In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

Today, 40% of Nike’s revenue comes from apparel and sporting goods. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Mired in the complexity of an unrelated product line, Campbell’s leaders keep plugging along trying to do more of the same, only better. They are kidding themselves.

Company 177

Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 26, 2012

More than 60 blogs later, I remain of the view that the vast majority of the strategic tenets that guided me as a CMO and CEO remain valid today. With forty years in the saddle, hundreds of dusty trails and a few fistfights along the way, I have an oasis of management insight in which to draw. Monster takes the opposite view.

Reis 240

Reis Brand Apparel Energy 240

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Today, Varsity Brands includes Varsity Spirit, BSN Sports (sports apparel, footwear, and equipment) and Herff Jones (school graduation and achievement products). Webb continues to work closely with the Varsity Brands’ senior management including new CEO Matthew Rubel.

Development 150

Development Team Sports Apparel 150

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Pamela Fields, chief executive of Stetson, the hat and apparel company “People know that they can come to me and [.]. Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times.

Apparel 70

Apparel Execution Company Book Value 70

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately. In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings.

CEO 15

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2016

Most boards of directors know what to do when their CEO is accused of illegal activity. In most cases, the CEO is terminated. It is much less obvious what actions the board should take when the CEO is accused of behavior that is questionable but not illegal. years after initial occurrence. Of the 38 companies in our sample.

CEO 8

CEO Sample Reputation Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

Phil Knight, former chair and CEO of Nike, tells the story of starting the sports apparel and equipment giant after taking an entrepreneurship class at Stanford and teaming up with his former track coach, Bill Bowerman. Together (and with the help of a waffle iron) they changed how running shoes are designed and made.

Innovation 8

Innovation Apparel Succession Download 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

costofweddings.com estimates that the average couple spends $24,000 per wedding, probably an underestimate once one adds up a year's worth of planning for apparel, beauty treatments (including weight loss), officiants and music, venues and catering, and numerous other services. CEOs must beware. In the U.S., Not exactly.

CEO 16

CEO Apparel GDP Audience 16

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 19, 2015

One can appreciate the importance of this question by looking at the failures of leaders like former BP CEO Tony Hayward, who during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill voiced his frustration with all the media attention on this environmental disaster by saying how he just ‘wanted to get his life back’ Or when Chip Wilson, founder of athletics (..)

Leadership 100

Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Apparel 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately. In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings.

CEO 8

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Patagonia has always behaved as a maverick company, and its concern for sustainability has led it to pursue a new initiative: it's now actively encouraging consumers to buy less of Patagonia's new apparel. An undercurrent of Patagonia's message is that consumers should buy high-quality apparel that will last a very long time.

Apparel 14

Apparel Price Tactics Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

The word can be uttered by a CEO speaking to employees or Wall Street analysts. But there are thorny cultural, strategic, political, and budget issues that must be confronted by CEOs and other leaders if they want to ensure that their organizations can be hospitable to — rather than hostile to — new ideas.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Instead of thinking of itself merely as a sports apparel manufacturer, the company has purposefully developed a “connected fitness” ecosystem. Under Armour intends to enable these platforms to grow independently, while reaping aggregated data that can inform and expand its apparel designs. Under Armour, Inc.

Loyalty 14

Loyalty Marketing Apparel Maslow 14

In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

CEOs talk focus all the time and nod to its importance, but few take the necessary measures to cut through complexity and clear a path to clarity and coherence. Back in the ‘90s, LEGO had cluttered its corporate structure with the complexity that comes with acquiring a variety of businesses from apparel to theme parks.

Apparel 100

Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

One CEO we know worried that some principles developed by his senior team were too generic to help them evaluate different operating model options. Once the blueprint is developed, we find that the best CEOs focus not only on the capabilities that matter, but on the individuals and teams that matter.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

People will continue to debate Procter & Gamble''s move to replace CEO Bob McDonald with his immediate predecessor A.G. In fact, the number of boards in each sector and region who said they did not discuss CEO succession regularly astonished us. food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Succession 8

Succession Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For our recent book we studied companies from a broad range of industries that operate this way, including Apple, CEMEX, Danaher, Haier, IKEA, Inditex (known for its Zara apparel business), Starbucks and many others. Danaher, similarly, has good relationships with activist investors.

Management 8

Management Short-term Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

Some retailers and manufacturers—in the apparel, footwear, and electronics industries—have launched programs to make their customers interested in preserving their products and preventing things that still have value from going to the landfill. At the same time, offering repair supports the perceived quality of its products.

