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How We Learned (Almost) Everything That’s Wrong with U.S. Census Data

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

These days, for studying anything related to online, 2013 is ancient history. Scratching our heads, we saw the Census tables showed that general merchandise stores — which is where they code Wal-Mart — had only $88 million in online sales in 2013. Worse, though, was when we looked at the published statistics.

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

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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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

The brand died a slow death, beginning when Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and then ultimately when its acquirer, Dish Network, decided to shut down all video rental operations in 2013. The owners of Service Merchandise and Woolworth’s have both benefitted from this line of thinking.

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Morning Advantage: The Real Loser in the Jeremy Lin Saga

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2012

Since the league pools its merchandising and TV revenue, the Rockets will get a relatively small cut of the action and the rest will be shared with other teams. Slideshow: 6 Big Tech Debuts for 2013 (Inc.). It's a risky business move for both teams, and according to Fortune's Alex Konrad , the winner is anyone's guess.

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What Happened When Linkin Park Asked Harvard for Help with Its Business Model

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

But by 2013, Linkin Park and Machine Shop had to address the fact that digital music (first downloads and then streaming) had changed the business dramatically. The band put out new albums regularly and experimented in video games, art, and video content, among other things. So they began to prepare for their next decade. Beyond Music.

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Morning Advantage: How Tide Detergent Became a Drug Currency

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

In fact, one Safeway in Maryland was losing $10,000 to $15,000 worth of Tide merchandise a month, and it seems the detergent spree has spread from Maryland to the rest of the United States. Hiring Prospects Brighten for 2013 (CIO Insight). It’s a huge problem for stores. The reason? — Andy O’Connell.

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Why Target’s Canadian Expansion Failed

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

such as smaller stores in urban places, mobile and online, and its cheap chic merchandising focus—to “be cool again,” as Cornell told Target employees in the fall. Their success is based on a competitive advantage achieved principally either through differentiation of merchandise or customer experience (Apple, J.

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Memo to JC Penney: Execution Is Not Strategy

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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How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Since achieving first-year sales of $175,000 in 2006, it has increased that number by four orders of magnitude: in 2013, Etsy sold $1.35 billion in merchandise. In 2013 alone, Kickstarter users funded nearly 20,000 projects and committed nearly $500 million. Etsy charges a 20-cent listing fee per item and takes a 3.5%

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Stop Being Fooled by List Prices

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Mr. Johnson bet big on a new pricing policy: instead of weekly flyers advertising blow-out discounts, the general merchandise retailer moved to offering low prices every day. Convinced that consumers were sick of playing the fake discount game, CEO Ron Johnson pledged to stop the madness.

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Apple's Latest Acquisition Puts Them Inside the Building

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

On March 23rd, 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple acquired a company called WiFiSLAM for an estimated $20 million (not bad for a two year old company with just a handful of employees that includes some ex-Googlers). It is the ability for a brand to deliver contextual and highly targeted marketing at the local retail level.

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The Rise of Virtual Brick-and-Mortars

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

By contrast, the UK-based retailer, Tesco, has launched an array of "virtual" stores designed to sell products with no merchandise. The firm claims that 2,000 are already planned to open in 2013. As Samsung demonstrated, sometimes a showroom is just a showroom. All of which brings us back to the dilemma facing traditional retailers.

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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Pricing Lessons from the Rolling Stones

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Earlier this month the Rolling Stones kicked off a brief 2013 tour celebrating their 50th anniversary. Analogously, this is why premium brands often sell discounted merchandise at outlet stores. The Stones have always been aggressive in setting ticket prices, and it appears they''ve pushed too hard this time. Tell a White Lie.

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How Data Visualization Answered One of Retail’s Most Vexing Questions

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. . “We now know that there was a certain area in our store people went to more often,” he told me.

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Ethical Consumerism Isn’t Dead, It Just Needs Better Marketing

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

billion in the US alone in 2013 according to Charity Navigator). Consumers walk around with Whole Foods branded merchandise all the time; it is difficult to find similar examples for less ethical retailers focused solely on price. Billions are given to charity every year ($ 335.15

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How We Learned (Almost) Everything That’s Wrong with U.S. Census Data

Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

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Memo to JC Penney: Execution Is Not Strategy

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Stop Being Fooled by List Prices

Apple's Latest Acquisition Puts Them Inside the Building

The Rise of Virtual Brick-and-Mortars

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Pricing Lessons from the Rolling Stones

How Data Visualization Answered One of Retail’s Most Vexing Questions

Ethical Consumerism Isn’t Dead, It Just Needs Better Marketing

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