Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Penney’s recent announcement that it is resurrecting its print catalog reflects a trend of retailers returning to the print medium as an important sales and marketing tool. While Bloomingdale’s and Saks Fifth Avenue have been mailing catalogs for years, now specialty retailers are picking up the tactic. billion. .”

Retail 8

Retail Brand Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

It's fascinating to watch where Cook has spent his time at work so far in 2012. Employees on the factory floor and in the retail stores are on the move, and it's not a completely positive journey. Wages and working conditions, particularly in China, have and will continue to receive intense media scrutiny.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Now Amazon can supplement that knowledge with direct, proprietary insights about the offline retail world. What Amazon will now study in the brick-and-mortar world – and more importantly, what it learns and how it applies the insights – can transform consumer retail in the United States. Changing price perception.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The Future of Retail. There are troubling signs for the country's retailers as Americans continue to slow down their spending and hunt for deep discounts. Most retailers are just hoping to eek out a slight increase over the year before. No one expects a blockbuster holiday season.

Tactics 15

Tactics Retail Discount Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What caused the retailer’s problems in Canada, and what are the lessons learned? In Target’s annual 2012 report , then-CEO Gregg Steinhafel mentioned Target’s “two years of exceptional dedicated and hard work” to prepare for the international expansion. Still, there are many globally successful retailers.

Retail 8

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

According to NPR , retailers are also getting in on the action — JC Penney is just one major brand that's planned fundraisers and service projects for today. Social Media Ads “Go Native,” Will Hit $9.2B Spending on social media advertising in 2012 is $4.6 SHOW MEME THE MONEY. by 2016 (AdWeek). billion in 2016.

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Advertising Media Retail Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Few industries illustrate the Big Data wars better than the media business. Early results show that it is working — and that many pre-Web media companies should be concerned. The Big Data wars are hardly limited to the media industry. The company says the series brought in 2 million new U.S.

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ROI Company Learning Curve Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Consider Zynga, which lost $209 million in 2012 — but is still valued at about $2 billion because of the cash it raised and because its revenue is still growing. For example, if you had 1,000 paying customers in 2011, how many of them were still with you as paying customers in 2012? Or take giant online retailer Amazon.

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Quality Metrics Diversity Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

With of our increasingly audio-enabled media environment , the strategic use of sound can play an important role in positively differentiating a product or service, enhancing recall, creating preference, building trust, and even increasing sales. SNCF’s Audio Logo, 2012. SNCF’s Audio Logo, 2008.

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Brand Advertising B2C B2B 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% We set about investigating the financial costs and benefits of the uptake of sustainable and deforestation-free beef by ranchers, slaughterhouses, and retailers in Brazil. of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. Apart from their success as entrepreneurs, they all share one distinct characteristic: extensive cross-cultural experience. as young adult.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Retailers such as America’s Best Buy and Germany’s Media Markt also quit China last year while after nine years, Britain’s Tesco concluded that it was unlikely to make a dent on its own in China and entered into a joint venture with a state-owned enterprise, China Resources Enterprise.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Retail Chemicals Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

Not too long ago, I was asked to give a presentation on the state of digital media and how well brands are intersecting the worlds of marketing and technology. Prior to my closing keynote, there was a panel discussion about the state of media. One senior media executive was discussing the power of "a four screen world."

Advertising 8

Advertising Media Marketing Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The proliferation of cheap bandwidth is making it easier than ever to consume media via download instead through the purchase of a physical good. So, naturally, watching their profit margin drop precipitously as customers flock to these other retail centers, Best Buy is trying to figure out a way to compete.

Price 8

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. Fueling this explosion is a fact of national culture: Indians love media. hours of media and entertainment a day, while 70 percent of the national population spends money on content, both online and off. billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus).

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2012

We also acquired India's largest media products distribution company to deliver magazines, books, and DVDs to thousands of vendors across the country. In March 2012, we sold off the company to India's largest retailer, the Future Group, which was keen to own the business as part of its strategy to grow private label brands.

Marketing 13

Marketing Film GDP Media 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Some of us decided to try, and last year for the first time we put out the idea of “Giving Tuesday” – or, more properly styled for the age of social media, #GivingTuesday. In the latter half of November 2012, there were more than 800 media hits for #GivingTuesday. Corporate social responsibility Social enterprise Social media'

Decentralization 9

Decentralization Media Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012. On Social Media Becoming Social Business. Penney's new CEO on how to create an irresistible retail experience. Work is like weightlifting: Alternate stress with recovery to gradually build your capacity. Why I Hire People Who Fail. by Jeff Stibel. by Dorie Clark. by James Allworth.

