HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources of Kellogg Company from July 2005 to December 2009. We are an iconic brand company with more than 400,000 team members, spanning across the globe in 25 countries and territories. PHOTO: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. .

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Globalization Crisis Health Care 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

Retail profits are plummeting. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. In all my years of studying and interacting with retailers, I have yet to meet one who doesn't worry about the optimal level of aggregate inventory that their firm should carry. There are a number of metrics that can be used to benchmark a retailer's inventory levels.

Retail 13

Retail Marketing Benchmarking Fixed Assets 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

In 2005 A.G. Soon retail brands aligned their strategies around two critical moments: 1) when a customer decides whether to purchase a product, and 2) when a customer uses the product for the first time. Brands understand this: 84% of retailers say creating a consistent customer experience across channels is very important.

Retail 10

Retail Supply Chain Loyalty Reis 10

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

For those organizations who have gender-balanced boards, data is striking: Since 2005, publicly traded companies with more than one women on their boards have seen stock market returns of a compound 3.7 Greenwell is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of national retailer The Finish Line, Inc.

Chief Operating Officer 50

Chief Operating Officer How To Leadership Telecommunications 50

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

© 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work? Recent Readers Visitors Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Competitive Advantage Slywotzky Licensing 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

million people who work as retail salespeople and cashiers and in food prep and service — the three largest occupations in the United States — earn poverty-level wages and have unpredictable schedules, few opportunities for success and growth, and little meaning and dignity in their jobs.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Retail Competitive Advantage Technology 8

Rajesh Setty

OCTOBER 14, 2008

She has a particular interest in Media and Retail companies and their transition to a Web-centric world. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) Her current focus, however, is primarily in the realms of Web 3.0 and Enterprise 3.0, and related infrastructure.

Entrepreneur 28

Entrepreneur Licensing Newsletter Books 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 You could almost hear the three-year plans of every grocer, and nearly every other traditional retailer, grinding through the shredding machines. retail sales, or $391 billion of $4.9

Retail 8

Retail Planning Agility Innovation 8

Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

Out of the Crisis resonated with me – not because of statistics, but because of the human factors, the psychology, and the workplace dynamics that I already recognized from the workplace, having worked a few part time retail jobs at that point. He is the founder and lead blogger and podcaster at LeanBlog.org , started in January 2005.

Deming 46

Deming TQM Kaizen Crisis 46

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

According to research presented at the 2012 Audio Branding Congress , congruent sound cues can increase the speed of a visual search for products (a key for success in both online and retail settings), as well as improve the perceived taste of food and wine (PDF). They launched an audio branding initiative in 2005 for two key reasons.

Brand 10

Brand Advertising B2C B2B 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Most of Steve Jobs' most quotable quotes come from that famous 2005 Stanford commencement speech, but there are better ones, CNN's Brandon Griggs maintains, offering up a sampling from George Beahm's new collection, I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words. WHO PUT ALL THOSE THINGS IN YOUR HEAD? The Other Things Steve Jobs Said (CNN Tech).

Sample 14

Sample Retail Resistance Tips 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Google''s 2005 purchase of YouTube fits into this category. Although Geek Squad appears to be operating within Best Buy''s retail shops, it remains a service business, managed separately from the retail operation. CEO Marissa Mayer acknowledged the long odds of making the $1.1

Advertising 8

Advertising Business Model Audience Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

And back in 2006, the GAO estimated that “contingent workers constituted a relatively constant proportion of the total workforce from 1995 through 2005.”. And yes, 53 million is more than 42.6 million and 34% is more than 31%, but the two surveys weren’t exactly counting the same people (moonlighters, for example, aren’t contingent workers).

MBO 10

MBO Survey Human Resources Self-aware 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

About the Research We looked at the background and performance data of 297 CEOs leading the largest companies in three different industries which are widely regarded as innovative: pharmaceuticals, high-tech, and fashion retail. There was no strong association between CEO background and firm performance in high-tech and fashion retail.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2016

In 2005 Amazon launched its Prime service, which offers members free two-day shipping. Brick-and-mortar retailers who found it hard to compete on price or variety highlighted that customers could immediately pick up products in their stores instead of waiting for days. Consider these three cases: Amazon’s Prime Now.

Advertising 8

Advertising Retail Content Brand 8

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Originally published on Management Craft April 26, 2005. In a world that is focused on big things—big business mergers, box office hits, platinum music CDs, supermodels, best-selling books, Humvees, big-box retailers—it’s nice to contemplate the power of the very small. Keep the progress big and the setbacks minuscule.

How To 69

How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 69

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Most of Steve Jobs' most quotable quotes come from that famous 2005 Stanford commencement speech, but there are better ones, CNN's Brandon Griggs maintains, offering up a sampling from George Beahm's new collection, I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words. WHO PUT ALL THOSE THINGS IN YOUR HEAD? The Other Things Steve Jobs Said (CNN Tech).

Sample 8

Sample Retail Resistance Tips 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Or that little book retailing site that opened its online door in 1995 and became the world’s largest online retailer. In 2005, McKesson invested in a David called RelayHealth that was in the connectivity business before connectivity was hot.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Airlines Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

billion leveraged private equity buyout in 2005, with the aim of turning the chain around, but the resulting debt has proved to be unserviceable. The news is part of a larger trend of closings that some are calling the retail apocalypse. Amazon has made a big push into physical retail, capped off by its $13.7

Retail 9

Retail Blue Ocean Strategy Mauborgne Comparison 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

Walgreens was a pioneer in the "self-service" format that is now ubiquitous in general-purpose pharmacies, and it became the largest self-service retailer in the country through the green-field development of new stores and distribution centers. So in 2005 Walgreens started to break with its traditions.

Strategy 14

Strategy First-mover Advantage Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

There is no fee charged to retailers who use it and no exorbitant interest rates lying in wait for consumers. retail businesses lose about $40 billion annually because of the theft of cash alone. However, this proportion is not growing; it has remained relatively static over the period 2005-2011, even as Mexico’s economy has grown.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Originally published on Management Craft April 26, 2005. In a world that is focused on big things—big business mergers, box office hits, platinum music CDs, supermodels, best-selling books, Humvees, big-box retailers—it’s nice to contemplate the power of the very small. Keep the progress big and the setbacks minuscule.

How To 40

How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

My friends in the industry tell me that bogey was met by 2005. Insurance companies are developing new understandings of risk, retailers are better stocking their shelves, and human resources is finding new sources of talent, just to name a few. Think Google.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. But the role is becoming important in many other industries as well, such as creative arenas (for example, product design in retail) and communications.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Well, Burrows was converted to the stores, at least: in a glowing 2005 piece, he professed that Apple had discovered what surely must be the future of retail. In 2001, they called Steve Jobs "The Graying Prince of a Shrinking Kingdom."

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage Software Health Care Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

As weaker competitors fail to adapt, the remaining incumbents are likely to increase their market share, as for example when Circuit City and other electronics retailers closed in response to new competition from Amazon and other better and cheaper Internet retailers. Since 2005, cable companies have lost ten million subscribers.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

I shared our goals for 2005 with him. We first introduced Neve Compacto, a low-energy paper product, in Italy, to help retailers save shelf space and moms save room in their storage closet. This was the first time we really put something down on paper. It’s been a huge success there.

CEO 8

CEO Company Reputation Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2005 the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Inc., Stumpf said in an earlier statement: “We are eliminating product sales goals because we want to make certain our customers have full confidence that our retail bankers are always focused on the best interests of customers.”

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

By contrast, since 2005, the importance of meaningfulness in driving job selection has grown steadily. Often, the people “in the trenches” (retail floor clerks, assembly line workers) have valuable insights into how operations can be improved. “Meaning is the new money, an HBR article argued in 2011.

Creativity 15

Creativity Report Conference Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The book retail platform was not yet burning. The HBR article describes how B&N moved on multiple fronts at once: It aggressively reduced costs in its core retail business while refocusing its stores around consumer needs. But the flames were about to rise.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

In 2005, average income was $407. She is a 58 year-0ld farmer who has seen a dramatic increase in household income as a result of the factory job her son has and the retail earnings of her daughter in law. On the other hand, incomes are on the rise. Four years later, it was $845 — a 20 percent compound annual growth rate.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Information Technology Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

How Dell went from dorm room startup in 1984, to the world''s largest PC maker in 2005, and then saw its stock plummet precipitously the next year, is the subject of a lengthy Harvard Business School case study by HBS professor Jan Rivkin. A Short History of Dell. Dell''s success can be attributed in large part to its "direct model."

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

In 2005, Hamdi Ulukaya purchased a yogurt factory in upstate New York that had been shuttered by Kraft Foods. Companies need to experiment with other means of going to market, including launching products with specialty retailers and using social media and other tools to drive word-of-mouth (and keystroke) marketing.

Word of Mouth Marketing 8

Word of Mouth Marketing Brand Marketing Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In 2005, fewer than 50 million credit cards were issued. In our recent interview of Francois Pinault, CEO of PPR, the French luxury producer and retailer, originally called Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, he told us that PPR's revenues in China would likely triple by 2020. There are other factors, too.

Marketing 9

Marketing Apparel Short-term Brand 9