Harvard Business

MARCH 19, 2024

At most small and medium-sized e-commerce retailers, prices are typically set and updated in an ad hoc fashion without one clear owner. The process often starts by using a gross margin target, followed by some comparison with competitors, and then some adjustments from there.

Fashion 252

Fashion Comparison Retail Strategy 252

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It shows interests, prompts discovery, and finally, leaves all involved parties changed in some form or fashion — all by way of a simple question of who, what, when, where, why, or how. Curiosity is a skill that is useful in every context, whether it be in the workplace or in the lives of your loved ones.

Fashion 254

Fashion How To Exercises Efficiency 254

Harvard Business

JANUARY 25, 2022

The footwear startup advanced its environmental mission, while staying ahead of competitors.

Fashion 125

Fashion Management 125

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2023

This article describes three steps that organizations can take to improve air quality in a cost-effective fashion. And the recent intense air pollution from Canadian wildfires that extended across much of the United States highlighted yet another reason: forest fires.

Fashion 229

Fashion Policies Government 229

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2023

This article provides a process for segmenting prospective customers in this fashion and creating a sales strategy. When companies are creating profiles of possible target customers, there is a dimension they often overlook: the urgency of the need for the offering.

Sales 181

Sales Fashion Strategy Strategy 181

Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Instead, proceed in a methodical fashion. Filling a classroom or conference room to the brim with employees isn’t just going to feel unsafe to many; it’s going to feel oddly crowded, especially in comparison to the social distancing standards most people have been following. Don’t be overzealous with your reintroduction.

Training 290

Training Training How To Fashion 290

Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2023

In the past, companies could limit expansion in a more controlled fashion to just one market at a time. Building a global company is easier, but also more nuanced and complex, than ever before. In the digital age, global growth is far more continuous and incremental in nature.

Company 168

Company Fashion Marketing Strategy 168

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2022

What’s next for fashion shopping app, THE YES: improving the algorithm or investing in customer acquisition?

Fashion 143

Fashion Advertising Data Strategy 143

On the Brink Podcast

APRIL 12, 2021

As a fashion designer and owner of her own apparel sales firm, Babette had to constantly re-invent herself, learn how to run a business, and deal with the challenges of sustaining successful partnerships with men. Hear how one woman made her mark in an industry of men.

Fashion 66

Fashion Industry Apparel Retail 66

Harvard Business

JULY 10, 2023

Industry observers routinely deride the lack of technological sophistication in the construction industry, and have pigeon-holed it as old-fashioned and lagging behind more forward-looking and purposeful industries such as manufacturing. Construction is often maligned as the industry that technology left behind.

Construction 134

Construction Industry Fashion System 134

BCG

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In the wake of the recent financial crisis, the global fashion and luxury industry established a solid record of extremely strong value creation. Thirty-nine of those companies are in fashion and luxury. From 2011 through 2015, the fashion and luxury companies returned an annualized TSR of 15%.

Fashion 40

Fashion Apparel Tourism Trends 40

Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 2, 2020

As with all my books, I don’t talk about Toyota, use Japanese, or refer to lean in any fashion. In a (delightfully) short 70 pages, I discuss what organizational solution jumping looks like; explain why we do it; and present a four step process for how we to avoid doing it.

Fashion 29

Fashion Sales 29

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

Retailers and manufacturers are rushing out new products to keep pace with the leaders of fast fashion such as Zara, H&M, and Forever 21, which launch new fashions every week or so. Fast fashion has become a buzzword for apparel makers, but many consumers are simply looking to replace an item they already have.

Apparel 133

Apparel Retail Fashion Sales 133

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 4, 2025

Success Story One: Aimee Smale Aimee Smale , ex-ASOS employee, founded Odd Muse in 2020, a London clothing brand that aims to steer consumers away from fast fashion and toward quality basics. We can get a better understanding of how effective founder-led marketing can be by considering two recent success stories.

Marketing 88

Marketing B2C Video Media 88

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Why these disclosures went out of fashion — and how to bring them back.

Fashion 91

Fashion Company How To Finance 91

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Youngme, Felix, Mihir, Rebecca, and Rawi swap predictions for 2021 — from business to politics to fashion.

Fashion 91

Fashion 91

Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Send a personalized email, LinkedIn message, text message with a.gif, or even an old-fashioned card via snail mail. Instead of meeting for a drink after work, it's BYOB via Zoom. No driving or shoes required. Anniversary. You can celebrate anything!

Fashion 195

Fashion Resumes Tools Conference 195

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Likewise, ideas with cues related to being fashionable, credible (e.g., So, features of the product that communicate its wide acceptance (such as whether the idea is fashionable or has celebrity endorsement), feasibility, or ease of use can simply indicate the product is common, not unique.

Productivity 128

Productivity Fashion Culture Advertising 128

Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

Additionally, AI can adapt how the features unfold based on the learner’s pre-existing knowledge level, allowing it to encourage participants with different degrees of initial understanding in a fashion that provides them with value. In some cases, AI solutions can even create games dynamically.

