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How Consumer Brands Can Connect with Customers in a Changing Retail Landscape

Harvard Business Review

Patagonia secures customer loyalty through its “Worn Wear” website, where environmentally-conscious consumers can purchase secondhand clothing at a discount and trade their own used duds for gift certificates. But brick-and-mortar retail doors are closing, especially for apparel, as shoppers take their business online.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens? Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? As companies move to more agile operating models , they must learn to balance accountability with autonomy.