... View Details

29 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Emerging Into Singapore

mixed group of local and multi-cultural young and driven people who I already have formed good friendships and memories with. Being an Avenger Global Fashion Group was founded over a year ago as an... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

joining Teach for America or law school, and then ultimately management consulting after college graduation. In consulting, Leahy had her first exposure to the retail industry, working primarily with clients in the View Details