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  • 18 Mar 2014
  • Blog Post

BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up

It’s Tuesday afternoon, March 4th. A lively group of HBS students passionate about retail entrepreneurship sit in Aldrich 108, waiting. Then “ping!” – up pop Julia Straus (HBS ’11) and Katharine Hill (HBS ’12) who both work at BaubleBar,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail
  • January 2015 (Revised November 2016)
  • Case

La Martina: Leveraging Polo's Luxury Lifestyle

By: Anat Keinan, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Sandrine Crener
Founded in 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Martina has grown from a high-end polo equipment company into a global fashion brand with operations in 56 countries. Polo, which is not only a sport but also a way of life, is at the core of the brand DNA. Polo is a... View Details
Keywords: Luxury Brand; Digital Marketing; Premium Brands; Fashion; Leather Goods; Retail; Globalization; Brand Positioning; Brand Extension; Lifestyle Brand; Growth Strategy; Polo; Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Brand Partnerships; Business Model; Product Positioning; Diversification; Luxury; Sports; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Sports Industry; Buenos Aires
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Keinan, Anat, Maria Fernanda Miguel, and Sandrine Crener. "La Martina: Leveraging Polo's Luxury Lifestyle." Harvard Business School Case 515-085, January 2015. (Revised November 2016.)
  • 05 May 2022
  • HBS Seminar

Caleb Kwon, Harvard Business School

  • 24 May 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Improving Store Liquidation

Keywords: by Nathan Craig & Ananth Raman; Retail
  • April 2006
  • Case

Big Bazaar

By: Ananth Raman and Laura Winig
Describes a high-growth Indian retailer, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., and two of the company's formats--Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar. Challenges students to debate the company's concept, its strategic decision on how quickly it would like to grow, and some key... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; India
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Raman, Ananth, and Laura Winig. "Big Bazaar." Harvard Business School Case 606-099, April 2006.
  • 14 Jul 2011
  • News

Amazon Takes On California

  • May 2009
  • Case

Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products

By: John H. McArthur and Sunru Yong
Ceres is a leading player in the growing organic gardening industry, selling seeds, small plants, and related items. Their distribution depends heavily on retail sales through independent nurseries and garden centers. Because these small dealers are unable to finance... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Procedures; Marketing; Business Growth; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing Channels; Credit; Financial Statements; Sales; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
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McArthur, John H., and Sunru Yong. "Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products." Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-017, May 2009.
  • December 2017 (Revised May 2018)
  • Case

Amazon Buys Whole Foods

By: José B. Alvarez, David Lane and Joni Coughlin
The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move... View Details
Keywords: Amazon; Whole Foods; Grocery; Grocery Delivery; Mergers & Acquisitions; Business Models; Food Value Chain; Agribusiness; Mergers and Acquisitions; Operations; Competitive Strategy; E-commerce; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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Alvarez, José B., David Lane, and Joni Coughlin. "Amazon Buys Whole Foods." Harvard Business School Case 518-056, December 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
  • October 2009 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture

By: Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely and Laura Winig
On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its board of directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies.... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
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Frei, Frances X., Robin J. Ely, and Laura Winig. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture." Harvard Business School Case 610-015, October 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
  • 09 Oct 2019
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Video: Thinking Secondhand First

CEO and co-founder of thredUP, James Reinhart (MBA/MPA-ID 2009) is disrupting the retail industry out of the mission to keep clothing out of landfills. Reinhart thought of his secondhand clothing business while at HBS and has since built... View Details
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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2015
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Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Walter J. Salmon Dies at 84

  • 31 Jan 2018
  • News

Regi’s ‘Innovating in Health Care’ Case Corner

  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Buy Now, Pay Later Credit: User Characteristics and Effects on Spending Patterns

By: Marco Di Maggio, Justin Katz and Emily Williams
Firms offering "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) point-of-sale installment loans with minimal underwriting and low interest have captured a growing fraction of the market for short-term unsecured consumer credit. We provide a detailed look into the US BNPL market by... View Details
Keywords: Household Finance; Fintech; Consumer Credit; Credit; Consumer Behavior
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Di Maggio, Marco, Justin Katz, and Emily Williams. "Buy Now, Pay Later Credit: User Characteristics and Effects on Spending Patterns." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30508, September 2022.
  • 28 Oct 2019
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Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

will not survive are the retailers that are more like a warehouse, or just physical repositories of goods. Real estate is too expensive for that purpose. The opportunity to think about online and offline as complementary channels has... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail
  • May 2003 (Revised November 2005)
  • Case

Marks & Spencer: The Phoenix Rises

By: Joseph L. Bower
The great U.K. retailer fell on hard times in 1998. In 2001, a new CEO was recruited who appears to have succeeded in turning around this world-renown company. This case examines the steps he took (strategic, structural, and recruiting key people) and highlights a... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Recruitment; Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Supply and Industry; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Segmentation; Retail Industry
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Bower, Joseph L. "Marks & Spencer: The Phoenix Rises." Harvard Business School Case 303-096, May 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
  • 31 Oct 2019
  • Video

Cem Boyner

Cem Boyner, President of Boyner Holding, one of the largest retailers in Turkey, discusses innovation around adapting retail services to the needs of local customers in Turkey, including pioneering the concept... View Details
  • April 1988 (Revised October 1996)
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Home Depot, Inc., The

By: Krishna G. Palepu
Home Depot, founded in 1978, pioneered the warehouse retailing concept in the home center industry. The company's niche strategy resulted in rapid growth in sales. By 1986, however, the company began experiencing deteriorating profitability. Students are asked to... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Performance; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
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Palepu, Krishna G. "Home Depot, Inc., The." Harvard Business School Case 188-148, April 1988. (Revised October 1996.)
  • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
The pet and pet supply industry was one of the few bright lights in an otherwise dismal retail outlook in 2009. This case gives background pet retail industry information and strategic positioning information for both PetSmart and PETCO to enable students to develop... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry
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Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart." Harvard Business School Case 110-025, September 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
  • 2010
  • Case

New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting: Brief Case No. 4212.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Diener Abelli
A manufacturer and retailer of specialty doll products must decide which of two projects to fund. The decision requires the student to compute cash flows for the 2 projects, discount values to the present and compare and contrast different project performance measures. View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Projects; Decision Making; Cash Flow; Performance Evaluation; Production
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Luehrman, Timothy A., and Heide Diener Abelli. "New Heritage Doll Company: Capital Budgeting: Brief Case No. 4212." Watertown, MA: Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2010.
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