Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

With the Winter holiday shopping season, fashion apparel retailer Zara has been the focus of media attention — the New York Times recently profiled the innovative fast fashion business model pioneered by Zara, while Elizabeth Cline's book on the costs of fast fashion has climbed up the sales charts.

Business Model 9

Business Model Innovation First-mover Advantage Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

As the recent surveys suggest, this trend has picked up pace in the last few years not only because of pressure to return manufacturing jobs to the United States but also because the economics that made off-shoring attractive in the first place have changed for the following reasons: Oil prices. Yes, the prices of oil have recently fallen.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Survey Price Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

At many of the largest companies, in industries like aerospace and technology, limited budgets are not an obstacle. Too many companies wait for the annual strategic off-site to roll around before they address the changing dynamics of their market. Lack of budget (41% of respondents.).

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. Owning that entire process meant that the outsourcer not only sold more business to the customer but also could provide it with greater value by identifying challenges in processing and then incorporating the need to address those issues into the technology roadmap.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Over the last few years, our company Mathison , has been leading global research on the hiring practices of hundreds of employers, authoring the first book in our space, Hiring for Diversity and developing holistic technology to help employers identify gaps in their hiring process, define their strategy, and equip the entire team to take action.

Diversity 98

Diversity Organization Training Apparel 98

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

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 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. This is in part because every clean energy technology is rapidly getting cheaper.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

In the booming era of the digital revolution, technological trends are no surprise to anyone. Since users are obsessed with videos, this trend is unlikely to fade away anytime soon. Pick an influencer of your niche – for instance, if you have an apparel brand, look for influencers who follow fashion. Build Communities.

Marketing Strategy 67

Marketing Strategy Marketing Strategy Audience 67

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

As the company releases a constant stream of videos, conferences, apparel, equipment, and music, the brand has become a phenomenon. Instead of following a single trend, the brand thrived on several complementary developments and so was able to lead its own movement. It started with a bold vision.

Long-term 8

Long-term Trends Brand Succession 8

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

APRIL 24, 2012

Technology companies have done this particularly well. Disney's business models span the media, entertainment, toy, apparel, and travel industries. We believe more consumer facing companies beyond technology and media will adopt MBM going forward, and that single business model companies in many industries will find it hard to compete.

Business Model 9

Business Model Advertising Retail Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. There are some notable exceptions in industries such as online apparel retailing, where companies can view real-time, customer-purchase decisions (e.g., Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Management Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Deep concerns about labor conditions, wages, and equity take root: From tragedies in Bangladeshi apparel factories to minimum wages in the U.S. Travesties like the death of more than 1100 workers at the Rana Plaza apparel factory in Bangladesh are increasingly unacceptable to the buying public.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

While many advertisers are rightly nervous about multitasking, there could be new opportunities to benefit from this trend. TV ad expenditures and accounted for most of the e-commerce that year: Apparel, telecom, travel, pizza, and online services and content. Advertising Sales Technology' A 2011 Nielsen Co. billion in U.S.

Advertising 9

Advertising Brand Apparel Audience 9

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. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast. New capital is still flowing to the clean tech — Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and some other business leaders just announced a $1 billion fund to invest in “next generation energy technologies.”

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8