The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They believe the key is the growth rates of companies that adopt very different strategies, with those whose investments focus more on capital than workers seeming to enjoy greater success than those whose investments are more people-oriented. In manufacturing, for instance, the ratio fell from 18% in 1981 to 12% in 2011.

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GDP Outsourcing Retail Finance 74

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The following are five mindful strategies you can start using right away to improve performance: Identify Choice Points: Choice points are the countless moments during a day when you’re interrupted mid-task, confronted with a new priority, or have a thought that breaks your focus. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 191, 2011, 36–43.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Strategy Covey 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

This holiday season, many retailers are pondering a similar question: "Do we really have to give away so much margin?". The resulting "have and have not" economy is shaping each retailer's pricing strategy. As a result, retailers are expecting a good holiday season. In fact, price matching is a strategy to raise prices.

Retail 14

Retail Discount Price Advertising 14

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Do you agree with this approach?

Brand 65

Brand Leadership Marketing Strategy Media 65

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 14, 2011

by John • April 14, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. April 26, 2011 at 11:20 pm. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011.

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Price CEO Brand Discount 100

Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

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. I’m focusing on health and fitness, and to that end I’m inviting you to join me.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 214

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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Fashion Press Release Discount PR 124

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

It's emerged as this season's hot holiday pricing strategy for online retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy: dynamic pricing. That's the strategy, employed by industries such as airlines, in which a seller moves prices up and down quickly, charging similar customers different prices for the same product or service.

Retail 8

Retail Price Strategy Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

The big question for many leaders as they look toward 2011 is: "How can my company be one of them?". Leaders need to look past Wall Street-pleasing adjacencies or new businesses, and instead make sure their core strategy will result in long-term success. That's because winning strategies don't start outside the company.

Strategy 15

Strategy Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

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. Many retailers are responding with across-the-board price promotion strategies. Unemployment remains high. cost per meal) or at an individual unit level.

Retail 15

Retail P&L Merchandising Hedge 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Penney in November 2011 with a mandate to turn the ailing retailer around, all eyes were on him. He had an amazing legacy: Senior VP of Retail Operations at Apple pioneering the concept of the Apple Retail stores and the Genius Bar. And indeed he had a very innovative strategy for J.

Retail 11

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 11

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 !

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Among my questions to them: How are you thinking about strategy these days? Some tentative conclusions: There is not much of a market for stand-alone strategy studies any more. Strategy has triumphed, the installed base is huge, no self-respecting company would be without one. This poses a dilemma for consulting firms.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year?

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 316

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

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Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

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.

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Resources Newsletter Retail Strategic Planning 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

We frequently find that executive teams understand the potential of a reinvented distribution strategy; however, they are unclear on how to proceed. Here are three strategies for developing digital distribution approaches that minimize risk: Embrace Stealth. During this period, Home Depot was compelled to carry Cree products.

Strategy 10

Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

Coaching Tip

JULY 7, 2011

Moreover, attracting and retaining talent is “at the top of the agenda” for CEOs, according to the 2011 Annual Global CEO Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. An expert in integrating workplace design and communications strategies, she is a sought-after designer, consultant, and conference presenter.

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Armstrong Storytelling White Paper Brand 108

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

One retail CTO summed it up well at a recent SAS event when he said, “We don’t want to just struggle through and be hanging by our fingertips when the economy recovers. Thinking long-term has led this retailer’s CEO to investigate real estate purchases at lower rates and to buy up high-end equipment now while the prices are low.

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Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

Remarkably, the leading challenger is online retailer Amazon, with its Kindle Fire tablet. The big exception is Amazon, With the Kindle Fire, which was introduced last year, it is pressing forward with a full-fledged ecosystem strategy. The most viable rival to Apple's iPad isn't produced by a traditional hardware firm.

Strategy 15

Strategy eBook Library Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

And they love to pursue them, deadline commitments or old strategies be damned. They forget that the strategy which took them from small to midsize has already proven itself a winner. So they begin tinkering with their core strategy, burning up resources while their companies wander off their tried-and-true growth path.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Before you ever craft a sales strategy or walk into a client meeting, whether or not you have a chance of success has already been decided by how you think about your work, what you have to do, and how you do it. Also, create a longer-term plan with a seventeen- to eighteen-month strategy. This plan will help you get through the year.

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Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. Cómo consigue una marca la confianza de sus (potenciales) clientes | Soy Digital 2011 says: January 3, 2011 at 5:14 pm [.] Social Media UY says: January 11, 2011 at 11:31 am [.]

Brand 65

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 65

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

The increase in private sector jobs suggests that retail and factory jobs will continue to climb. Many small business owners seek long term tax strategies rather than year-by-year decisions that make planning for the future of their business impossible. Will the steady increase in the economy translate into a positive hiring forecast?

Uncertainty 57

Uncertainty Insurance Newsletter Incentives 57

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2012

Penney's switch to its Fair and Square Everyday Low Pricing Strategy , even I have been surprised at how miserably the strategy is faring so far. During its first quarter under the new pricing strategy , same store sales dropped by 18.9%, store visits decreased by 10%, and the average spend was down by 5%. Today, J.C.

Price 10

Price Strategy Discount Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Retailers historically need trained stored managers, a few great merchandisers, and, in most cases, store staff with a customer service orientation. We advocate that companies choose their own set of metrics tailored to their industries and strategies. Copyright (c) 2011. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Our most-read slideshow in 2011 was " Difficult Conversations: Nine Common Mistakes." We sat down with Gartner's Anthony Bradley, author of The Social Organization , and HBS's Misiek Piskorski, author of " Social Strategies that Work ," to talk about the future of this fast-growing phenomenon. How Retailers Are Reinventing Shopping.

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Video Porter Charisma Customer Loyalty 15

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. billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy. I speak from experience. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

Motivation 51

Motivation Management How To Retail 51

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

APRIL 9, 2013

This pricing strategy failure could have been anticipated by testing the concept with customers as well as learning from similar attempts to ditch discounts. Just as important, Johnson was trying to significantly change the retailer''s merchandise offerings and hence, its customer base. Failure Leadership transitions Retail'

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Discount Retail Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2018

Additionally, we examined individual-level grocery spending data from Point of Purchase Advertising International, which surveyed 2,400 grocery shoppers in 2011 and 2012 at 35 stores across 10 states. After they finished making their choices, they were shown a photo of a three-pack of chewing gum in a retail display.

Retail 8

Retail Participative Armstrong Video 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

With no official addresses, delivery of online purchases or local retail distribution near these people was almost impossible until the two companies entered into partnerships with local community groups to map these areas. Between 2004 and 2011, only 1.4% This opened up the potential for delivery.

Strategy 8

Strategy Insurance Transportation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What caused the retailer’s problems in Canada, and what are the lessons learned? Global expansion had been on Target’s mind for some time, and growth through physical stores rather than e-commerce seemed to be the retailer’s preferred path. As Target found, international expansion is difficult, even for top retailers.

Retail 8

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

All the world's apparel manufacturers and retailers have joined the race to clothe China. Meanwhile, the number of people agreeing with the statement "I build my wardrobe around different occasions and needs" rose from 36% in 2010 to 45% in 2011. Apparel retailers in China face three challenges: Geographic.

Apparel 13

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. 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. How did this happen?

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Three and a half months after announcing a price increase in July 2011, Netflix had lost 800,000 customers and its stock nosedived from $291 to $75. While I don't condone it, most retailers set prices by simply marking up their wholesale costs. Thus, if wholesale prices go up, retail prices do too.

Price 13

Price Retail Press Release Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

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Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15