Retail Trade - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Aug 2014
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E-Commerce Is Not Eating Retail

Keywords: e-commerce; bricks and mortar stores; retail industry; sales strategy; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers

19 Dec 2018
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Online Retailers Aim to Shake Up the Wedding Market

Keywords: online retail; weddings; fashion; e-commerce; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

status-symbol luxuries, like expensive watches or designer jeans. Why do consumers pay so much for products whose ingredients are well known to represent only a small proportion of the retail price? Beauty is certainly, as one recent... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

07 May 2016
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Retail in the Blood

last year was named CEO of notonthehighstreet.com, a 10-year-old website that hosts some 5,000 sellers of unique products and experiences in what some view as an increasingly commoditized retail environment. Amidst rumors of a potential... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

04 Sep 2019
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From Retail to Real Estate

traded national chain and generations-long family enterprise—until it was acquired by Walmart for $1.6 billion in 2009. As reported in the Bloomberg story, “Harvard Grad Solves His Family’s $1.6 Billion Liquidity Problem,” Ibañez was... View Details

21 Jul 2022
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How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail

overly dependent on downtown locations that were losing shoppers to suburban malls. Some New England rivals were opening discount stores in abandoned textile mills, which came with cheap rents and plenty of parking space. Mr. Feldberg, who had studied the history of... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers

25 Nov 2013
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Jumia Pioneers Online Retailing in Africa

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers

07 May 2014
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Hopscotch Acquires Online School Supplies Retailer SkoolShop

Keywords: Retail Trade

04 Mar 2013
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Young entrepreneurs sell Pushpins app to retail giant

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

06 May 2015
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Two Retail Veterans Take Aim at Amazon’s E-Commerce Reign

Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Nonstore Retailers

24 Feb 2014
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Why Raising Retail Pay Is Good for the Gap

Keywords: human capital; minimum wage; Retail Trade

12 Jan 2015
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Why Online Retailers Are Starting to Care About Your Feelings

Keywords: e-commerce; consumer behavior; innovation; Retail Trade

12 Feb 2020
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How Indie Bookstores Beat Amazon At The Bookselling Game: Lessons Here For Every Retailer

30 Jun 2019
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Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

Clubs News Clubs News Buffalo Alumni Explore the Future of Manufacturing Amid Global Turbulence The HBS Club of Buffalo hosted HBS Professor Willy Shih as a guest speaker in April for a talk on the impacts of global trade disputes on... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley