Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

We’re having a giveaway for a $75 gift certificate to any product (out of the millions of items available) from CSN Stores. This online retailer offers everything from bedroom furniture, luggage, shoes and bags, home and garden accessories, and also living room and dining furniture, like this chest of drawers. 2 Cheryl W.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 9, 2010

He’s also a multiple year nominee for Best Leadership Blog. You still have until midnight December 14th to vote. Prove to Others That You’re Proving It to Yourself by Steve Farber (posted 11/22/10) Extreme Leadership is not a solo act; it doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! Click here to cancel reply.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

In fact, a great way to increase productivity in a workplace is to cross-train employees across departments. John Durfee is a Gulf War veteran and the marketing manager for Airsplat, the nation’s largest retailer of Airsoft Guns including Spring Airsoft Rifles. The temperature is dropping quickly in the desert night.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Since I moved to Portland in 2010 I’ve become fascinated with a particular kind of business person – Oregon entrepreneurs. We’re giving our employees the opportunity to take ownership of their position – and when you give somebody that, and reward them, you get the best quality product.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Tom Borders told me that they decided to hire a CEO whose experience was in retailing versus a strategic marketing expert. The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. While sales at U.S.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 29, 2014

It wasn’t hard to like Sarah Young as soon as we walked into her downtown store back in 2010, when we first moved to Portland. Before SaySay) I’d always worked retail as a part-time job in addition to my full time “real” job, because I loved it. And, the product is a local brand ( Sock it to Me ).

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 28, 2011

Orientation: Step 1 in creating High Performance Teams Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Category: Leadership , Management , Power Point , manager training Comments Leave a Reply All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Positive Illusion an Elbow to the Crotch of Your Dogmatic Leadership & Team Building Tuesday, July 06th, 2010 Posted by: mike image from Grand Illusions THE IMAGE ABOVE IS NOT MOVING! All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio How to Identify Project Stakeholders Interest Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 Posted by: mike Attempting to institute new projects and processes within an existing culture can prove to be Sisyphean. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Setting a precedent Rath & Strong’s Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio 12 Steps To Building & Maintaining The Team Thursday, December 09th, 2010 Posted by: mike 3 circles image = TM John Adair (1) Leading & Working in teams 3 areas of focus are necessary; Team : the need to develop and maintain good working relationships among team members. All rights reserved.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 Posted by: mike The eXponent Leadership Process consists of coaching leaders to determine their capability to work as a manager as well as to determine the capability of direct reports. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Ramblings on Leadership & Schizophrenic Delegation Thursday, October 14th, 2010 Posted by: mike Dear leader, Leadership is tough – and we all have broken models inside our head. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. michael cardus is create-learning photo by J.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The Future of Retail. Retailers face several challenges as they enter the 2011 holiday season. Gas prices have risen 90% from 2008 to 2010, leaving consumers with $160 billion less spending money per year. Unemployment remains high. cost per meal) or at an individual unit level.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio 9 Team Dynamics That Get Results Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team dynamics defined as the motivating and driving forces that propel a team toward its goal and mission 1. Oct 2010 Another great post I would add 2 others items. Oct 2010 Martin. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The reforms include changes to retail, airlines, broadcast and power sectors. The changes in retail are significant; Wal-Mart, IKEA, and Tesco can now compete against indigenous retailers in India. Fifty-one percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is permitted in Multi Brand Retail (MBR). But there are restrictions.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Shoppers gauged quality by the look and feel of a product. To embrace this market shift, retailers will need to experiment with a range of technologies and strategies across marketing, supply chain, and merchandising. In categories like furniture and beauty, retailers are experimenting with other ways to offer sensory experiences.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2011

While Black Friday and Cyber Monday were successful days for the retail sector, these two days alone are not a panacea to the sector's performance challenges. Some retailers will continue this momentum. The difference between the two sets of retailers? Smart retailers jump out of the pot before it boils. Others will not.

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CO2

JULY 6, 2010

As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. I have been a leader throughout my whole career which started in late teens when I was fortunate enough to be provided with an opportunity to participate in a two-year supervisor traineeship with a large retailer in Adelaide.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. In order to assess the future of retail, we need to understand the sector's current impact on our entire economy, and the direction that Washington is taking the retail industry with policies that are being shaped today. Retail contributes $2.5

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In the physical world, retailers have become quite adept at following the relatively faint tracks shoppers leave in their stores, primarily through their participation in loyalty schemes. Retailers can’t tell what shoppers looked at but didn’t buy, or whether they forgot something that they likely needed. Internet Retail'

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. Thank you again for listening to the StrategyDriven Podcast ! Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

New technologies and socioeconomic trends are reshaping the retail marketplace. The IBM Institute for Business Value recently surveyed over 30,000 people in three mature and three growth markets to discover what consumers will want from retailers in the future. No coupons, credit cards, special codes, or purchases are necessary.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. We launched in February of 2010, and within three weeks we'd beat our first-year sales goals. So even though we originally thought of ourselves as a technology-enabled fashion brand, we've gradually been finding ways to let our customers physically interact with our products.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly 8:25 AM Tuesday November 30, 2010 by Joshua Gans | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print This years holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2011

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Contact Mike Now To bring results to your team.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

This is where staff researchers review products that include kitchen and laundry appliances, cookware, coffeemakers, vacuum cleaners, recipes, and even bathing suits. Here, the Seal is awarded to a few select products that lab staffers deem worthy. Does anyone need experts to identify "good" products?

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Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010 People Skills and Personal Strengths - The Bottom Line Im in a "bottom-line" mood right now. Is it the clothing retail business? Copyright 2010. skip to main | skip to sidebar Building Personal Strength Helping people grow stronger for the challenges of work and life. Kind of a "no-BS" mood.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

We probably won’t be able to actually get the product for a couple of months after the launch. But is this the only way to launch new products? Imagine that something goes wrong and a hardware glitch makes it necessary to recall and/or repair all products (remember the iPhone4 Antenna problem)?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

I launched a number of successful business ventures, including OfficeMax and my newest business, Max-Wellness, a new and unique health and wellness retail chain. You can simply get rid of the troublesome employee and risk the consequences of lost productivity. billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy.

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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

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

The increase in private sector jobs suggests that retail and factory jobs will continue to climb. Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! Unfortunately, few expect a change in the 9.6 percent unemployment rate. The results are mixed.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

Meanwhile, plenty of other organic products, including vegetables, milk, and tea, have become widely consumed, at least by affluent, health-conscious city dwellers. ” Organic wine was not strongly embraced by distributors and retailers, either. As a result, many distributors and retailers were hesitant to add it sell it.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

Consumers have more products, brands, and retailers to choose from than ever. The authors of a 2010 HBR article shared two test situations with introverted or extroverted leaders and tested how they reacted to proactive suggestions from employees. Pricing is much more transparent. According to Nielsen, nearly half of U.S.

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