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Whole Foods Market Needs More than Price-Tinkering

Harvard Business Review

To be clear, Whole Foods’s financials are still healthy: in FY 2013, its revenue was $12.9B, EBITDA $1.2B, and earnings per share increased by 19%. First, its success has drawn in new competition. The drivers behind Whole Food’s diminished growth prospects are two-fold.

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Publishing Is Not Dying

Harvard Business Review

Samir Husni, Director of the Magazine Innovation Center, also points out that in recent years publishers have taken concepts from other media platforms, like All Recipes , HGTV , and Food Network , and turned them into successful print brands. Last year, News Corp’s newspaper division reported EBITDA of $795 million on $6.7

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business Review

Your business is a success, but you feel like a failure. In early 2013, Norwegian went public and became one of the most successful IPOs of the year, closing the year 87% above its IPO price. It feels horrible: You’re scaling up aggressively and working harder than ever, but with each passing day you feel more overwhelmed.