Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

There are troubling signs for the country's retailers as Americans continue to slow down their spending and hunt for deep discounts. Walgreens could offer a discount on shampoo or any of the other products it offers, but the pharmacy decided to do something innovative. No one expects a blockbuster holiday season.

Tactics 15

Tactics Retail Discount Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2011

Even when sweetened with incentives for repeat purchasers, jazzed up with time- or item-specific discounts, or offered through location-aware mobile devices, all daily deals are simply price promotions. Simons Distinguished Associate Professor of Management at Rice University in Houston. And often steep ones at that. Mackey, Jr.

Innovation 15

Innovation Hammer Maslow Discount 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Profits that are received at some future point are discounted by the real cost of finance and any appropriate risk premium. Let's assume that the subsidiary's owner doesn't do anything fancy and discounts profits over time using the same rate. If the owner of that subsidiary discounts profits in Egypt by 12.5

NPV 13

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Simon McGill/Getty Images. In effect, the financial markets were heavily discounting the digital ventures of these firms. Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Marketing Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Their main reasons were that a significant proportion of Groupon redeemers are extremely price sensitive, barely spending beyond a discounted product's face value. Simons Distinguished Associate Professor of Management at Rice University in Houston. Like many acquirers in that era, Google may be guilty of undue optimism. Mackey, Jr.

Price 15

Price Simon Constraint Discount 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Another user, Simon, has a question and posts it just to see what happens next. What Claudia, Simon, and Miguel have in common is that they probably bought into the forum’s transactional layer. Second, it offered marketing tools and discounts to the ecosystems of avid cyclists — retailers, clubs, and teams.

Simon 8

Simon Call Center Motivation Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. Perhaps the source of the problem is that it’s not clear when a brand should be euthanized. Profitability isn’t a useful metric.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 18, 2023

CMI Insights has already spoken with Fiona Apio Matanda , Tom Olliver and Godwin Simon – and you’ll be introduced to Victoria Carr, Harish Kathiresan, Heather West and Jennifer Baines over the upcoming weeks. They are all inspirational, demonstrating what good management looks like and the impact it can have. Like this article?

Webinar 52

Webinar Consultative Newsletter Simon 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Or hate it, depending on where you stand on the ebook-discount fight being waged on your laptop and tablet. You can imagine what happened when people started doing this with CHEP''s new blue inventions. Hachette Job Amazon vs. Hachette: The Battle for the Future of Publishing Knowledge@Wharton Amazon: Gotta love it.

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

My colleagues in the London office of Simon-Kucher & Partners tested that hypothesis a few years ago by examining book prices. Another risk to Amazon’s apparent strategy with Whole Foods is presented by German hard discounters Aldi and Lidl. They found very interesting results.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

Risk is relegated to a qualitative discussion of potential problems, often resulting in an upward adjustment of the discount rate to compensate for the lack of accounting for uncertainty in the overall analysis. But the uncertainty of the future is no excuse for less rigor or clarity.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Supply Chain Outsourcing Brand 10