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How Target Is Taking Sustainable Products Mainstream

Harvard Business Review

The list of no-no ingredients is long — 1,600 chemicals tracked or regulated by NGOs and governments around the world. Target is, by comparison, focusing much more about the downstream part of the value chain. I attended the two main meetings thus far, first in Chicago in 2014 and then in Brooklyn earlier this year.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. Sure, people print nostalgic books and holiday cards, but that volume pales in comparison to Kodak’s heyday. The right lessons from Kodak are subtle.