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Fiona Dawson: “My imperative is around breaking down barriers for people”

Chartered Management Institute

It certainly demonstrates the loyalty that companies can inspire when they invest properly in people. Mars gave Fiona a deep knowledge of everything from sales and marketing to general management, and she finally became global president of food, multisales and global customers at the company in 2015.

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A Monster of an Idea

In the CEO Afterlife

Even though I am far removed from the energy drink target market, I’m a little embarrassed to admit my ignorance of the category and what makes it tick. Started just ten years ago, this company boasts sales of $1.95 But in this case, the second mouse got a good bite of the cheese – the #2 position in an exploding market.

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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

Different business models can create more activating dynamics for individuals and teams within companies and organizations. Producer: owned by producers of commodities or crafts who have joined forces to process and market their products. Employee-owned Companies. companies are owned wholly or in part by their employees.

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7 Steps to Getting Your Startup Story Right

Rajesh Setty

Although Steve Blank and Eric Reis have made customer development and lean startup methodology household names in the startup ecosystem, there is still a lot of reluctance from entrepreneurs to actively start talking to target customers early in the Lifecycle of a company. You can rarely build your right startup with wrong assumptions.

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Big-Box Retailers Have Two Options If They Want to Survive

Harvard Business Review

The shrinking demand for big box retail can be seen in the numerous store and company closures across several categories over the last decade. These large-store format companies are losing share to Amazon and other e-commerce sellers and to specialty retailers. Customers no longer want anything that is mass-marketed.

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How Customers Come to Think of a Product as an Extension of Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Companies that encourage psychological ownership can entice customers to buy more products, at higher prices, and even to willingly promote those products among their friends. To build psychological ownership, companies must use at least one of three factors: control, investment of self, and intimate knowledge.

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Retailers Can’t Rely on Holiday-Season Gimmicks Like They Used To

Harvard Business Review

Competing on price also produces less of an advantage now. Retailers have pushed prices as low as they can tolerate, and are now hoping the timing of their price promotions will give them an edge. All of these require year-round dedication to management and marketing, rather than once-a-year sales gimmicks.

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