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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. That’s what brave companies do.

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A Monster of an Idea

In the CEO Afterlife

Started just ten years ago, this company boasts sales of $1.95 On top of that, I found the Monster logo on an array of items ranging from apparel to condoms – so much for the branding principles in Al Reis and Jack Trout’s best seller, The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. That’s a monster of a return. ounce size. Works for them.

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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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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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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. Personalization is expected.

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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. Outdoor retailer REI does this well across their channels including email, mobile, website, stores, in-store kiosks, and print.

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Using Facebook to Capture Customers

Harvard Business Review

For example, Lowes ran a Black Friday campaign on Facebook in which it offered a limited number of items at ridiculously low prices for fans only. Last year REI drove traffic to its stores by offering $1 donations to charity for every check-in, with a ceiling of $100,000.

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