Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) handles eBooks and print books are by CreateSpace. Other popular eBook platforms include Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Apple’s iBooks, and Kobo. Amazon is one of the biggest names in book sales in terms of both print and digital with two self-publishing services.

Books 11

Books How To eBook Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This once-common practice involves retailers placing merchandise aside after a customer makes a down payment (typically 10 to 20% of full price). This practice would grow demand for ebooks and ereaders. The resurrection of layaway by Wal-Mart and other retailers is simply an attempt to meet the pricing needs of customers.

Merchandising 11

Merchandising Retail Price eBook 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

Remarkably, the leading challenger is online retailer Amazon, with its Kindle Fire tablet. It is pairing substantial carryover (the entire range of its ebook activities coupled with current users' ebook libraries) with substantial investment. The most viable rival to Apple's iPad isn't produced by a traditional hardware firm.

Strategy 15

Strategy eBook Library Open-book 15

Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Is it the clothing retail business? If you want to be effective in the world, if you want to be capable of adding value, so people will give you money to do what you do, you need to be capable in a few specific areas. The business. Is it the restaurant business? If so, do you understand that business? Can you cook great food?

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Skills Bottom-up Video Blog 44

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2016

Take Humble Bundle , a leading online retailer of digital games and eBooks. Humble Bundle offers customers the opportunity to support a charitable organization of their choice with every purchase they make.

Technology 8

Technology Price eBook Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For Amazon, the device is the razor that allows it to sell more blades - ebooks and other products. However, with the rapid growth of Android and the retailing muscle of Amazon, developers can hardly ignore Amazon Fire, making Apple's lead in apps less compelling a reason for consumers to buy iPad.

Charisma 13

Charisma eBook Retail Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The charismatic Apple Store retailer turned JC Penney CEO announced far worse-than-expected quarterly results. The congealing critical consensus is that Johnson's bold overhaul of the sagging American retailing icon went too far too fast. Pity Ron Johnson. Pity Meg Whitman.

Consensus 8

Consensus Welch Retail CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2011

And then we're up to the current run of shocks, shocks that have come fast and hard: the disappearance of outlets like Walden, Dalton, and Crown , the rise of the big box retailers, the founding of Amazon, the decline of independent bookstores, the bankruptcy of Borders , the rise of the ebook. Is this "history" incomplete?

Levitt 14

Levitt Mass Marketing Simon eBook 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

JC Penney and its failed CEO Ron Johnson had many admirable and effective core retailing and merchandising core competencies. This theme is examined in greater depth in my eBook.). But who authentically believes the one-time juggernaut is better understood, better appreciated and better connected to its users?

Core Competence 8

Core Competence Prahalad Supply Chain Hamel 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 13, 2011

This eBook is your industry-specific roadmap out of the economic slump. You’ve got questions – this eBook was created to give you answers. There are important dos and don’ts in times like these.

Industry 50

Industry eBook Resources Health Care 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

At a large technology retailer, a team of eight Service Center staffers had worked together for several years, but they had never held team-building conversations. This article is adapted from the Harvard Business Review Press Book HBR Guide to Leading Teams Ebook + Tools. The rules with the most votes become the team’s top 10.

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Team Follow-up Consultative Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

It was a bold move and the flow of credit quickly got the attention of retailers who moved to wide credit card acceptance. While credit card associations make money off retailers who pay them fees to accept card transactions, Amazon makes money by selling electronic books. If a consumer doesn't expect to read much, it isn't worth it.

Banking 14

Banking eBook Price Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Below is a snapshot of Amazon's portfolio of disruptive businesses: • Amazon Retail — disrupting traditional retailers. Amazon Kindle — disrupting the paper book format and paper book retailers. It's as if Amazon does not view itself as a retail company, but rather as an incubator for disruptive businesses.

Christensen 12

Christensen Retail Long-term Incubator 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Consider Amazon: The company has almost single-handedly transformed major parts of the retail, logistics, and internet sectors in just two decades.

Short-term 10

Short-term Drucker Resistance Restructuring 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

Marketers might note the opportunity to foster and track the social influence on purchasing, but they should also see an opportunity to build on this experience and reinforce the social experience created here, just as retail stores pipe in music and offer snacks and other freebies to bring groups of friends into the store.

Bond 14

Bond Media eBook Comparison 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

He and his team publish a daily diet of blog posts, ebooks, infographics, videos and other content that lend insight to the digital marketing discipline. Beauty retailer Sephora blends in-store and mobile channels to create ensemble experiences that make shopping easier and more engaging.

Storytelling 11

Storytelling Brand Audience Marketing 11