Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. Everyone shops at Aldi.

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Harry Gordon Selfridge, who founded the eponymous London-based retailer, did the unthinkable when he opened his first store in 1909, taking merchandise out from behind the counters so that customers could actually touch it. I want merchandise that people will desire. The patient needed radical surgery.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Retail Gordon Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 The best way to manage a fledgling business is for managers to be impatient for profit but patient for growth. With over $1 billion of venture capital money to invest in growth, what manager has time to worry about profitability?

Christensen 19

Christensen Fixed Costs Metrics Venture Funding 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

On June 14, 2011, JCP appointed Apple Store star Ron Johnson as CEO to replace what activist investor Bill Ackman derided as the completely failed regime of then-CEO Mike Ullman, who had apparently badly mismanaged JCP for his seven years at the helm. It has been a surreal two years for shareholders, customers, and employees of J.

Strategy 8

Strategy Execution Merchandising Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

Gary Vaynerchuk cites in his most recent book, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook , that community managers should curate these social moments (what he calls “jabs”) to provoke fans for an emotional reaction. All the merchandise sold is exclusive and limited run, refreshing every month. the “right hook”).

Brand 14

Brand How To Franchising Merchandising 14

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5 The average person and organization changes 71% per year. 35% of employees steal from the company.

Budgeting 81

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 81

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. As fast as we could pin an idea on the wall, some red-faced account manager in a bad suit would run away with it. Economically I probably helped shift some merchandise. At least creatively speaking. Enhanced a few companies’ bottom lines.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce leader, manages the world’s largest money market fund, and now plays an important role in financial and payment services. Indeed, from 2011 to 2017, the GAFAM companies (Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) acquired more than 65 leading-edge European technology companies.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Walmart went from a 3% share of the general merchandise retail market in 1982 to over 50% today. Vox is a digital publishing company known, in part, for its proprietary content management system. IT Does Matter.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8