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- 07 Nov 2022
- News
Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me
garment industry in France, so I frequently heard friends and family complain about the options for buying lingerie in the United States,” he said in a 2014 article from the “First Five Years” HBS alumni profile series. “I found that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
Groupe, now with a division for men’s clothing and entering travel markets as well, has grown from 5 employees to more than 400. Membership is by invitation by other members or by registering at the site... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
greenhouse gas emissions. There’s also rampant waste and pollution involved in making the clothes we wear—two-thirds of which, after being jettisoned from our closets, get tossed into landfills or... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
cost.” During the two vulnerable weeks before government relief kicked in, Lawson delivered 200,000 prepared meals to victims, including onigiri rice balls, bread, and cups of noodles. The company also took care of its own in an area... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Dressing by Number
recommended clothing based on the data they provide; clients purchase only the items they love. The more information a customer gives Stitch Fix—the initial “style profile,” shared Pinterest boards, feedback on what works View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
restrooms. Today Buc-ee’s is a road trip destination, with more than 30 sprawling stores offering Texas-themed gifts, Buc-ee’s brand beef jerky, plenty of gas (as many as 120 pumps at one store), mountains of ice to refill coolers, View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
“You go to the contemporary floors, and there’s great stuff to buy, but everything is skewed very young. You could go to the designer area, but you may not want to pay $2,000 for a dress.” So she has designed a line of View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
Chick Beer tried to entice weight-conscious women with the brew’s 97 calories and 3.5 carbs per bottle, “about the same as half of a carrot.” And Clutch, a brand of dryer sheets, encourages men to “grab your... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
John Osher is one of those casually and spectacularly successful people who make serial entrepreneurship look like a cakewalk. He began racking up wins at an early age—starting and selling both a vintage... View Details
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
comic strip. Another wrote a personal essay about her struggles to overcome the stereotype of being the "Shy Asian Girl." Another student, who came from a retail background, wrote an open letter to clothing View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
retail stores, textile manufacturers, clothing or cigarette makers—to say nothing of the indignity of mail-order houses and five-and-ten operations—Philip Lehman led his cousins directly into such businesses... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
showcased the ongoing appeal of its more timeless products while expanding into fashionable clothing and accessories for men and women. "You... View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
When start-up thredUP launched its peer-to-peer online exchange for used children's clothes two and a half years ago, its creators were the latest generation of entrepreneurs competing online as multi-sided... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
in the number of “functional” managers for crowding in the C-suite. Is J.C. Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing? The stuffy department store chain has become emboldened under new CEO Ron Johnson (MBA 1984) with plans for an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
other. Right now I feel very much like a kid in a candy store who is trying not to overeat. What are you looking forward to working on? I continue to be intrigued by the role of entrepreneurial activity inside large corporations. Right... 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.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
MICHAEL KAPLAN (left, with brother and partner Nicholas) reflects on lessons learned and looks ahead to future growth. Michael Kaplan (MBA ’02) had a great idea for a start-up: a fashionable apparel company... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
“preemptively decoupling.” Instead of waiting to be disrupted, you just break it. When Amazon started selling electronics online, it created apps that encouraged customers to go to a store and check out the... View Details
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
homogenization of beauty ideals. Beauty became associated with Western countries, and white people, and with women. These assumptions reflected wider societal trends. Western societies as a whole underwent... View Details