Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. And third, various machine-learning techniques should be combined to effectively identify insights and foster innovation. This is where the work interface comes into effect. The company calls them “frankenstyles.”

Company 8

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

The automotive industry is being disrupted by electric vehicles and self-driving cars, just as home appliances is being disrupted by the Internet of Things and smart appliances, home entertainment by on-demand content providers, and apparel by online personal stylists such as Stitch Fix and Trunk Club. Brand equity: heritage vs. digital.

Automotive 8

Automotive Brand Technology White Paper 8

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.” As the brand’s iconic slip-on shoes began to trend with women, Vans dug deeper to understand customers’ motivations. Market-driven CMOs are great listeners.

Leadership Styles 8

Leadership Styles Leadership Brand Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

My evidence is a series of separate surveys conducted by different organizations, including the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation. The current turmoil in China will most likely accelerate the trend to near-shoring, but the impact will vary by specific industry and company. For high tech industries (e.g.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Survey Price Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

He will be “on trend,” as they say in fashion — in recent months, leaders from the new Mayor of New York to the Pope have also been vocal on the subject. And directly, the trends are literally unsustainable. As with other sustainability issues, the social and business consequences are inseparable. Take an Interest.

Golden Parachute 11

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In the next decade, these trends will create a veritable gold rush in patient data and consumer options. Apple’s iWatch and Health app opens enormous possibilities for further innovation in wellness through continuous monitoring, particularly given that it comes through a brand that consumers are already passionate about.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Apparel Customer Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

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. The list goes on, and the trend won’t stop at food and personal care products.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In a pattern that would become familiar to today’s innovation thinkers, Worthy reports, “the then managements of Sears and Wards alike failed to grasp the significance of these new developments.”. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Businesses can use these trends to reconnect with their customers and their communities. This approach was credible as long as economic inequality was kept within reasonable bounds.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

In the booming era of the digital revolution, technological trends are no surprise to anyone. Likewise, it has hit the business industry, bringing some tech-savvy innovations, especially for the marketing department. Since users are obsessed with videos, this trend is unlikely to fade away anytime soon. Build Communities.

Marketing Strategy 67

Marketing Strategy Marketing Strategy Audience 67

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So, rather than take up valuable list real estate with these perennial favorites and big-picture drivers, I'll quickly list them in one big bucket of mega-trends: The rise of the consumer around the world, related to. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

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 15, 2010

And it innovates constantly within its chosen constraints: e.g., tailoring product assortments to local trends. Target's way to play emphasizes design-forward apparel and home decor for image-conscious consumers. furniture or large appliances) where it has no cost advantage, or where new service capabilities might be required.

Succession 15

Succession Retail Merchandising Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Supporting this trend is a tremendous increase in capital available for “impact investing.” It’s easy to scan headlines and see undisciplined for-profit companies (take GM, American Apparel). And when we asked these entrepreneurs why, some of their reasons were just plain bad. They are not alone.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Apparel Transportation Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Macro Trends. To cap the year, the pure electric Tesla Model S was selected as the Motor Trend Car of the Year. Aside from that overall theme, the following stories grabbed me because of their connection to larger trends. Sustainability innovation opens up: Unilever, Heineken, and EMC ask the world for help.

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