Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2021

T HE STORY of American business is the story of real estate — a story of more than 200 years of claiming, seizing, developing, settling, and speculating in vast areas of land. Real estate developers will capitalize on infrastructure investment. Wealthy colonials organized massive land companies well before the American Revolution.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In today’s dog-eat-dog environment, a person’s word isn’t always his or her bond. You can afford to invest in developing someone who is interested in developing. To help prevent this, develop a short-term plan with a six- to nine-month outlook. billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2016

Some people saw this as a chance to bond with colleagues who were united in their commitment to a common cause — not unlike fans of sports teams who chant, clap, and even do the wave together. Others vented the frustration they were feeling in a socially acceptable way by pounding extra loudly on their drums.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

We have found that when this process works well, marketing often takes on an expanded role by, for example, providing sales with data analytics and by supporting the development and testing of sales plays for a specific micromarket or customer peer group. “People nailing that are taking the lion’s share of the business these days.”.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

Nobody wants to wind up like Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase, whose cherished legacy has been pickled by what Dimon himself called "egregious mistakes" by an obscure group of bond traders at the firm. The company employs more than 200,000 full-time people, many of whom serve customers in retail stores.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

As the founder of his own New York retail store, Michael C. These relationships are often not just transactional — they’re built on trust, and better bonds are often formed knowing your parents or even grandparents did business together. Working hard to develop her own network paid off for Ashley and her company.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

This popularity has enabled Heineken to raise admission prices by more than 60 percent since 2009 and increase retail sales per capita by 100 percent from 2009 to 2014. It consistently performs at the top of its category on attendance, guest satisfaction, retail sales per square foot and per capita, and yield on admission.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Another way to build rapport is to, “find a bond or a point of commonality,” says Clark. The bond needn’t “be profound”— it could be that you “attended the same university, have kids the same age, or have read the same book recently.” “The camaraderie develops naturally.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. An influx of capital could also result in a revival in the formal retail sector (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

By diving into the data, we were able to dramatically reduce customer dissatisfaction, increase customer loyalty, and develop new, differentiating service offerings. A cotton polo shirt retails for about $29.95 Figuring Out What Our Customers Wanted.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2017

New York–based Morgan Stanley, in business since 1935, has been known as one of the more human-centric firms in the retail investing industry. The Morgan Stanley system can offer those if the client prefers them, but can also present individual stocks or bonds based on the firm’s research.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Loro Piana is distributed globally in 22 countries and operates 135 retail stores, most of them directly owned. Thanks to its preferential access and local community bonds, Loro Piana buys 85% of Peru's production. The company's mission is to sell excellent products made from the best sources of raw material (wool and cashmere).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This trend has created an opportunity to develop engaging content that increases brand awareness. Consumers spent six times as much time on retailers'' apps in December 2012 compared with the previous year. Ad dollars should go to developing useful and relevant apps that bond customers with the brand.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This trend has created an opportunity to develop engaging content that increases brand awareness. Consumers spent six times as much time on retailers’ apps in December 2012 compared with the previous year. Ad dollars should go to developing useful and relevant apps that bond customers with the brand.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Then there''s JC Penney, where Ackman''s push to remake the retailer under the leadership of former Apple Stores chief Ron Johnson has ended in red ink and recriminations. He started developing his famous case against bond insurer MBIA in 2002, and had to wait till 2009 for it to pay off.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. That bonding role extends to other aspects of the business as well, such as delivering on products and services.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

How do you develop an effective relationship with your manager when the person filling that role keeps shifting? Even in the best professional situations, you shouldn’t “rely on your boss for all of your development needs,” says Claman. How much of an investment should you make? Focusing on learning.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

But she also realized that the company needed to develop greater marketing muscle to drive a commercial transformation. In our experience, there are specific steps CEOs and CMOs can take to develop a working relationship that is dynamic and useful. Make the CMO the “bonding agent” that connects the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

By developing customer bonds with the overarching brand, companies can offset the natural customer attrition that brands and products experience when their appeal is based on a discrete period of time, like a certain life stage. Customer retention. Of course, a master brand strategy continues to carry risks and present limitations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

Bonding: Pinterest nudges online shopping into something more like the real thing: a social experience shared by friends. It's the online equivalent of that age-old female bonding ritual, the shopping spree. Collaboration: It's not all about shopping, though.

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