Tools 297

Tools Consulting Course Company 297

Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 3, 2020

As with all my books, I don’t talk about Toyota, use Japanese, or refer to lean in any fashion. In a (delightfully) short 70 pages, I discuss what organizational solution jumping looks like; explain why we do it; and present a four step process for how we to avoid doing it.

Fashion 130

Fashion Sales 130

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

As long we continue to try to map physical-world models onto cyberspace, they will fall short in some fashion. Sharing information among people at human speed may work in many physical contexts, but it clearly falls short in cyberspace. Legal and Policy Frameworks. Next, cyberspace is still very new from a legal and policy point of view.

Government 133

Government Fashion Policies Accenture 133

Consulting Matters

JUNE 8, 2023

Plus, don't miss Suzanne's valuable insights into the power of fashion, preparation, and collaboration when creating your visual brand. Learn how to build trust and relationships with your audience by showcasing a warm and authentic image of yourself on your website.

Fashion 156

Fashion Resumes Energy Marketing 156

Alan Weiss

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It’s become fashionable to talk about “Vito” (Very Important Top Officer) in marketing, thought it sound more like a mob leader to me. People also throw around “C-suite” as if it denotes some exclusive gathering areas of executives, like ancient pterodactyls’ mating grounds.

Fashion 40

Fashion Information Technology Information Technology Finance 40

Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Prior to beginning her successful consultancy, Emma worked in sports marketing, fashion retail marketing, and telecommunications with companies in England including Westfield, Diane Von Furstenberg, Westpac, and T-Mobile.

Retail 153

Retail Fashion Consulting Marketing 153

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Rather than being treated as a generic member of a particular class, he would have been treated in an individualized fashion. But it has to be done in a fashion consistent with the first two rules: It has to be individualized. Since that incident, I have watched this phenomenon over and over.

Talent 134

Talent Management Fashion Consulting 134

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Our recent work in women’s fashion suggests more complicated promotional structures aimed at basket-building — such as buy one item and get a second at a discount — work far better in-store. Does the promotion work best in-store or online?

Retail 128

Retail Apparel Sales Fashion 128

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

For example, the majority of employees participating in our study were in favor of increasing transparency in an anonymous fashion, by reporting average salaries by position. And in a follow-up study , we found that most employees were willing to pay significant amounts in order to conceal their own salary from coworkers.

Survey 133

Survey Fashion Study Policies 133

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

New home sales have been mostly sideways at a weak level, in a choppy fashion.

Sales 61

Sales Fashion 61

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Go out on a high note by making sure that files and clients are transferred in a timely and organized fashion and that deadlines won’t be overlooked in your absence. And take the time to express gratitude for the opportunities you’ve had there. ” HBR: 7 Ways People Quit Their Jobs by Anthony C.

Fashion 115

Fashion Resumes Energy Interviews 115

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

By 1799, the fashion landscape was primed for redefinition and adjustments to previous styles. Enter Beau Brummell , a British “dandy” from the lower class who climbed the social ladder by providing fashion advice to wealthy elites.

Case Interview 131

Case Interview Fashion Culture Insurance 131

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

For example, I have two acquaintances who, in high school, both had an eye for fashion and design. The other (who was not nearly as academically talented) decided to pursue a career in fashion. She works for one of the major fashion labels. because she is just that good at fashion. As I approach 40 years of age (geez.

Case Interview 89

Case Interview Consulting Fashion Interviews 89

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

In fashion, brands such as Patagonia encourage customers toward investment purchases: a few, key sustainable clothing and accessory items kept over longer periods of time, reflecting an emphasis on authenticity and de-materialization via episodic deceleration.

Tourism 132

Tourism Fashion Hotels Transportation 132

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

LVMH’s Fashion Group, part of the massive French luxury products group, is one team that’s embracing this approach. Using tools such as journey maps, persona development, and user research, these companies are able to transform the way employees experience their time at the company along every major milestone.

Media 136

Media Fashion Agile Sales 136

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. The ING Bank example shows how the planning process is still necessary and essential to an agile company although in a different fashion with different processes, mechanisms and routines. The world appeared predictable. The future could be planned.

Agile 133

Agile Data Fashion Banking 133

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Successful fast fashion takes much more than speed, he says. . ” He opens up about his management style and reflects on his tenure leading the Spanish clothing and accessories giant, whose brands include Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Pull&Bear.

Productivity 71

Productivity Fashion Management Company 71

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

However, recently they began to take a more holistic approach, focusing on lifetime value and their most profitable segment, the “fashionable spender.” ” This group looks across the business to gather behind-the-scenes information on the runway, newest clothing lines, and aspirational fashion content.

Marketing 134

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 134

Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

” It is a school of thought now fashionable in entrepreneurship circles. When asked about an opponent’s plan for their impending fight, former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson once said: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

Research 134

Research Cash Flow Finance Study 134