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- July 1994
- Article
Retail Pricing and Advertising Strategies
By: R. Lal and C. Matutes
Lal, R., and C. Matutes. "Retail Pricing and Advertising Strategies." Journal of Business (July 1994).
- 29 Dec 2008
- News
Retailers Brace for Major Change
- 21 Nov 2021
- News
How Retailers Can Improve Self-Checkout
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail
Director and Career Coach Renee Pappastratis – Recruiting Relations Manager Together, Laurie and Renee manage relationships with retailers interested in recruiting HBS students to join their teams. Their combined expertise in the student... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 15 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Interning in the Retail Sector
Jasmyn Beausejour, MBA 2019, describes his summer at Wayfair. As a native from Montreal and having worked in management consulting, Jasmyn was excited by the opportunity to analyze Wayfair’s expansion and segmentation into the Canadian market. His role pivoted from... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- May 2007 (Revised May 2008)
- Teaching Note
CEMEX: Rewarding Egyptian Retailers (TN)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Teaching note to 106065. View Details
- March 2006 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers
CEMEX has pursued an aggressive decommoditization strategy focused on its relationship with small Egyptian retailers. In particular, the strategic role and effectiveness of the Rewards Program, a tournament that rewarded the sales performance of the retailers, was... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Performance Improvement; Sales; Motivation and Incentives; Construction Industry; Egypt
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Joshua Bellin, and Carole Winkler. "CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers." Harvard Business School Case 106-065, March 2006. (Revised January 2011.)
- March 1979 (Revised June 1983)
- Case
Microwave Ovens: The Retail Brands
Buzzell, Robert D. "Microwave Ovens: The Retail Brands." Harvard Business School Case 579-186, March 1979. (Revised June 1983.)
- March 2012
- Case
Home Depot and Interconnected Retail
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Zeynep Ton and Ryan Johnson
Alvarez, Jose B., Zeynep Ton, and Ryan Johnson. "Home Depot and Interconnected Retail." Harvard Business School Case 512-036, March 2012.
- July 1982 (Revised June 1985)
- Supplement
U.S. Retail Coffee Market (C)
Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed as an in-class handout at the end of Day Two. View Details
Yip, George S., and Jeffrey R Williams. "U.S. Retail Coffee Market (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 583-001, July 1982. (Revised June 1985.)
- 1997
- Working Paper
A Methodology for Retailing Analysis
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "A Methodology for Retailing Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-030, October 1997.
- 04 Aug 2022
- News
Is Ecommerce the Antidote to Ongoing Retailer Challenges?
- 09 Jun 2021
- News
How the Retail Workforce Has Changed for Good
- 22 Feb 2016
Retail Sector at HBS Webinar
This webinar will provide an overview of the resources available to students coming from (or who are interested in pursuing a career in) the Retail sector. It will include a brief presentation followed by a current student panel... View Details
- November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry
By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno
Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a... View Details
Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America
Alvarez, José B., Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Miguel Diaz Moreno. "Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry." Harvard Business School Case 520-043, November 2019. (Revised December 2020.)
- April 2020
- Background Note
U.S. Food Retail During the Pandemic: March 2020
By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
This note, written in late March 2020 and mainly U.S. focused, looks at the unfolding impact of the coronavirus pandemic on food retailers and their suppliers. It allows student to consider the challenges facing food retail executives as they navigate urgent supply... View Details
Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Food; Supply Chain; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Trade; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Alvarez, José B., and Natalie Kindred. "U.S. Food Retail During the Pandemic: March 2020." Harvard Business School Background Note 520-098, April 2020.
- Winter 2014
- Article
Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine!
By: Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan and Ananth Raman
Retail inventory is a statistic that is closely watched by retailers as well as their investors, lenders, and suppliers. Retailers not only benefit from inventory, but also bear the cost of excess inventory. Investors, lenders, and suppliers interpret this statistic... View Details
Gaur, Vishal, Saravanan Kesavan, and Ananth Raman. "Retail Inventory: Managing the Canary in the Coal Mine!" California Management Review 56, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 55–76.
Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together
Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Pippa Tubman Amerding and Wale Lawal
Twiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga’s new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Retail Industry; Nairobi
Ghosh, Shikhar, Pippa Tubman Amerding, and Wale Lawal. "Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 821-043, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)