Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Today, Varsity Brands includes Varsity Spirit, BSN Sports (sports apparel, footwear, and equipment) and Herff Jones (school graduation and achievement products). They know from firsthand experience the positive impact that Varsity Spirit can have in a cheerleader’s life and they are dedicated to making it happen.

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Development Team Sports Apparel 150

Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2019

That’s why a CQB apparel configurator is something that you need to provide for businesses that want to quickly see how much their unique demands will cost. The more options you can provide your customers, the more likely they are to positively engage with your business. It’s always going to be their promotional gear.

Apparel 58

Apparel Retail Software Fashion 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Position these around your office and reception area; use them for meetings and give them to customers and clients. The flexibility of the format means your folders can contain anything from price lists and press releases to sales brochures or vouchers for special officers. Stay on top of your social media accounts.

Press Release 50

Press Release Apparel Brand Media 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Could lean manufacturing have a similar positive impact on jobs in the developing world? To examine this possibility, I conducted research on recent developments in Nike Inc’s apparel supply chain with Jens Hainmueller of Stanford University and Richard M. Workers tend to earn more and report higher engagement with their jobs.

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Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

By creating a community for indoor cyclers and fitness buffs, SoulCycle’s purpose aligns with customers’ values of health and a positive environment. Often, this means companies will need to extend outside of their comfort zones to position their brands these new, expanded ways. Under Armour, Inc. offers a good example.

Loyalty 14

Loyalty Marketing Apparel Maslow 14

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. A combination of high quality, glamour, celebrity, and attitude. The report sees this pressure coming to luxury companies soon.

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Brand Supply Chain Apparel Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Citibank Asia, which has a strong customer loyalty position in most of its markets, decided to change its operating model to double down on customer relationships to counter locally based competitors. For individuals, they make sure that difference-making talent is in mission critical positions.

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Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Disruptive businesses, like online retailers, are often uniquely positioned to perform a handful of jobs-to-be-done, but poorly positioned to perform others. Bonobos was one of the first vertically integrated online apparel companies — specializing in men's pants.

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Retail Apparel Christensen Discount 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Founded in 1998, Lululemon produces sports apparel for women that is fashionable, environmentally friendly, and as technically advanced as sports apparel for men. By working in ways like these to make a brand more meaningful, different, and salient, Marketing drives the positive consumer behaviors that yield financial value growth.

Apparel 9

Apparel Brand Sports Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

The problem was poorly positioned shower controls and shower head. During a recent hotel stay I was reminded of these limits by a shower that splashed water on the bathroom floor no matter what I did to try and prevent it. Every day the bathroom floor would get soaked as I turned on the water.

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TQM Hotels Apparel Analysis 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

In today’s “system” era, a brand’s meaning stems not just from how a company positions the brand, but also from how consumers experience it. Nike invites consumers to embrace their inner athlete and “Just do it,” by talking and acting as coach and personal trainer first, and as an apparel vendor second.

Brand 8

Brand Productivity Products Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. To determine which of these tactics to deploy, a company should first gain a deeper understanding of its current price position relative to consumers’ perceptions.

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Price Retail Discount Tactics 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

And yet, this aggregate number adds up positive and negative weather impacts, and masks the true extent to which abnormal weather harms individual businesses operating in utilities, retail, food processing, transportation, and construction, among other industries. Every year, weather variability is estimated to cost $630 billion for the U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Apparel Risk Management Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

According to Gail Baugh, president of PeopleWearSF, an alliance of sewn-product-industry professionals, the apparel industry can use many discarded materials for textiles. Taking back control is a positive step that restores a sense of joy, builds reputations, and can unlock new opportunities.

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Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

What they found surprised them. As they reported in a paper published in 2008 , rule-of-thumb methods were generally as good or even slightly better at predicting individual customer behavior than sophisticated models.

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Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

. “With a budget of less than $1 million, it seems like the job is to build a case for innovation investment, versus [doing the work of] innovation itself,” says Rick Waldron, a former Nike executive who ran the apparel company’s innovation accelerator until last year. What can help?

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Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. A five-year-old online clothing retailer, its success in this area reveals how AI and people can work together, with each side focused on its unique strengths. This is where the work interface comes into effect.

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Company Fashion Apparel Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

The rapid pace of digital change has put companies in the unenviable position of trying to decide which tech trends to invest in and when. The retailer offers a monthly subscription service for fitness and athleisure apparel and accessories. Fabletics is a case in point.

