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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
into serious trouble," says Karch, whose father was a retailer. "We helped them look beyond next season's fashions to see the importance of understanding how their economics worked, how their inventory flowed, and where their cost... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
LA Reid’s Song
fashion line and you don’t have some superstar associated with it, it won’t have the success. We’re seeing the power of music in a different way today. Where we don’t necessarily see it in record sales, we see it in influence. Ticket... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
Steve Silk (MBA 1978), shown here with his Smith Brothers actors, is a master at fashioning turnarounds. SILK & HIS BROS: "Iconic brands like Smith Brothers get instantaneous consumer and media respect." Photos courtesy of Smith Brothers... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
company focused on improving its sales force and restoring retailers' confidence in the quality of an expanded and more fashionable product line. After five years, Bulova was breaking even; when Tisch left to become chairman and CEO of... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
no matter what I’m involved with, I’ll still bring the same tools to bear on it as I would if I were working at a Fortune 500 company. I approach the smallest problem in the same fashion as I would if it were a multimillion-dollar... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
And can it execute either in a timely enough fashion to begin breaking even? “It’s a familiar issue,” Vietor says. “How does a new venture company manage its cash as it is developing its technology over time?” A123 raised $378 million... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
pocket, had started a fashion house creating clothing for music stars such as Ike and Tina Turner and Sonny and Cher). "Before HBS, there was nothing in me that wanted to be an entrepreneur," Cuffe says. "But Professor Joe Lassiter showed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
customers that you don’t burn out. At least I haven’t yet! Sharing the Passion Skullcandy sponsors leading surf and skate teams and partners with prominent athletes, such as NBA stars James Harden and Kevin Durant, and nationally known DJs, View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
led to a pervasive problem: Virtually all e-commerce companies are losing money. So when we started working on a case with Zalora—a Southeast Asian fashion e-commerce company led by Paulo Campos (MBA 2010)—we thought about deliberately... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
consistent brand message. In the United States, BMW is a relatively new brand, some thirty or forty years old in terms of its American presence. Yuppies who bought BMWs in the 1980s now have kids, but kids are never going to buy the car their parents own. So BMW,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
longer underrepresented,” says Hu. “This is an opportunity to get the whole community involved and help change minds as well as create the seeds of more equitable systems in the long term.” STUDENTS READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
a “she-covery” will require support for women at every level of the labor force. “We really are at a turning point for the global economy,” Collenette adds. “Post-pandemic, either we fashion a world where women take their rightful place... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
love the fashion world and the high jinks of high school and all that stuff, but really at its core was this sort of theme of trying to figure yourself out and trying to navigate the world when you're constantly feeling like you don't... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
phone. AVA is an invitation-only shopping platform. The company addresses the gap between the growing market demand for fashion and the lack of availability of branded merchandise and e-commerce websites in the Philippines. CardSwap.ca is... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
None of us knew anything about retailing or luxury brands. Walt guided us with a blend of wisdom and humor, like an academic Woody Allen. And he loved to write in a hammer-like fashion on that blackboard. Might be the most fun we had of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
wanted to work with," says Wallace, who combines a winning personality with a team-spirit approach to the ACOG mission. "I try to support him in any fashion that will allow him to make the best use of his time. When I get involved with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
strategy, we found that there were thirteen markets in America where the majority of fashion goods are sold. In each of those markets, there is a central place where people do their serious shopping. We've designed the stores to be an... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
effective workout, but you also walk out of the class literally feeling like a rock star. "It's incredible to fashion a fitness program based on Bollywood music and dance because the category itself is one that people of different... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
attendance is required, and therefore students are engaged. Those are the real drivers of the learning here. Our entrepreneurship courses and our programs are fantastic, but if we weren’t building on the base of the overall MBA experience, they wouldn’t be nearly as... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
fashion closet, thousands of books, original artwork for magazine covers — “and it was the sale of the century,” says Moore with pride. “It was also a wonderful redistribution of the wealth within the building.” In addition, the sale... View Details