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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

Apparel

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals

Rewarded vs. Unrewarded Complexity in Organizations

Kates Kesler

APRIL 17, 2016

A well-designed organization structure brings management attention to the nodes where value and capabilities are created—the intersection of customers, brands, products, emerging markets, functional expertise, and other strategic choices. Often, rewarded complexity is a result of making things simpler or more compelling for customers.

Apparel

Apparel Metrics Retail System

AI Marketing Solutions Benefits to Businesses

Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For example, AI-driven recommendation engines suggest products tailored to individual tastes, whether its personalized emails, product recommendations, or dynamic website content. Enhanced Efficiency and Productivity AI marketing tools automate repetitive tasks, allowing teams to focus on strategic initiatives.

Marketing

Marketing ROI Tools Trends

BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Household Products. Round three is a 45 minute PowerPoint presentation including a SWOT analysis and other metrics for a company of your choosing. Research & Development. Manufacturing. Aerospace and Automotive. Industrial Equipment. Technology. Cloud Computing. Hardware & Software. Food & Beverage. Commercial Oil.

Groups

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview

Localized US Market Management for Best Results

Business Consulting Agency

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Tailoring your products, services, and marketing strategies to align with regional preferences ensures your business appeals to local customers. Optimize SEO for Local Searches Local search engine optimization (SEO) is crucial for reaching customers searching for products or services in their area.

Marketing

Marketing Management Advertising Apparel

Marketers Need to Stop Focusing on Loyalty and Start Thinking About Relevance

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

But his framework also offers a model for rethinking the traditional four P’s of marketing: product , price , place , and promotion. Pride: Customers feel proud and inspired to use the company’s products and services. Consumers typically associate big food companies with mass-production methods and plastic packaging.

Marketing

Marketing Apparel Retail Company

Maximizing Agility and Leverage in the Global Organization

Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. In foods, beverages, health, beauty, and apparel local variations really do matter. Global brands (and aspiring global brands) often represent only a portion of the company’s growth potential.

Agile

Agile Analysis Apparel Resources

An Emotional Connection Matters More than Customer Satisfaction

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

In the search for profitable organic growth, more and more companies are making major investments in optimizing the end-to-end customer experience – every aspect of how customers interact with the company’s brand, products, promotions, and service offerings, on and offline.

Retail

Retail Apparel Financial ROI

Companies Are Working with Consumers to Reduce Waste

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods. For the most part, consumers control what happens to a product. Another apparel company, Patagonia , a high-end outdoor clothier, follows the same credo.

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Company Apparel Retail Metrics

Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Chemicals

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial

Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

That means choosing the right dashboards, defining which metrics matter most and mapping out how long-range planning, resource allocation, and budgeting will work. Do they focus on “manufacturing” (creating products), “distribution” (managing channels and customer relationships), or some combination of the two?

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How One Clothing Company Blends AI and Human Expertise

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. Second, companies can use machines to supercharge the productivity and effectiveness of workers in unprecedented ways. This is where the work interface comes into effect. Some upheaval is to be expected.

Company

Company Fashion Apparel Trends

A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Discovery-driven planning offers a lower-risk way to move a product forward in the face of “what is unknown, uncertain, and not yet obvious to the competition” so that firms can “learn as much as possible as cheaply as possible” while pursuing new ventures. “One out of every six garments sold in the U.S.

Benchmarking

Benchmarking Methodologies Company Apparel

The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

And this is not just the superconsumers outside your organization who are passionate about your products and services. And they’re sure to have great ideas about how to improve your products and business. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. Disclosure:Anheuser-Busch is a former client.)

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