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  • 05 Dec 2016
  • News

Scaling Up at Five Below

target audience, where Joel Anderson (MBA 1993) is CEO. A retailer of trendy goods where everything is (you guessed it) five dollars and below, Five Below was launched in 2002 and now has over 500 stores throughout the United States.... View Details
Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
  • 01 Sep 2004
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Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)

A self-described SOB — son of the boss — Bill Dunaway grew up working in his father’s pharmacy in Marietta, Georgia, a town of 61,000 outside Atlanta. After expanding the business to a chain of 18 drug stores, Dunaway sold the operation... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Sep 2017
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The Big Business of Returns

(illustration by Chris Philpot) Sources: (1) National Retail Federation; (2) Industry analyst Kurt Salmon; (3) Inbound Logistics; (4) B-Stock Solutions View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Dec 2009
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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
  • 01 Jun 2012
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A Better World, One Idea at a Time

commission-based, door-to-door sales organization while reinvesting profits to expand and provide employee benefits in Haiti. In addition to the judges’ picks, the “Audience Choice” award went to Essmart, a retail distribution company in... View Details
Keywords: contests; awards; cosmetics; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers
  • 08 Jun 2021
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New Funding for Female Founders

respective ventures. Assaf is co-founder and CEO of the CBD-infused beauty brand The Uplifters’ Prima, which raised $9.2 million in a seed-plus funding round to support its retail expansion, according to coverage in the Los Angeles... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 25 Sep 2019
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Leading the Evolution of E-Commerce

tech incubator, Store No. 8. “I love the early stages of businesses,” Fleiss told the New York Observer. “I think it’s where I’m my best self and where I have the most value.” This time around, Fleiss has the infrastructure and resources of the world’s largest... View Details
Keywords: ecommerce; work-life balance; entrepreneurship; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2012
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Robots to the Rescue

wrote in third grade about wanting to make a machine that would do all my homework,” recalls Mountz, the affable founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, a Massachusetts-based company that is revolutionizing the way e-commerce retailers such as... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; e-commerce; order fulfillment; robotics; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
  • 01 Sep 2013
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The New Rules of E-Commerce

Mikitani (MBA 1993) is not shy about pursuing the big idea, in this case a belief that English is the lingua franca of business and learning it would give his organization a competitive edge. Rakuten, founded in 1997, operates an online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; e-commerce; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers
  • 01 Jun 2008
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Toy Story

In 2005, a year after the venerable toy retailer FAO Schwartz emerged from bankruptcy, Ed Schmults (MBA ’89) became its CEO. “The company was relying on its glorious past but was without a clear brand direction,” Schmults explained to the... View Details
Keywords: toys; Retail Trade
  • 28 Feb 2014
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The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)

the expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners. "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart,... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 04 Oct 2019
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Changing of the Guard at Tesco

Photo via Tesco Photo via Tesco In July, the British retailer Tesco marked its 100th birthday with a 30-hour dance session in Wembley Stadium. Historic milestones aside, the company could also celebrate its recovery from an accounting... View Details
Keywords: Tesco; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2014
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Cutting Edge

than when he took over, those outlets are mostly regional players. He looks for the company to penetrate major, nationwide retailers this year on the strength of a national marketing effort, a broader innovation agenda, and Smith... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Sep 2005
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Perfection’s Price

“start-ups are about speed to market. You get in there and learn and react quickly.” Kaplan grew up immersed in the plus-size retail world of the Lane Bryant chain, founded over a century ago by his great-grandmother Lena H. Bryant and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Oct 1997
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William K.L. Fung

earned a Ph.D. in economics at Harvard in 1971, Fung has built Li & Fung into a multinational trading and retailing company with 36 offices in 20 countries and an annual turnover of more than $1.6 billion. In Hong Kong, where Li & Fung... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 30 Jan 2012
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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, manager, and developer of designer... View Details
Keywords: real estate; shopping; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2014
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A Look at Olook

partnerships with everyone from fashion designer André Lima to Princess Paola d'Orléans-Bragança, a descendant of Brazil's colonial royal family. Online retail has proved to be a healthy market. Brazilian research firm e-bit estimates... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; fashion; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 30 Jul 2019
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Turning Around Tesco

The British-based grocery chain Tesco—the third-largest retailer in the world—recently marked its 100th anniversary with a record-setting, 30-hour dance relay in Wembley Stadium. There were other reasons to celebrate, too: The chain is... View Details
Keywords: Tesco; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 01 Dec 2005
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Buy the Book

as a sublime integration of operations and marketing,” says Deighton, who taught the case to MBAs for the first time this fall in the elective course Consumer Marketing. “Patterson understands that if you want shelf space you need to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2015
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Case Study: Sneak Peak

1,000 retail outlets, including Target and Toys “R” Us. Revenue has grown rapidly with just one flavor, but after multiple discussions with venture capital groups, it became clear that investors were looking for companies that had reached... View Details
Keywords: Whole Foods; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
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