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Blog Silverman Govindarajan Letter 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

The scrappy startup, launched in 2012, offered a blades-by-subscription service for as little as $3 a month and quickly grew to a team of 45 engineers and 3.2 The economic slowdown in China has slowed brick and mortar retail in the country. Buttoned-down Unilever just paid $1 billion dollars for the Dollar Shave Club.

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Business Model Retail Brand Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As mobile devices and borderless technology networks like Facebook, Google, and Tencent increasingly connect billions of people around the world, everything about the pace, profile, and application of modern media is changing. In 2012, Amazon reported that one second of latency in page loading cost the company an average of $1.6

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Marketing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

A few years ago, one of the world's largest retailers had literally hundreds of initiatives going after same-store sales growth. But when the retailer took a more careful look, it found that its best opportunity was to get people to buy more in the categories they were already shopping (such as apparel or electronics or groceries).

Retail 11

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

million customers and an annual revenue of 4 million dollars, social media service Buffer has grown by introducing useful products and exemplary customer service. Buffer builds tools to help businesses manage and analyze their social media activity. billion dollars in sales (a 50% increase over 2012) in the Etsy marketplace alone.

Company 9

Company Business Model Workshop Metrics 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

Using data from the 2012 survey, we also found that boards gave their companies'' very poor grades on talent management. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Penney''s board ousted Ron Johnson they reinstated his predecessor Mike Ullman.

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Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

A hybrid of humans and AI is remaking retail, marketing, and customer service. It turns out that AI, just like humans, struggles to make tough decisions about what content should and should not be included in our daily diets of social media, depending on what criteria or values we want to impose.

Content 8

Content Trends Media Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As you take some time to reflect, relax, and renew before the year to come, we offer you our most popular multimedia content from the year that was: podcasts, videos, slideshows, and infographics that we hope help you chart a successful course in 2012. Social Media's Untapped Power. How Retailers Are Reinventing Shopping.

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Video Porter Charisma Customer Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

But as behavioral scientist Cass Sunstein has cautioned , there are sound uses for personal data on social media if handled ethically. Americans (around 250 Likes, on average, in 2012), computer algorithms were better at judging a person’s personality than their co-workers, friends, and even family members. It’s a chore.

Marketing 8

Marketing Advertising Ethics Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

But when I learned that our retail partners had recently started asking about the impact of our sustainability programs, I agreed that Cabot would undergo the rigorous B Corp certification process to provide an objective measure. In 2012, Cabot became a certified B Corp. Winning Over Conscious Consumers.

Cooper 8

Cooper Benchmarking Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. However, during their prime working years, most Manizalenos would move to Bogota (7 million people) or Medellin (2.5

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Mentor Banking Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

In closing some of their e-commerce properties, Naspers, a media and internet empire, noted that it was a “sad day for e-commerce” in Africa and cited “unprofitability” as a reason. Take Jumia , a leading online retailer in Nigeria that sells everything from home goods to mobile phones to health and beauty supplies.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Open-book Marketing System 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

After opening up retail locations throughout the United States, the American stores were flooded by foreign buyers purchasing iPhones in bulk in order to take them back and sell them to the scores of people yearning for these products overseas. His answer? "We We didn''t. It just kind of happened.". Take Apple as a prime example.

Globalization 8

Globalization Brand Marketing Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. Ford decided to create a mechanism that lets the head of social media connect directly to Ford’s CEO, Alan Mulally. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast-food chain: It has 36,200 retail outlets in 119 countries, 6,700 of which are owned by the corporation; the rest are run as franchises. million in 2012, with the proportion of these totals derived from gains from stock-based compensation ranging from 37% in 2006 to 77% in 2010.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Similarly, ten years ago, it would have been impossible to predict or justify Amazon becoming the leader in cloud computing simply as a consequence of its own scale in online retail. So the media giant took its market information and standardized a programmable interface, allowing others to access and enrich the data with other functionality.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

18, Burger King woke up to one whopper of a social media problem. Banning social media altogether is no longer a realistic option. Retreating from social media means ceding a significant competitive advantage. Believe it or not, the most common password in 2012 was still "password" (followed closely by "123456").

Media 15

Media Company Competitive Advantage Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

As the founder of a firm that helps launch products, services, businesses, and communities, I’ve watched the days of an embargoed launch date and a single exclusive media story disappear. When it comes to choosing media to support a new product launch, consider the target market. More apps of this nature are surfacing every day.

Media 8

Media Tactics Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

18, Burger King woke up to one whopper of a social media problem. Banning social media altogether is no longer a realistic option. Retreating from social media means ceding a significant competitive advantage. Believe it or not, the most common password in 2012 was still "password" (followed closely by "123456").

Media 8

Media Company Competitive Advantage Follow-up 8