Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. As research we’ve conducted across industry and academia shows, companies have an unprecedented opportunity to tap ongoing advances in AI and machine learning research to reinvent business processes.

Company 8

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

Zappos gained market prominence in the footwear industry with a clever solution to the problem online clothing retailers have – the fact that the customer can’t try on the goods before buying them. The size of the apparel market only in the U.S. is around $225 billion.

Apparel 8

Apparel Strategy Insourcing Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

If I asked you to picture the consumer luxury market, you might imagine jewels, sports cars, watches, premium drinks, high-end shoes and apparel, and so on. But according to a new report, 2016 Predictions for the Luxury Industry: Sustainability and Innovation , that sustainability gap is closing fast. None of this is easy or obvious.

Brand 8

Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

With the Winter holiday shopping season, fashion apparel retailer Zara has been the focus of media attention — the New York Times recently profiled the innovative fast fashion business model pioneered by Zara, while Elizabeth Cline's book on the costs of fast fashion has climbed up the sales charts.

Business Model 8

Business Model Innovation First-mover Advantage Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

Since then, leaders from business, government, and civil society organizations have come together to address fire and building-safety issues in the apparel factories. Ultimately, the true measure of a productive and safe apparel sector in Bangladesh will not be reduced incidences of fires and building collapses.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

What we found surprised us: Companies that are great at both strategy and execution don’t follow the prevailing practices of their industries. Second, many managers assume they should adopt the best practices of their industry and treat external benchmarking as the established path to success.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The investment industry is changing. The opportunity is to remove incentives for free-riding within industries where a firm might take advantage of another firm’s efforts in addressing a social or environmental issue. Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images. This is not just case-by-case evidence.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Will they once again fall out of fashion at the first sign of softness in the market? Targeting with catalogs is also much easier now, thanks to huge industry databases containing all sorts of information on millions of households. Is the latest rebirth of the catalog merely a reflection of the Great Recession’s conclusion?

Retail 8

Retail Brand Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” One such customer is Morning Star , a world leader in the production of industrial tomato paste. New operations.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

” Little did they know that the business they founded, Vineyard Vines, would become a darling of the fashion industry and a household brand name around the country. Like many competitors in the apparel industry, Vineyard Vines has kept their operations lean in order to preserve operating margins.

Retail 8

Retail Apparel Engineering Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Price wars have broken out in consumer industries around the world. The intense competition on pricing that pervades many industries makes consumer perception more important than ever. The experience of a European discount apparel retailer illustrates the power of a disciplined price-perception program.

Price 10

Price Retail Discount Tactics 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Consider the sports apparel company Under Armour. If you start with your own capability-based growth engine, you’ll tend to move outward from your core in a deliberate fashion. Its goals are extremely ambitious; it is not just a pioneer in developing new fabrics for active wear, but in developing wearable electronics.

Company 8

Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

I have successfully used the BDN with many organizations in a variety of industries. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. In a major U.K. These benefits were then included in their personal performance targets. However, the implications of inaccuracy are significant.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Are venture capitalists making significant and lasting investments in your industry? Disruptors typically start in somewhat innocent fashion away from your mainstream customers. You can also use publicly available industry benchmarks. So following the money is one good way to identify possibly potent threats.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

He will be “on trend,” as they say in fashion — in recent months, leaders from the new Mayor of New York to the Pope have also been vocal on the subject. This evening, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address, and it is widely reported that it will focus on the issue of income inequality. Take an Interest.

Golden Parachute 8

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change. org, has been the campaign to divest university and institutional funds from the fossil fuel industry. Another arm of this growing social movement, led by 350.org, Rockefeller — said it would divest from fossil fuels.

Chemicals 9

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. In this case, Levi’s had spent a decade identifying great ways to cut water use in the apparel value chain. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Kering both created curricula in circular thinking for fashion and design students.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Many countries also committed serious funds to build a clean economy: Saudi Arabia pledged $109 billion for solar , Japan declared that a $628 billion green energy industry would be central to its 2020 strategy, and China targeted $372 billion to cut energy use and pollution. In the U.S., a backdoor approach to climate policy took over.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 8