Supermarkets - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech

could replace the painful prick of a vaccination needle. And as "delivery vehicles" for medicines proliferate, new distribution channels, such as supermarkets and health clubs, could offer products alongside the more established sources... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

(the company that invented voicemail); Jane Fonda’s Workout; and Playboy TV/Video, my most instructive failure was during my year as product manager of Tostitos. Top management had decided that we would implement a “trial size” promotion in View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground

in the city, a transportation mode he’s favored since HBS, when he would cycle to the airport before flights back to Mexico City, leaving his bike locked up in front of a supermarket in East Boston. There’s Commander’s Palace, once the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

grocers, drug stores, and discount stores like Costco. Peter asked me (a banker) what I thought of supermarkets accepting credit cards for groceries. I said that the grocery margins (~1%) wouldn’t support the discounts on card purchases,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

consumer-driven system would require transparency in health-care quality and costs. Can you imagine shopping in a supermarket where you don't know products' prices or ingredients? In the 1930s, President Roosevelt created the SEC to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!

yield; internet sales (limited to France and Belgium) and distribution to regional gourmet stores and supermarkets account for the rest. Capacity—and distribution—are the next challenges for Jeannette. “Today the factory is working well,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

includes the shoe bath, the growing units’ double-door protocol, and the lab coats. Better defenses mean decreased loss and, therefore, higher yields. By the fall of 2015, FreshBox had six production units and was distributing its leafy greens to the local Roche Bros.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

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