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- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
draw on in her leadership of Black Opal Beauty and Fashion Fair cosmetics, two storied brands for people of color that she purchased in 2019 with Cheryl Mayberry McKissick. Desiree Rogers: I’m going to say my first real job in my mind,... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
“Africa’s youth population is growing. The median age is 19,” he says. “By 2050, more than a third of the world’s youth will be African. They’re passionate about sports, music, fashion and art, and, increasingly they are creators. Our... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
fashion quotient quickly!” How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work at PCL? “Given that my role involves working extensively in strategy and growth, what I learned in my classes on finance, negotiations, strategy, B2B sales,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
that most excited Williams. Speaking on the outdoor patio of the Kigali Marriott a few days before the BAL championship, he noted that, earlier in the week, he had attended a curated meal of African cuisine that featured a fashion show.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
the typewriter, keeping thirty short stories at a time out for consideration and ignoring hundreds of rejections. He was the purest sort of entrepreneur, fashioning something out of nothing more substantial than a typewriter, paper, and... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019
entry is written by Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer and chair of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Von Furstenberg recalls her first meeting with Hyman, in which the legendary designer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Photo courtesy @chiaraferragni Case study subject Chiara Ferragni—the fashion designer/blogger best known as The Blonde Salad—took a break from New York Fashion Week to visit HBS professor Anat Keinan’s new... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
Hanazawa, who also founded Fashion Girls for Humanity (FGFH), a nonprofit that provides humanitarian services and funds to victims of natural disasters, began to study a medical gown given to her by a friend in the medical profession. She... 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 catering to plus-size women.... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
point in my career rather than a continuation of my job after college,” he notes. “It is allowing me to explore other avenues.” One of those avenues is launching his own fashion e-commerce company, Darza, which means “stitch” in Arabic.... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Online Fashionistas
only a day or two) of a single designer’s clothing line or a small group of brands, all at discounts of up to 70 percent. Having “revolutionized the fashion world” (Forbes.com, June 15, 2010), the company is expecting revenues of $400 to... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Fashion’s Transparent Translator
In 2007, Imran Amed (MBA 2002) started blogging about an industry that fascinated him: fashion. A former McKinsey consultant, the Canadian noticed the suits and creatives of the business didn’t always understand each other. Amed thought he might be able to help out,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest
The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place in the traditional track for 8Baorice, a company that aims to create an online community focused... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference
something they’ve seen on the Web. And the company’s site is helping to push its brand, she said. Venture capital, success strategies for minorities in business, and fashion retailing were among the other panel topics. Ann M. Fudge (MBA... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
The Simplest Taste
parlaying that one emporium into an empire of stores nationwide. Neiman Marcus introduced a number of innovations such as weekly department store fashion shows, personalized gift wrapping, a national advertising campaign (unheard of for a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
(MBA ’05) first line of women’s clothing, AMMARA, won’t hit department stores until this fall, she’s already landed in Women’s Wear Daily for bringing fashionable apparel to mature customers at a lower price point. “I felt there was a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Design Fair
of Pinball, pictured at far right. The team, in collaboration with the Design Continuum and the MIT Media Lab, created a system for fashion retail stores that utilizes weight-sensitive floor tiles in order to know where shoppers are... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation
succeed in an organization, people need to work in a more collaborative fashion so that they can pursue discovery-driven activities that lead to innovative solutions. View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus
(WSJ photo illustration) (WSJ photo illustration) The online fashion innovator Rent the Runway—brainchild of Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss (both MBA 2009)—is continuing to go brick-and-mortar. The Wall Street Journal details the new... View Details