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 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2013

How can a business operate when the currency is on a free-fall?" Indian shoppers are not only cutting back on big-ticket purchases such as refrigerators, TVs or expensive branded apparel but even staples including soaps, ketchup and cosmetics. How Can Businesses Operate in A currency Freefall? Crude Daily Chart.

Apparel 75

Apparel Finance Hotels Enterprise 75

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. Some retailers and manufacturers—in the apparel, footwear, and electronics industries—have launched programs to make their customers interested in preserving their products and preventing things that still have value from going to the landfill. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Company 70

Company Apparel Retail Metrics 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Research shows that abnormal weather disrupts the operating and financial performance of 70% of businesses worldwide. In the apparel sector, for instance, the unusually warm winter temperatures across Europe and the U.S. last year triggered shortfalls in sales, store closures, and job cuts.

Cash Flow 71

Cash Flow Apparel Financial Small Business 71

Women in Consulting

JULY 13, 2018

By: Henry Telfeian. :: Two months ago, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case Dynamex Operations West Inc. It’s because of this third part of the test that you need to pay attention to how you operate, including how you hire subcontractors. Bottom line, the Dynamex decision has made a bad situation worse.

Apparel 54

Apparel Consulting Course Company 54

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Like many competitors in the apparel industry, Vineyard Vines has kept their operations lean in order to preserve operating margins. This holiday-themed product campaign targeted two specific audiences: 1) customers who had previously viewed the holiday-themed apparel and 2) customers with a high affinity toward the product.

Retail 76

Retail Engineering Apparel Data 76

Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

Sears Holdings has indicated that “substantial doubt” exists about its ability to continue operations. don’t acquire another retailer and operate it separately) and to create more value for its core customers. Analysts say that Sears may still have time to stage a turnaround. It might be too late to save Sears.

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Turnaround Retail Airlines Apparel 70

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

As such, I’ve increasingly seen case interviews being used to recruit for corporate strategy roles in all sectors and business operation (“BizOps”) roles at startups. However, consultancies are not the only oversubscribed employers who need to find the individuals to cope with demanding jobs.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Case Study 78

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And we’re seeing these business leaders of tomorrow they’re really championing a new operating model of work. Let’s say it’s an apparel company, right. And so that’s what we’re seeing the business leaders of tomorrow do — is champion a shift to this new kind of operating model of work.

Apparel 95

Apparel Enterprise Productivity Company 95

Harvard Business

APRIL 15, 2016

In Brazil and India , small apparel shops use messaging to alert recurring customers when a new collection has arrived and to share pictures and videos of their products. As businesses start creating messaging operations, they’d be wise to understand what customers don’t want to see from companies on these platforms.

Real Estate 70

Real Estate Video Apparel Small Business 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. When it comes to recommendations, is there room for improvement in the way Amazon and Netflix operate? Stitch Fix, which lives and dies by the quality of its suggestions, has no choice but to do better.

Company 70

Company Fashion Apparel Trends 70

Harvard Business

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.

Management 70

Management Apparel Industry Company 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

As McGrath and MacMillan explained in their original article, “conventional planning operates on the premise that managers can extrapolate future results from a well-understood and predictable platform of past experience.” ” Step 3: Define operational requirements.

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Methodologies Company Apparel 103

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Fortune 500 and over 30 of the Global Fortune 100 among its clientele. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. BTS GROUP KEY STATS.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. The feedback in the 360-degree reviews was supposed to be anonymous. Of course I have.

Case Studies 132

Case Studies Case Study Study Sales 132

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Tools Construction System Retail 70

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations.

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Talent McKinsey Apparel Company 72

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

In another example, GSMA, the trade body representing mobile operators, has developed a framework to collaborate in maximizing their contribution towards the SDGs, in particular improving infrastructure, reducing poverty, providing quality education, and acting on climate.