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Trends Hotels Competitive Advantage Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Others double down on their most loyal customers on the theory that they can build on an already strong market position and emotional connection. Some go for "game changers" — giant acquisitions that they hope will change their growth trajectory and how investors perceive them. Most of the time, these efforts fail to reignite growth.

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Organization Apparel Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2016

For example, news stories today continue to reference former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney’s odd behavior of walking around the company’s offices in his underwear, even though it was first reported over 10 years ago. 11 exhibited positive stock price returns when CEO misbehavior made the news.

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CEO Sample Reputation Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For our recent book we studied companies from a broad range of industries that operate this way, including Apple, CEMEX, Danaher, Haier, IKEA, Inditex (known for its Zara apparel business), Starbucks and many others.

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Management Short-term Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

During this time Reebok and Nike were blood rivals and neck and neck for the number one position in the market. A Nike T-shirt signaled membership in the Nike tribe — a tribe that believed in something bigger than shoes or apparel. Nike was fast becoming a religion. Reebok was just a shoe company.

Company 9

Company Apparel Brand Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Strong brands like Lands’ End gave customers a reason to shop at Sears and cast a positive halo on the Sears brand. Some of the company’s moves in recent years have generated cash and kept the business afloat at the long-term expense of its brand. Whatever it is, the objective should be to strengthen the Sears brand (i.e.,

Retail 8

Retail Brand Airlines Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The effectiveness of board processes for supporting innovation is also positively correlated with overall board performance. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Laying the foundation for innovation requires a forward-looking mindset throughout the firm and the board.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

What they found surprised them. As they reported in a paper published in 2008 , rule-of-thumb methods were generally as good or even slightly better at predicting individual customer behavior than sophisticated models.

Simon 8

Simon Retail Uncertainty Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 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. Journelle in New York City is no ordinary store. Some companies that came out of the recession stronger than they went in.

TSR 15

TSR Apparel Consultative Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Consequently, the firm counts as part of its positive performance the 300,000 employees who leave Natura annually. It's a positive externality management has decided to measure and make known. That's because for many, selling cosmetics is their first paying job; their stint at Natura prepares them to achieve elsewhere.

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Meyer Leadership Metrics Apparel 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

manufacturing jobs; nor does it necessarily imply that China is changing its position as a manufacturing hub. In contrast, it will be easier for footwear and apparel companies to move to lower-cost locations. Of course, bringing manufacturing to the United States does not necessarily imply more U.S. For high tech industries (e.g.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Survey Price Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Take outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia. You may not be the workplace of the future today, but if you can show progress in that direction, it should be part of your positioning. The company has long stood for enjoying nature and protecting the environment.

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Reputation Brand Attrition How To 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

Someone who buys lots of Kirkland feels very strongly and positively about Costco. These purpose driven supers felt an extraordinarily deep level of emotion for the retailer brand at levels typically associated powerful lifestyle brands in apparel and luxury goods.

Price 8

Price Brand Retail Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

How can we overcome these free rider problems, to make sure companies are incentivized to have a more positive societal impact? Engaging with companies to promote positive environmental and social outcomes and being able to document the impact of those engagements may well prove to be one of those differentiators.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 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. For many companies, this means extending their repertoire beyond the classical approach to strategy that relies on securing durable advantaged market positions through cost leadership or differentiation. This is easier said than done.

Company 8

Company Succession Maturity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Short of “owning” the problem, this still acknowledges that others associate the problem with you, and you are in a position to make a difference. After a terrible fire killed many workers in Bangladesh apparel factories, European retailers Primark and C&A worked to establish long-term compensation funds for victims and their families.

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Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Sectors calling for action included banking (Bank of America, Citi, Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo), the apparel industry (including Levi, Gap, Adidas, VF), and the World Economic Forum, which brought 79 CEOs together to urge action. Companies challenged, and were challenged by, their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

We looked at the three biggest segments — packaging, food waste, and apparel. No one wants to lease a phone, if you ask them that way, but if you position it that they will get a new phone with the latest technology every year, the value proposition gets more compelling. We work with Renault.

Company 10

Company Apparel Engineering Welch 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

In the apparel industry, companies choose one path or the other between high-tech and high touch. Lara Balazs, SVP of North America Marketing, leveraged Visa’s brand and market position to recruit a team of top talent, forge strategic alliances with market leaders, and create widespread awareness in the market.

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Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8