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Is Your Company Ready for the Circular Economy?

Harvard Business Review

So in 2010, I started this foundation and coined the "circular economy" term to help frame the concept. First, business because they can drive change fast. The business model changes. The marketing model changes. We looked at the three biggest segments — packaging, food waste, and apparel.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Here's my take on the 10 big stories in sustainability and green business this year: The usual sustainability drivers got stronger. Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). trillion market for clothes and shoes.

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Retail Revolution: We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Harvard Business Review

The panel made one thing clear: just when any sensible person might have concluded that e-commerce business models had finally reached maturity, we are witnessing a veritable explosion of new ones. While GILT and its rivals sell across verticals (apparel, home, travel, kids, local), OKL deals in just one big one: home.

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