Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2013

Social media is there at the forefront of mobile app development – whether you’re there or not. To put myself on notice that my own offerings need to be ahead of the market and ahead of my competition. Mobile accessibility both for the purpose to connect and to purchase is becoming dominant among retailers. Maybe it’s YOU!

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Download Customer Loyalty Seminar Media 56

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2015

A new research report from the Society of Digital Agencies finds that in the past year there has been a dramatic spike in the number of companies who no longer work with outside marketing agencies — 27 percent, up from 13 percent in the previous year. This continues a trend The Association of National Advertisers first reported in 2013.

Marketing 8

Marketing Advertising Trends Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Many companies start their search for global growth in an alphabet soup of emerging-market groupings such as the BRIC , CIVETS , MINT , Next 11 , and so on. There are several flaws in using such acronyms as the basis for entering overseas markets. Is that smart? Not really, suggests our analysis.

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Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Marketers are racing to create seamless customer experiences that make it easy for consumers to engage at every touchpoint as they navigate the “decision journey” and beyond. In addition, we took a fresh look at how our marketers are organized globally. Capability building puts an emphasis on developing “transformation champions.”

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Marketing Brand Globalization Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

” Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. For instance, numerous smartphone apps have been developed that do not solve any actual problems. An example of competition for preference is the retail industry, which has long been a battleground for customer preferences.

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Stress Insourcing Uncertainty Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. How did this happen?

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Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. DAVID: Yeah. I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Now that the general idea of combining ethics and shopping has become a mainstream concept, there is a developing a backlash against the idea that consumers might effect change through their purchasing habits. ” I understand the attraction to markets and their efficiency; I am a marketing professor.

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Ethics Marketing Brand Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Yet, unlike money, the market for personal data is relatively embryonic. Similarly, trust erosion triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations of government surveillance in mid-2013 are estimated to have cost U.S. At the same time, several technology platforms that do not collect or share personal data have emerged since mid-2013.

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Telecommunications Cost-Benefit Analysis Reputation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.”

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Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2014

Generating over $80 billion in sales in 2013, Amazon’s business model, with its ability to capture growth through disruption of retail stores, has proven to be very successful. This revenue model has served it well, as Alibaba’s group revenue in 2013 is expected to be over $160 billion.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2020

Not only that, but developers like Aubrey Ferrao will find new income potential when they make investments into the cool suburbs that millennials are looking for. The professional Aubrey Ferrao designs are looking to create this experience in the newest developments in Florida, but this trend is sweeping the nation. The Commute Crisis.

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Real Estate Trends Retail Report 74

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

The CEO of a large Australian company called me to relay a particular strategy development problem his firm was facing, and ask for my advice. For example, Uber made a Where to Play choice that included China because it’s a huge and important market. Lafley, called Playing to Win.

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First-mover Advantage Retail Strategy Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

It’s not been a great year for venerable retailer Sears, which is reputed to be closing 130 retail stores and laying off more than 5,000 employees. Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957.

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Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. billion in 2013 – up about 15% from the year before, according to our 2013 Marijuana Business Factbook. Companies are beginning to expand beyond their home markets and into other states. And more are joining every day. The list goes on.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Here are three strategies for developing digital distribution approaches that minimize risk: Embrace Stealth. Starting in 2011, Mercedes chose to develop direct distribution capabilities for electric bicycle sales under its Smart brand. market for personal computers. For example, Cree Inc. Minimize Pain.

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Strategy B2B Insurance Business Model 10

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?’” In 1921, two brothers started the company to serve the ham radio market.

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Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. In January 2013, Chip Blankenship, CEO of GE Appliances issued a challenge to the newly formed team: “You’re going to change every part the customer sees. Finance.

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Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

And users in China are probably going to spend more money on e-commerce in 2013 than Americans will. For example, in 2013 there were 315 people in China who had more than a billion dollars , up from zero in 2003. How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands. A recent online shopping holiday brought in more than $5.75

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Advertising Retail Media Price 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

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Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Rather than aiming at all 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals , for example, companies will likely tailor their sustainability efforts to their commercial priorities. Coca-Cola devotes many resources to creating cleaner water supplies in developing countries. It’s not for every company.

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Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

If lucky, a start-up grows and develops a success formula. retailer, spent the last three decades improving its supply chain processes, and designing and launching a series of services, including smaller local convenience stores and online shopping. and in its home market in the U.K. Not anymore.".

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Organization Supply Chain Customer Intimacy Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture.

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Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Today, the company does roughly $50 million in total sales, with the home market accounting for over 80% of them. Consolidation shrinks the market down, often to one remaining, integrated producer, who can still profit by serving a small group of legacy customers. That’s a healthy company. There is no paradox. cut of sales.

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Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

That phrase is increasingly shaping marketing decisions, and for good reason. What marketers should do. This trend has created an opportunity to develop engaging content that increases brand awareness. Consumers spent six times as much time on retailers'' apps in December 2012 compared with the previous year.

Advertising 8

Advertising Loyalty ROI Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” That phrase is increasingly shaping marketing decisions, and for good reason. What marketers should do. This trend has created an opportunity to develop engaging content that increases brand awareness. Consumers spent six times as much time on retailers’ apps in December 2012 compared with the previous year.

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Advertising Loyalty ROI Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management. will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7

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Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

The marketers of Clearblue Advanced Pregnancy Test, a product that can tell you if you’re one-week, two-weeks, or three-plus weeks pregnant, asked a couple of D-list celebrities to tweet out their positive tests back in 2013. There is nothing new about this kind of segmenting in the pregnancy test market, however.

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Market Segmentation Marketing Insurance Price 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 12, 2016

Guest post from Michael Klassen : After three decades of working in marketing, I thought I had heard or read nearly every story of innovation and entrepreneurship out there. Along with products, Haight-Ashbury hippies conceived of innovative ideas that transformed product development and advertising.

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Apparel Innovation Advertising Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. Building Empathy. Eddie Yoon.

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Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

We also found that the professionals we spoke with at Accenture, in offices on three continents, consistently lauded the firm for its willingness to support innovations, from Accenture Development Partnerships to professional programs for First Peoples in Canada and support for call centers in native communities.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Retail stores are about more than just storefront locations.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit. These lenders vary along several dimensions  you can read more about them in our full report  but together they offer hope that the small business credit market may be being reinvented.

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Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.)

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Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

As part of the AIA, on March 16, 2013, the United States adopted a first-inventor-to-file regime. Typically, the launch of a new product design includes market research, independent testing, previews to select retailers and journalists, and discussions with suppliers about how to manufacture the proposed design.

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