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- 01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story
one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple...
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- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
panoply of Internet sites. It's just as hard to differentiate on price, for similar reasons: any consumer with an Internet connection can quickly determine if that flat-screen TV that Walmart claims is at a blowout price actually is....
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
flexibility. Walmart built an app that allows people to change their shifts with one another. You have to remember that, if you are a woman working in retail, and you have a child, and your shift starts at 7:00, you’ve paid for a...
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- 02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race
are parked at all the Walmarts in the world, so hedge funds can [then] long or short the stock without waiting for the quarterly reports. It’s another way to monetize those images.” Balance sheets can take some of the romance out of...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
capacity to fulfill the high volume of orders is going to be challenging for many retailers and third-party logistics companies. Some companies like Walmart are adding pop-up centers for online orders inside the distribution centers that...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
team. Workplace is Meta’s communication and collaboration platform that we offer to businesses. We have some of the largest and biggest brands on the planet using the platform—folks like Walmart and Delta Airlines, Starbucks, Nestlé. And...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
value-added products like yogurt. The entry of large multi-brand retailers like Walmart and Carrefour in the Indian market threatens to squeeze Amul's margins and undermine its low-cost distribution network. India's large young rural...
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Sean Silverthlorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
at Walmart with that of Microsoft? Things get very subjective very quickly. And what makes the American Opportunity Index so groundbreaking is that it’s purely empirical. In addition, because it’s focused on workers and looking at them...
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One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity
of campus? Srikant Datar: Our amazing colleague Jim Cash has helped me in setting up a racial equity advisory board. And through that, I've been fortunate to learn more about the efforts of people like Doug McMillon at Walmart and leaders...
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diplomats as they work through their toughest deals. Examples: In business and finance: Steve Schwarzman on several early make-or-break deals for Blackstone; Sarah Frey negotiates advantageous supplier deals for her tiny farm with a vindictive View Details