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of Walmart’s beauty business. Balbale was a vice president at the Vitamin Shoppe in the mid-2010s when he saw Amazon and startup e-tailers moving into the wellness category. The competition inspired him to transition into the e-commerce... View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

16 Sep 2015
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Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

25 Aug 2022
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Action Plan: Fired Up

“We’re not a brand; we’re a community,” says Traeger Grills President and CEO Jeremy Andrus (MBA 2002). At his Salt Lake City–based barbecue equipment company, and throughout his career, Andrus has made developing company culture an entrepreneurial priority.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; company culture; barbecue; entertaining; food; marketing; brand

31 Mar 2021
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A new barrier to diverse hiring in tech

30 Nov 2017
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U.S. Has Potential to Triple Apprenticeships, Researchers from Harvard Business School and Burning Glass Technologies Find

01 May 2019
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Many assume salary transparency will benefit employees, but research suggests downsides, too

01 Sep 2020
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Action Plan: Finding Fluency

also lets me daydream about the trip to Paris I’m going to get back on the calendar someday.” Dunaway, the chief marketing officer for Duolingo, is not alone in her desire to use her time in quarantine for self-improvement. Interest in... View Details

Keywords: April White; foreign language; education and technology; digital marketing; change management; COVID-19; Educational Services