Chemicals 71

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 71

Kates Kesler

JANUARY 25, 2013

Take Nike, marketing a core brand across a number of consumer categories with hundreds of footwear and apparel products all over the world. A clear approach to operating governance is the key to making the tension in the matrix work for customers, shareholders and the assorted teams inside the business. Nike’s money-making matrix.

Apparel 56

Apparel Talent Report Productivity 56

Harvard Business

JUNE 17, 2016

Consider the sports apparel company Under Armour. If you build a robust growth engine on a strong foundation, rather than seeking individual opportunities, you can be confident knowing that sustainable expansion will follow. Haier’s engine for growth developed over years; it is the heart of the company’s identity.

Company 70

Company Engineering Apparel Energy 70

Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. In foods, beverages, health, beauty, and apparel local variations really do matter. These four roles serve as the basis for differentiating responsibilities between the global center and the regional operating units. The global/local tension.

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Agile Analysis Apparel Resources 50

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The brand can also be licensed (B-2-B-2-C) to third parties for entertainment, apparel, or any number of other products; in addition, it can merchandise its own products and sell new services to its customers or fans (B2C). Ignite your fan engagement and apply those learnings across your business. ” Read More from Microsoft.

Sports 70

Sports Industry Data Media 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

Alan Kurtz, MMC’s chief operating officer, was standing off to the side, and she moved to join him, but a racer intercepted her. She’d joined the company six weeks before, following a long stint as CMO of Atawear, a high-end sports apparel company. “Do you work for Mendoza?” ” he asked, sounding annoyed.

Case Studies 71

Case Studies Case Study Study Apparel 71

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Adapted from.

Energy 70

Energy Airlines Culture Retail 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

We already see companies localizing time-sensitive and highly customizable forms of production to move closer to customer demand, particularly in the fast apparel (Adidas, Zara) and automotive (Tesla) industries, thus turning global supply chains into two-way streets. Essential background. “People Are Angry About Globalization.

Education 70

Education Enterprise Productivity Examples 70

MishTalk

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Reshoring Index shows that for the fourth consecutive year, reshoring of manufacturing operations to the United States has once again failed to keep up with offshoring. Vietnam has absorbed the lion’s share of China’s manufacturing outflow, especially in apparel. That view was far too optimistic. Kearney U.S. Study Findings The A.T.

Apparel 28

Apparel Chemicals Trends Report 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Reshoring Index shows that for the fourth consecutive year, reshoring of manufacturing operations to the United States has once again failed to keep up with offshoring. Vietnam has absorbed the lion’s share of China’s manufacturing outflow, especially in apparel. That view was far too optimistic. Kearney U.S. Study Findings The A.T.

Apparel 28

Apparel Chemicals Trends Report 28

Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2018

. “Any time you start something new like [an innovation initiative], that cuts across many areas, there’s a potential for people feeling like you’re in their backyard,” says Michael Britt, a senior vice president who heads the Energy Innovation Center at Southern Company, a major utility operator.

Company 133

Company Survey Apparel Culture 133

Harvard Business

APRIL 21, 2017

Apple, which already sources renewable energy for nearly all its operations, announced that three more suppliers were committing to 100% renewable energy. In apparel, this is more than aggressive. Disclosure: I’ve done paid speaking for executives at Walmart and Apple.).

Leadership 126

Leadership Energy Apparel Efficiency 126

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. In this case, Levi’s had spent a decade identifying great ways to cut water use in the apparel value chain. Who really knows what a Trump presidency will bring to the U.S.

Energy 70

Energy Chemicals Banking Financial 70

MishTalk

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Most of the consumer goods made in China such as apparel, shoes, toys, and hardware haven’t been made in America in decades. Amazon will use drones to deliver their packages and UPS will have to either operate the drones or else find some other line of work.

Apparel 47

Apparel Industry Examples Operations 47

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

Telecommunications 70

Telecommunications Biotechnology Survey Healthcare 70