Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

As retailers tally up sales from the crucial holiday period, the early returns look good: spending rebounded in 2010, with MasterCard reporting a 5.5 percent — and the 2010 holiday season may mark the first time that online spending accounts for more than 10 percent of all gift purchases. Online spending jumped by 15.4

Price 14

Price Retail Strategy Discount 14

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

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Execution Gap Maker #2: Nokia Nokia’s share of the worldwide market for mobile phones continued to slip in 2010. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. What went wrong?

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It closed out the 2010 fiscal year with €11.97 billion in retail managed resources, of which €8.43 It has resulted in positive cash flows, occupancy of over 90%, and higher levels of customer and employee satisfaction in 2010. By comparison, it had a negative cash flow and and occupancy rate of only 60% in 2006.

CEO 10

CEO Creativity Automotive Participative 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

The New York Times exposed the international retail giant's history of bribing Mexican government officials in order to dominate that market. One of every five Wal-Mart stores is in Mexico, where it is now the largest retailer. Wal-Mart made headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. Was its market dominance worth the price?

Execution 12

Execution Retail Report Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

In June 2010, I queued outside an Apple store for a couple of hours to secure a new iPhone 4. But this little calculation is not really drawing the right comparison. While waiting, I took a photo and edited it on my old iPhone, which, as you can see you can see from the artistic result to the left, was working perfectly well.

Insurance 12

Insurance Price Entrepreneur Cost 12

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. The millions of customers in its database represent the gamut of buying histories, buying propensities, profitability, demographics and cost to serve.

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50