Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

China is America's third-largest export market, behind Canada and Mexico, accounting for 7% of US exports as of August 2011. Because of the constraints imposed on real estate development by Beijing, the demand for steel, and scrap, is likely to flatten and even fall. Most of these imports went to American multinational giants.

Apparel 14

Apparel Real Estate Automotive Globalization 14

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 12, 2016

Guest post from Michael Klassen : After three decades of working in marketing, I thought I had heard or read nearly every story of innovation and entrepreneurship out there. Along with products, Haight-Ashbury hippies conceived of innovative ideas that transformed product development and advertising.

Apparel 120

Apparel Innovation Advertising Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

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. Sales & Marketing Adapted from.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

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 ). Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2012

While GILT and its rivals sell across verticals (apparel, home, travel, kids, local), OKL deals in just one big one: home. Extreme Service: Not long ago, Net-À-Porter , the full-price fashion site acquired by Richemont in 2010, represented the ultimate in service: beautiful packaging; personal shoppers, new selections every day.

Retail 15

Retail Fashion Merchandising Apparel 15