Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

“They advised us to retain that as a strong part of who we are,” said Paul Choquette, a fifth-generation Gilbane who runs the Mid-Atlantic operation. billion, operated in an average of 15 countries, and had an average of 12,000 employees. “There’s a feel to a family business that clients in our space like.

B2B 8

B2B Press Release Construction Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

What advantage do we have — or can we create — in the market, and how do we maintain and extend this advantage? What is our promise to the market and to customers? What is our company great at doing? What is needed to execute against that promise? Danaher, similarly, has good relationships with activist investors.

Management 8

Management Short-term Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together. And today I’m talking with Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront. Let’s say it’s an apparel company, right.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

But CEOs can't rely on cost-cutting to keep their profit momentum going — it's gone about as far as it can at most companies. Many chase market share they'll never get. A lot of companies throw money at the problem — more R&D, more marketing, more sales people. Nor can they rely on macroeconomic growth.

Retail 10

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Consider the sports apparel company Under Armour. Starbucks, for example, has a strong presence because CEO Howard Schultz, deliberately developed a growth plan grounded in its capabilities. Where are the markets with opportunities? You’ll start with in-market leverage, growing within your core.

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

But our work with a community of senior executives in the Bay Area suggests that today’s market leaders are following the advice of Yogi Berra: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Social media evangelists tell CEOs they need to stop focusing so much on driving sales and “connect instead of promote.”

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

For every Apple, there is an Atari, for every Fuji a Polaroid, and for every Zara an American Apparel. This can be quantified by analyzing the extent to which the share prices of S&P 500 firms are driven by a firm’s present value of future growth options (PVGO) rather than cash flow from current operations.

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

They avoid getting trapped on a growth treadmill, chasing multiple market opportunities where they have no right to win. Its customers thought they just wanted coffee, but CEO Howard Schultz knew they wanted “a third place,” beyond home and work, to gather. Operating as these companies do takes a lot of confidence.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Among its intimate apparel store peers — who are in the business of helping women find the perfect undergarments through a sometimes thrilling and at other times exasperating process — Journelle stands out. Companies that made savvy business decisions were aware of, and responded to, their market and competitors' actions.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Here, Try Some Nixon and Kimchi: How the Garment Industry Came to Bangladesh Planet Money I admit it: The reference to Nixon and kimchi in the headline got me to read it, but this piece on how Bangladesh came to be a world center for apparel manufacturing held my interest. You''d better believe that Bangladesh is involved.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

As the two markets homogenized into a general mass American market, focused mail-order retailers like Sears and Montgomery Ward saw sales and profits drop. Worthy pointed out in the book, The Shaping an American Institution: Robert E. It all seemed so big and complex and out of control. We felt defeated and powerless.”.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Five years earlier, when he’d stepped into his role, he’d been focused on growing the company that his father, Eric — the previous CEO — had founded.

Case Study 10

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty. This remains a CEO’s prime responsibility, and it has become much harder in an era defined by lower growth, impatient investors, geopolitical uncertainty, and rapid technological change. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. So find them, ask questions, and let them help you.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Among its intimate apparel store peers — who are in the business of helping women find the perfect undergarments through a sometimes thrilling and at other times exasperating process — Journelle stands out. Companies that made savvy business decisions were aware of, and responded to, their market and competitors' actions.

TSR 8

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Erica Jackson, chief marketing officer of the Mendoza Marathon Corporation, had risen early to watch people line up to register for next year’s event and expected an enthusiastic crowd. Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her.

Case Study 8

Case Study Brand Proposal Chief Operating Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

While "running out" isn't really the right phrase, it's clear that delivering many commodities to market is getting harder and more expensive (we don't dig for oil a mile under the ocean for the heck of it). Markets have a remarkable way of sorting the wheat from the chaff. Right now, the U.S. Nuclear on the outs.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

His prize, Victoria’s Secret, will generate $8 billion in revenue this year and operates in a dozen countries. They operated on shoestrings. For the budding entrepreneur, a good starting point is to create a qualitative understanding of market drivers. It is both art and science. Insight Center.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Chief Financial Officer Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. As the Economist said this year about the fast-growing green bonds market, sometimes “ a market appears out of nowhere.” Tough choices.

Chemicals 9

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

His choice for Secretary of State is the CEO of ExxonMobil, a company that has, for decades, attacked climate science when it knew better. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. Others want to attract and retain diverse talent.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8