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- 01 Jan 2009
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Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
was a senior partner for more than 25 years before selling the firm to Credit Suisse First Boston in 1998. At Garantia and later at GP Investimentos, Lemann invested in management talent and diverse acquisitions, including a retail chain,... View Details
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
I’d say, ‘a doctor,’” says Downing. “I was always intrigued with medicine. I guess it’s just in my DNA.” But, as often happens with childhood dreams, Downing set aside his medical aspirations. His father had launched Downing Enterprises, a manufacturer of trade-show... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
Selena Cuffe On a trip to South Africa in 2005, Selena Cuffe (MBA 2003) happened across an advertisement promoting the first Soweto Wine Festival. Cuffe, the director of an exchange-student nonprofit, didn't know a lot about wine. Yet the event sounded so intriguing,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
Lazarus puts it, that have characterized his career. He enrolled at HBS directly out of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, with plans of going into retailing. "Business school convinced me that retailing was not what I... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Fashionable Fundraising
Thirty-five HBS students and partners took to the runway in mid-April for the Retail & Apparel Club’s 7th annual HBS Fashion Show. The sold-out event packed a Boston restaurant, with the proceeds going to the Harris Center for Education... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
first became interested in marketing and retailing while in college, working part-time at Bloomingdale’s and then in a New York buying office for a large group of department stores. After earning an MBA (1954) and DBA (1960) at HBS, he... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
algorithms to analyze radiology scans, applying quantitative analytics to marketing movies, and analyzing sales data from an online flash retail site to develop a better pricing model. The teaching and research of HBS faculty reflect the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
things,” says Archie Norman (MBA 1979). “The genesis of any turnaround is facing into the unvarnished truth.” A somewhat unwilling veteran of doing “the hard things,” Norman became chairman of 133-year-old British retailer Marks & Spencer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
newsletter advertising can be extended to many industries: hotels or airlines can embed ads for attractions near featured destinations or travel accessories, entertainment venues can embed ads for local restaurants and bars, retailers... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
markets and economic trends in the region and to make some contacts with India's business leaders," he explains. "Then I'll be ready to go out on my own." He believes that India's service sector offers the most exciting business opportunities. "Whether it's pizza... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of Bread retail bakery turned out to be an essential ingredient in... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- News
Starting Up in Brazil
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
for retail chains,” Wilcox recalls. Along with retail signage, E Ink entered new fields such as watches, even as it worked to develop its futuristic e-reader display. By 2003, it had become clear that the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Editor’s Letter
In 1984, I took my babysitting money to the Sam Goody store at the Short Hills Mall and purchased a copy of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., on LP. It was the best-selling album of the year and, for a kid growing up in New Jersey, not owning it was unthinkable.... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
INRIX analytics offer similar benefits to corporate customers, Mistele adds, providing greater efficiencies to company fleet operations, commuting time estimates to realtors and home buyers, hourly traffic patterns to retailers and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
implement strategy. In a retail business, no matter what you decide in the office, if the people out in the stores don't execute it, your business isn't going to be worth a darn, because they're the ones who deal with your customers. So... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
“Brick Bank” in partnership with a building supply retailer that would enable local residents to invest their savings in inflation-proof building materials, thus accumulating the necessary materials over time. “We take some things for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna