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Dressing China

Harvard Business Review

All the world's apparel manufacturers and retailers have joined the race to clothe China. According to a 2007 McKinsey & Co. Meanwhile, the number of people agreeing with the statement "I build my wardrobe around different occasions and needs" rose from 36% in 2010 to 45% in 2011. Three years later, the number had jumped to 28%.

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How This Lingerie Store Boosted its Bottom Line, Despite the Downturn

Harvard Business Review

Among its intimate apparel store peers — who are in the business of helping women find the perfect undergarments through a sometimes thrilling and at other times exasperating process — Journelle stands out. From the first quarter of 2007 to 2008 bankruptcy filings for small businesses grew 33%.

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How This Lingerie Store Boosted its Bottom Line, Despite the Downturn

Harvard Business Review

Among its intimate apparel store peers — who are in the business of helping women find the perfect undergarments through a sometimes thrilling and at other times exasperating process — Journelle stands out. From the first quarter of 2007 to 2008 bankruptcy filings for small businesses grew 33%.

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5 Bad Reasons to Start a For-Profit Social Enterprise

Harvard Business Review

According to a recent JPMorgan/GIIN report , impact investors invested nearly $11 billion across 4,900 deals in 2013, up 250% from 2011. It’s easy to scan headlines and see undisciplined for-profit companies (take GM, American Apparel). Echoing Green first supported a for-profit in 2007 and since then we have provided $10.4