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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
as a cash crop, so they tended not to drink it,” says Chijioke Dozie. In Rwanda, Dozie saved the washing station by banding it together with two others, generating the volume necessary to justify further investment. But the new scale only... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Running on empty
Week (June 29, 1999), using $10,000 in savings and working in a partner's garage, Hubbard discovered a way to remove the volatile elements from gasoline. Rendered inert and nonflammable, the resulting liquid product - dubbed "SpareTank" - can be View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
Case Study Illustration by Corbis/Matthias Kulka Sometimes, a company's history contains more drama than a Russian novel. A recent case, "LEGO," explores how the toy maker grew to global dominance from humble beginnings, the mistakes that led it near bankruptcy, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
words of Robert Solow, a Nobel laureate in economics and an adviser to the study, “By far the most important factor in that growth is Wal-Mart.” Second, most of the value created by the company is actually pocketed by its customers in the form of lower prices. There is... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
customer-facing voices, including marketing and store associates.” This is a moment of transformation, he says. “Omni-channel is a learning experience for all of us.” How to: Market to Gen Z (and beyond) Become digitally fluent. This... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
see her through kindergarten. Now she’s in high school. What was your first job? Grocery store cashier, at 14. It made me want to go to college. Who inspires you? Lance Armstrong. He’s really raised cancer awareness. View complete... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
Schiffer Illustration by Daniel Vasconcellos Founded in 1982, 99¢ Only Stores is the oldest single-price retail chain in the country, with 273 locations in California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada offering a mix of food, beverage, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
a career as a professor. He started a Ph.D. program in medieval and Renaissance history at the University of Virginia before leaving to enlist in the U.S. Navy. After several years of running grocery and specialty stores at a U.S. base... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
mostly teen-oriented, music stores. Accordingly, among the 200,000 units of merchandise available in every Borders store is a sizable selection of music, from Mozart to Madonna, as well as periodicals,... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
he says. Eyler initiated a complete renovation of store interiors, added new attractions, and revamped the merchandise so that more than 70 percent of it now features either exclusive or hard-to-find items.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
department and we agree to move them." In an arrangement with Federal Express, the modems are shipped to a warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee, and inspected. FairMarket then posts a description of the merchandise online for the next... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
the quintessential entrepreneur." When Schultz purchased the Starbucks name and assets in 1987 for $3.8 million, the company, founded in 1971, had six retail stores that sold whole bean coffee, tea, and spices. Three years later, there... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
could just as likely widen the divide between rich and poor, because information technology to date has generally increased the demand for skilled, higher-paid workers while reducing the need for unskilled workers." "Let us hope," the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
paramount. "When you went to Harvard Business School, we really knew what we were talking about," he told alumni. "But in the new economy, just about everything we accepted about business is being questioned." Nolan, an expert on general... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
When Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) was 19 and in her junior year of college, she and some classmates invented the Soccket, a soccer ball that generates and stores electricity during play. It was... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
Kaplan: "Automated retail" dispenses movie magic. Photo courtesy Gregg Kaplan/Redbox If you’ve seen one at your local US grocery store, you know that “vending machine” is an inadequate description for Redbox, the sleek, red (of course) kiosks that dispense new-release... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
supply. In 2009 we started shaping the kind of inventory we needed and partnered with brands in the same way department stores do to make sure that we’re not left empty-handed when we have surges in demand. MT: How are you responding to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
took over the family company in 1867, William and Andrew, the firm's bearded, fraternal namesakes, were familiar faces to generations of sniffling, wheezing Americans. But in recent decades, due to a series of indifferent owners and some... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
Illustration by James Steinberg Illustration by James Steinberg Picture today’s conscious consumer pulling on a fresh organic cotton tee shirt, then driving their hybrid or electric vehicle to the grocery store to pack reusable shopping... View Details