Company 8

Company Apparel Incentives Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

CEO Eddie Lampert’s alienating management style and lack of retail prowess has prompted a mass exodus of executives and has left the company with few leaders who really care about the brand. Once a lifeline for customers in rural areas with few shopping options, Sears has played an important role in many people’s lives.

Retail 8

Retail Brand Airlines Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Besides Burberry and Dunhill, two Italian brands, Armani and Ermenegildo Zegna, and one German brand, Hugo Boss, dominate the apparel market. We expect this wave of growth to continue across a wide range of consumer luxury goods and services, including apparel, watches, wine, cars, travel, home goods, education, and health care.

Marketing 9

Marketing Apparel Short-term Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., ” Finally, boards should always be checking that they have the right CEO in charge. Additional responses from this second survey wave were predominantly concentrated in the Middle East, Asia, and Western Europe.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

From the Pope to global CEOs to almost all the world’s political leaders, the most powerful people got on board. CEOs from some of the world’s largest companies put out public statements backing a strong climate deal. And an unlikely group of new voices joined the fight. It was a year of amazing progress — mostly.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Five years earlier, when he’d stepped into his role, he’d been focused on growing the company that his father, Eric — the previous CEO — had founded.

Case Study 13

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together. And today I’m talking with Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront. Let’s say it’s an apparel company, right.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

LDRLB

JULY 17, 2013

One such Strategista is Kay Krill, CEO of Ann Taylor (and Loft), a “ bellwether ” woman’s apparel retail store. In 1999, six years before she was appointed CEO, Kay “gave birth to triplets” – her twin boys and the new “Ann Taylor Loft” (now just “Loft”) retail stores.

Competitive Advantage 150

Competitive Advantage Taylorism Taylor Restructuring 150

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

Nike had a rich and authentic connection to high performance athletics, which began when legendary running coach Bill Bowerman made his first experimental soles using the waffle iron in his kitchen and CEO Phil Knight sold shoes at local track meets out of the trunk of his car. Nike was a company of, by, and for athletes.

Company 9

Company Apparel Brand Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

According to Christophe Primault , CEO of GetApp, just 10% of consumers find what they’re looking for when interacting with online content. If somebody listens to a “Morning Run” playlist, Spotify might deliver ads for running shoes or athletic apparel. Let’s face it — U.S.

Marketing 8

Marketing Software Brand Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

“The ‘family’ attribute has a different meaning depending on your target customer,” said Andrew Steiner, vice-president of marketing and customer operations for Ameripride, which has been supplying laundered apparel and linens to restaurants and auto shops since 1889. The companies surveyed had average sales of $3.48

B2B 8

B2B Press Release Construction Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

When I would listen to CEOs, I heard them say things like we're going to use five percent less materials in five years or make a product with 10 percent less material. Then I met three people — a Dutch CEO, a Welch education expert and a German scientist — who saw things in a very different way. I had no experience here.

Company 10

Company Apparel Engineering Welch 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2012

In the spirit of being balanced, a few points: (1) even with a few good actors, worker treatment is a systemic challenge common to electronics, apparel, and any other sector with complex, worldwide supply chains; (2) Apple has put some effort into improving supplier conditions and CEO Tim Cook replied last week to the concerns; (3) Consumers also take (..)

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel Cost Morale 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. Journelle in New York City is no ordinary store.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

For example, the Spanish apparel retailer Inditex, known for its clothing brand Zara, has turned the fashion industry on its head by perfecting its capabilities in fast, fashion-forward design and rapid-response manufacturing. They design and build their own bespoke capabilities that set them apart from other companies.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

But that happy union of stakeholder and shareholder interests arguably lasts only as long as Wood remains CEO (adding fuel to Worthy’s point that cultures of “friendly, easy, comfortable relations between boss and subordinate,” must flow organically from the top down to the supervisory ranks.) We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Outdoor and apparel retailer L.L.Bean says it is experimenting with the page count of the catalogs it sends to regular website shoppers. The extravagant catalog is part of the company’s effort of “becoming a brand worthy of loving,” as chairman and CEO Gary Friedman explains.

Retail 8

Retail Brand Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

But CEOs can't rely on cost-cutting to keep their profit momentum going — it's gone about as far as it can at most companies. 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

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Here, Try Some Nixon and Kimchi: How the Garment Industry Came to Bangladesh Planet Money I admit it: The reference to Nixon and kimchi in the headline got me to read it, but this piece on how Bangladesh came to be a world center for apparel manufacturing held my interest. You''d better believe that Bangladesh is involved.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

According to Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, “It’s not a business issue. After a terrible fire killed many workers in Bangladesh apparel factories, European retailers Primark and C&A worked to establish long-term compensation funds for victims and their families. How should business respond to the growing prominence of this issue?

Golden Parachute 11

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 11