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- November 2019
- Case
Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time...
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Keywords:
Turnarounds;
Operations;
Management;
Financial Condition;
Problems and Challenges;
Communication;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-053, November 2019.
- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
Fashioning an Industry: Cognitive Processes and the Construction of Worth in the Institutionalization of a New Industry
By: Mukti Khaire
This inductive study of the high-end fashion industry in India explores how the worth of a new industry is constructed. Interviews with entrepreneurs and constituents of the field revealed that the worth of the industry was constructed through framing by early...
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- August 2021 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion
By: Michael W. Toffel, Ken Pucker and Eren Kuzucu
Allbirds is a footwear startup focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials. The case describes the company’s product development process that works with suppliers to develop natural materials including wool and sugarcane to substitute for...
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Keywords:
Decarbonization;
Climate Impact;
Environmental Strategy;
Innovation;
Product Design;
Supply Chain Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Product Development;
Climate Change;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States;
California
Toffel, Michael W., Ken Pucker, and Eren Kuzucu. "Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 622-024, August 2021. (Revised December 2022.)
- 25 Jan 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing Fashion
Keywords:
Re: Michael W. Toffel
- January 2024
- Case
ECOALF: Fashion for the Future
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz and María José Satrústegui
ECOALF, a Spanish fashion brand and sustainability pioneer, aimed to tackle the industry's challenges of excessive consumption and production. The brand's mission was to create timeless apparel exclusively from recycled and eco-responsible materials, matching the...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Decisions;
Business Earnings;
Profit;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Values and Beliefs;
Mission and Purpose;
Competition;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Marketing;
Marketing Channels;
E-commerce;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Fashion Industry;
Spain;
Germany;
Italy;
Europe;
United States
Keenan, Elizabeth A., Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz, and María José Satrústegui. "ECOALF: Fashion for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 524-057, January 2024.
- May 2003 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
ZARA: Fast Fashion
Focuses on Inditex, an apparel retailer from Spain, which has set up an extremely quick response system for its ZARA chain. Instead of predicting months before a season starts what women will want to wear, ZARA observes what's selling and what's not and continuously...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Spain
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Jose Luis Nueno. "ZARA: Fast Fashion." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 703-416, May 2003. (Revised May 2009.)
- 04 Aug 2021
- News
This Technology Will Have A Profound Effect On The Fashion Industry
- May 2003
- Supplement
ZARA: Fast Fashion Video
Presents roundtable discussions and vignettes introducing the company and providing an inside view of the four stages of ZARA's business system, including design, sourcing and manufacturing, distribution, and retailing.
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Ghemawat, Pankaj. "ZARA: Fast Fashion Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 703-901, May 2003.
- April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Biography;
Entrepreneurship;
Relationships;
Brands and Branding;
Ethics;
Fashion Industry;
Fashion Industry
Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent." Harvard Business School Case 318-139, April 2018. (Revised October 2023.)
- October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Moda Operandi: A New Style of Fashion Retail
By: Mukti Khaire
Moda Operandi is a startup in the fashion industry. The firm organizes online trunk shows of designers' collections, allowing its members to directly order clothes from the collections shown in Fashion Weeks all over the world. Moda Operandi conveys the preorders to...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Distribution Channels;
Internet and the Web;
Design;
Fashion Industry;
Fashion Industry
Khaire, Mukti. "Moda Operandi: A New Style of Fashion Retail." Harvard Business School Case 812-040, October 2011. (Revised September 2014.)
- 02 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Connecting Fashion & Technology at Kate Spade
were in the tech and fashion space and getting to know the industry on a deeper level. So far, this has been the perfect experience to work on some of the day-to-day decisions needed within the Product...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
Ferdinand Stockmann (MBA 2021) and James Theuerkauf (MBA 2021) Photo courtesy Syrup Tech Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world, says James Theuerkauf (MBA 2021), who worked in...
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Keywords:
April White
- June 2004 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Zara: IT for Fast Fashion
In 2003, Zara's CIO must decide whether to upgrade the retailer's IT infrastructure and capabilities. At the time of the case, the company relies on an out-of-date operating system for its store terminals and has no full-time network in place across stores. Despite...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Information Management;
Infrastructure;
Supply Chain Management;
Information Technology;
Retail Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Zara: IT for Fast Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 604-081, June 2004. (Revised September 2007.)
- 01 Jan 2008
- Conference Presentation
Fashioning an Industry: How Entrepreneurs and Others Shape the Emergence and Evolution of an Industry
By: Mukti Khaire
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship
- October 2008 (Revised January 2015)
- Teaching Note
Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity
By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Creo
Teaching Note for [209012].
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- August 2008 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity
By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Creo
Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel is planning to purchase and renovate a nine-unit apartment building. Is the market good? Should he sell or lease the units? How should he handle...
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Segel, Arthur I., and Ben Creo. "Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 209-012, August 2008. (Revised January 2014.)
- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
Many people equate luxury with excess and folly. Stella McCartney is not one of those people. A lifelong vegetarian and prominent player in the green fashion movement, the designer has shown that luxury and sustainability need not be...
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- Research Summary
Re-Producing Exclusivity: A History of the Transatlantic Fashion Industry, 1929-1960
The history of fashion has been increasingly explored over the last decade, but two important and intertwined features of the topic are still underdeveloped: business and its international aspect. These dimensions are crucial. Fashion is first and foremost an industry...
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- October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
FARM Rio: Bringing a Brazilian Fashion Brand to the World
By: Isamar Troncoso and Jill Avery
FARM Rio, a twenty-six year old Brazilian fashion brand had recently put down roots in the U.S. The brand, known for its bold, colorful, nature-inspired tropical prints, was testing the waters in Europe to assess if and how the brand should further expand globally....
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Keywords:
Global Marketing;
Go-to-market Strategy;
Global Branding;
Brand Positioning;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Fashion Industry;
Brazil;
United States;
Europe
Troncoso, Isamar, and Jill Avery. "FARM Rio: Bringing a Brazilian Fashion Brand to the World." Harvard Business School Case 524-003, October 2023. (Revised April 2024.)