Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

degrees Celsius , or even 2 degrees (the stated long-term goals). Sectors calling for action included banking (Bank of America, Citi, Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo), the apparel industry (including Levi, Gap, Adidas, VF), and the World Economic Forum, which brought 79 CEOs together to urge action. Goals matter.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

They are consumers with big life aspirations and the discipline to reach their purpose and goals. These purpose driven supers felt an extraordinarily deep level of emotion for the retailer brand at levels typically associated powerful lifestyle brands in apparel and luxury goods.

Price 8

Price Brand Retail Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Imagine, for example, being promised a culture of innovation only to have every new idea you put forward dismissed. Take outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia. These are things an employer has not yet achieved but is earnestly working toward, often with the goal of setting itself apart from the competition.

Reputation 11

Reputation Brand Attrition How To 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

Fara Howard , VP of global marketing for the shoe and apparel firm Vans, describes her brand as “an intuitive brand that leads with its heart.” This key insight launched a campaign targeting this demographic that has, so far, more than doubled projected goals for the category. Market-driven CMOs are great listeners.

Leadership Styles 8

Leadership Styles Leadership Brand Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. Next, McGrath says, “you have to think very critically about what has to be true” to realize the profit goals.

Planning 9

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Procter & Gamble did this when it recently set a goal that, by 2050, zero per cent of its packaging would wind up in landfills. 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.

Golden Parachute 11

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But as I’ve done for the last 4 years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and social pressures on business, and how some innovative companies are dealing with them. Food and food waste gets more attention, debate, and innovation: Can cows save the world, or should we make meat in labs?

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

On the use side of the water issue, companies with products that depend on water in production (beverages) or in use (shampoo, apparel) are also seeing the writing on the wall and getting creative. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together. trillion market for clothes and shoes.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

If you walk into a department store today, you are probably talking to a guy who is untrained; he was selling vacuum cleaners yesterday, and now he is in the apparel section. And do you have mechanisms in place that translate the strategy into personal goals and rewards for managers and employees? It just does not work.”

Execution 15

Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., And what did they say was their biggest concern? Not competitive threats. Not rising costs.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement. In 2015, Real Madrid had a lofty goal in mind: to thrill its supporters by allowing them to participate in unbelievable experiences. Real Madrid is one of the most recognized soccer franchises in the world.

Sports 8

Sports Brand Content Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. And China took serious action, setting a cap on coal emissions by 2020 , which will help it reach the goals of the carbon agreement with the U.S. (a

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

It’s easy to scan headlines and see undisciplined for-profit companies (take GM, American Apparel). Here are some of the worst reasons we hear for starting a for-profit to do good: Bad Reason #1: Only for-profits use “business discipline.”

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Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2012

While GILT and its rivals sell across verticals (apparel, home, travel, kids, local), OKL deals in just one big one: home. With six to eight boutiques opening every day, at prices 50 percent below retail, Mack says the goal is to make every day "Black Friday" — without selling out too fast given the 72-hour lifetime of each boutique.

Retail 15

Retail Fashion Merchandising Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. Story by Gib Bulloch, Accenture Development Partners.

Organization 13

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The retail giant's powerful buyers, or merchants, now have a sustainability goal in their performance targets and reviews. For example, the laptop PC buyer set a goal that, by Christmas, all of the laptops Walmart sells would come pre-installed with advanced energy-saving settings.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

days of innovation). In this case, Levi’s had spent a decade identifying great ways to cut water use in the apparel value chain. In essence, the company decided to promote system change and even invited competitors to its innovation lab for the first time in its history. Levi’s Shared What It Knows about Water.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8