Remove 2004 Remove Franchising Remove Innovation Remove Marketing Strategy
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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines. The outcome of ‘doing less better’ in market scope has been stellar; past five years sales have doubled and earnings have tripled. With 60% of annual sales coming from innovative new products, it is clear that LEGO has not been idle. They’ve never franchised.

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