Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Seven American solar-equipment manufacturers have claimed that their Chinese counterparts enjoy an unfair cost advantage in the form of subsidies. China is America's third-largest export market, behind Canada and Mexico, accounting for 7% of US exports as of August 2011. Take the iPhone, perhaps the most famous "Made in China" product.

Apparel 14

Apparel Real Estate Automotive Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

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. The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

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. The results are staggering: same-store sales are up 55% from the first half of 2011 to the same period in 2012.

TSR 8

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Malthus strikes back: Coca-Cola takes an $800 million hit on commodity costs. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Until recently, determining who works when involved store managers manually slotting each employee into shifts on paper. As the argument goes, that’s good for workers, who don’t want to be bored or overwhelmed, and it’s good for retailers, whose biggest cost and revenue driver is typically labor. So what should retailers do?

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

In particular, many studies agree that a critical mass of women on boards — variously defined, but often somewhere around three women or 30% of the board — is positively correlated with performance measures like return on equity, Tobin''s Q, lower cost of debt, or quality of earnings. Many shareholders agree.

Diversity 8

Diversity Proposal Apparel Benchmarking 8