The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 20, 2021

in 2011 to 6.4 “It appears that these general declines apply across industries, with the exception of the construction and wholesale & retail sectors where expenditure per trainee appears to have risen between 2011 and 2017, though average days per trainee declined in these sectors.” in 2011 to 6.4

Training 82

Training Participative Skills Short-term 82

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Already we’ve seen retail demand falling to unprecedented levels, with reduced mobility also causing demand for oil to plummet. Technology matters – More and more of the workforce consider themselves to be digital natives, so working from home is no big deal as they have the skills to do so.

Short-term 92

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 92

Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This online retailer offers everything from bedroom furniture, luggage, shoes and bags, home and garden accessories, and also living room and dining furniture, like this chest of drawers. I’m focusing on health and fitness, and to that end I’m inviting you to join me.

Press Release 214

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 214

Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. We knew that choosing the latter entailed taking, quite probably, the greatest risk in the face of an unstable economy; yet, in the end, we did anyway.

Fashion 124

Fashion Press Release Discount PR 124

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 2, 2011

Beginning on January 1, 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will group people by the actual number of weeks of unemployment, up to five years. Source: The New Yorker, January 3, 2011. What has defined the recent recession was the biggest decline in consumption and investment since the Great Depression.

Long-term 99

Long-term Hotels Transportation Information Technology 99

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Increasingly, the largest retailers in markets across the country are employing sophisticated personalized marketing and thereby becoming the primary shopping destination for a growing number of consumers. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. Between 1994 and 2011, the number of farmers markets across the United States grew from 1,755 to 7,175. In other words, these are fundamentally more human retail experiences. It's not just with pop-up vendors, though.

Retail 15

Retail Technology Efficiency Trends 15

Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

Katrina followed that initial success by branching out of her apartment and opening a retail store in Chicago just two-months after her chocolates launched in Neiman Marcus. The employees loved them, and the next thing Katrina knew, her chocolates were being sold in Neiman Marcus.

Press Release 133

Press Release Magazine Entrepreneur Discount 133

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2013

But can reverse innovation be relevant in the world of high-technology? The very definition of "high-technology" hints at something typically reserved for the developed world. However, the story of Capillary Technologies portends a global shift of technology "trickling up" in the opposite direction.

Technology 11

Technology Innovation CRM Retail 11

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Special Edition 50 – An Interview with Marshall Fisher, co-author of The New Science of Retailing examines the use of analytics to improve an organization’s supply chain performance in a way that ultimately enhances the bottom line. Thank you again for listening to the StrategyDriven Podcast !

Supply Chain 57

Supply Chain Retail Bottom-up Newsletter 57

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

New technologies and socioeconomic trends are reshaping the retail marketplace. The IBM Institute for Business Value recently surveyed over 30,000 people in three mature and three growth markets to discover what consumers will want from retailers in the future.

Resources 50

Resources Newsletter Retail Strategic Planning 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. Where professionals once wrote memos to be read, 2011 begins an era in which documents are written with touch both in mind and on fingertips. That's right.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Think through the implications of these technologies, however, and an even more startling vision emerges: the future will look more like the past. Consumers go to retail stores to find out what is available at what prices—in other words, in large part, to get information. Those massive warehouses are much easier to automate.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

In 2011, the average tenure dropped to 18 years. Read more from DXC Technology: Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus. Digital transformation transcends technology. Digital transformation is often viewed through a narrow technology lens, as just another mobile project or e-commerce initiative.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. These drivers underpin a number of stories from 2011, but a few new themes came out as well. Was a year like 2011 likely ? China, China, and China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. In contrast, loans to larger firms have risen every year since hitting bottom in 2011, and are now up about 4% since that low point.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Each issue is packed with thought-provoking content and insight into the business issues that affect all companies competing in today’s technology-driven marketplace with recent contributions by best-selling author and researcher Tom Davenport; social media guru Chris Brogan; and Myron Scholes, world renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

CO2

JULY 6, 2010

As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do. Thank you for your patience and support.

Letter 74

Letter Blog Executive Coaching Strategic Planning 74

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Some examples include new technologies, changes in customer preferences, new ways of serving customers, and disruptive threats. Retailers historically need trained stored managers, a few great merchandisers, and, in most cases, store staff with a customer service orientation. Copyright (c) 2011. About the Authors.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

While BCG or McKinsey will still proudly help a client devise a corporate strategy, in the eyes of many in the industry such projects have become what retailers call "loss leaders" — products you have to offer to get the customer in the door, but not where you make the real money.

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. This is where technology can save the day. Today’s mobile autonomous robotic cart (MARC) technology takes automation a step further. As technology continues to advance, automation’s capabilities will only skyrocket. AUTOMATION AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

Supply Chain 118

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 118

Building Personal Strength

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Is it the clothing retail business? Technology. 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 wait tables?

Skills 44

Skills Bottom-up Video Blog 44

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For a retailer, it’s extremely useful to know whether a customer will be back or has abandoned you for good. But as the amount of data that retailers are able to collect grows and the predictive models keep improving, the models will inevitably become markedly better at predicting customer behavior than simple rules.

Simon 11

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Starbucks is just one of many companies using this type of technology, and it’s not hard to understand why. As the argument goes, that’s good for workers, who don’t want to be bored or overwhelmed, and it’s good for retailers, whose biggest cost and revenue driver is typically labor. on Saturdays.

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

These tried-and-true tools of the retail trade might not be as sexy as other forms of marketing. These instruments share a common objective: to influence purchase decisions by equipping consumers with incremental spending power for specific brands and retailers. What does this mean for retailers and brands? Gift cards.

Brand 9

Brand Loyalty Retail Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity.

Tourism 10

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

DISH Networks, the owners since 2011 of video rental giant Blockbuster, announced Wednesday the shuttering of all remaining company-owned retail locations and of Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service. homes have broadband , and network operators continue to invest in ever-faster cable, satellite, and fiber-based technologies.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Intangible Assets Retail Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Large companies in industries ranging from retail, to aerospace, to financial services are buying talent and technology to develop new digital capabilities and reinvent themselves quickly. Notably tech firms acquired an average 250 tech companies annually between 2002 and 2011 and 350 in the years since. million.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Tim Cook took over as CEO in 2011. Employees on the factory floor and in the retail stores are on the move, and it's not a completely positive journey. On the retail side, Apple's recent record-shattering financial performance meant that each Apple store employee produced, on average, $473,000 in sales. Cook an executor.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail PR Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

And I could write a book on the topic of rare earth metals, those precious elements that make nearly every green technology possible and go into every iPhone. Smart companies like Hitachi are trying to find solutions, such as its new plan to develop rare earth recycling technologies. Looking Forward to 2011. China, China, China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

In fact, it matters as much or more than a number of other factors associated with successful businesses, like technology adoption. Large-scale data on management has been virtually nonexistent, at least until recently. Improving management can be relatively cheap, compared to investments in R&D or IT. And while this study focused on U.S.

Skills 12

Skills Management Succession Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

’ the questions must be asked, ‘WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all the technologies and market opportunities available today?’” A better litmus test for keeping or killing a brand may be purpose.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. Growth has slowed sharply among oil exporters and North African countries affected by the 2011 Arab Spring democracy movements—but the rest of Africa posted accelerating growth at an average annual rate of 4.4%

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8