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6 Ways Green Businesses Make a Difference

Women on Business

Green is here to stay , and if you want your business to succeed in the 21st century, I believe that you must take steps to encourage your company to become more socially responsible, more ethical, more sustainably-minded (measurably so), and more focused on reducing, reusing, and recycling. 3) Focusing the conversation.

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Fashion Friends Make a Fresh Start :: Women on Business

Women on Business

An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. This we believed to be particularly true in terms of the sorts of brands that we were going to be offering.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Online Retail. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. compared to weighted average of 5.2%

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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. Tesco, the success story of the British retail scene for the last 20 years, has suddenly fallen from grace. UK retail, like the rest of the developed world, is witnessing a few big long-term trends. Ethics Global business Retail' How did this happen?

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Addiction Marketing

N2Growth Blog

One of the charges being levied in the Indian High Court was that Coke and Pepsi products were addictive and unhealthy, Hmmm…More recently there have been a number of energy drinks and dietary supplements that have been pulled from retail shelves because of health hazards posed by addictive consumption. Thoughts?

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Understanding Female Talent in Emerging BRIC Markets

Harvard Business Review

Now 30, she works for Louis Vuitton China's retail department and would like to have a career in luxury goods, perhaps in sales development or public relations. "Of Women now talk about facials and traveling and all the things that the older generation didn't think about until they were more established.".

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What HoloLens Has That Google Glass Didn’t

Harvard Business Review

Doesn’t this face the same ethics and social challenges as Glass? This is precisely what made Glass vulnerable to the ethical and social issues that dogged it. Retail, travel, automotive, financial services, all of these will be obvious fits. What’s the HoloLens equivalent of the Glasshole?