Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

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. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

But after almost two years of plummeting sales, profits and stock price, Ackman and friends had to steal a line from The Who and ask shareholders, customers and employees to " meet the new boss, same as the old boss " with the reappointment of Ullman on April 8, 2013. Just as it needed two, five or ten years ago, JCP needs a strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

” Lezon, along with Alex and Ani’s head of merchandising and head of sales operations, used the data to inform product placement. “That’s the really big thing: Identifying what a volume of people do over a period of time, and how you read that information.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

The most successful artists in this new landscape have begun to look at new business models and new industries to strengthen their existing brands. For more than a decade, Linkin Park and Machine Shop enjoyed success and continued to innovate. We’ve all had to adapt. Beyond Music. and Harajuku Lovers.

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