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- 14 Aug 2012
- News
Shoes are the heart of department stores
- 01 Mar 2007
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Courting the Poor
the second-year elective Managing Service Operations. Launched in 1957 with a single department store, Magazine Luiza operated as a family-run business until 1991, when the niece of one of the founders, Luiza Helena Trajano Rodrigues,...
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- 13 May 2015
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Will brick-and-mortar stores survive?
- 05 Mar 2012
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Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
- 30 Dec 2011
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Sears Closings; Writing Letters
- 07 Dec 2011
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Yelp is Leaving Chains Behind
- 03 Feb 2012
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J.C. Penney gets a makeover
- 07 Sep 2010
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Estée Lauder's Counter Makeover
- 09 Feb 2018
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Were retail jobs always low wage, with few benefits?
- 01 Mar 2024
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Game On
plan will amount to a small pickleball empire, with 15 locations across Florida, all built from the ground up. Once the Florida beachhead is established, they’ll expand geographically from there. Is it easier to repurpose a vacant View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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Unlocking the Power of Community
finding there’s strong interest in this.” Think luxury brands that sell in department stores, food and beverage brands that customers encounter in grocery stores or restaurants, or sports team fans who...
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- 01 Sep 2023
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End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book
beloved,” she says. But beloved didn’t pay the bills, and by 2015, after decades of pressure from big chains and the internet, the small, independent store was on the verge of closing. That’s when Brody, a New Yorker who spends her...
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- 12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald. It is available at iTunes and wherever you get your favorite podcasts. For more information or to find archived episodes, visit...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation...
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- 07 Oct 2011
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Tea’s Time
not just an idea anymore.” Based in San Francisco, Tea’s sales are projected to hit $25 million in 2011. Sold in some department stores (Nordstrom’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale’s) and children’s...
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- 11 Dec 2014
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Fashion's Retail Revolution
Áslaug Magnúsdóttir (MBA 2000) in the New York office of Tinker Tailor, her new online couture business. When HBS first turned a scholarly eye to retail in the early 20th century, department stores were...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
Harvard Square retail community, the Coop's number was almost up when Murphy arrived on the scene. As an old-style department store that carried everything from refrigerators to intimate apparel, the View Details
- 21 Jul 2022
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How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail
Courtesy of the Feldberg Family Courtesy of the Feldberg Family Sumner Feldberg (MBA 1949), who died on July 1, 2022, was remembered in an obituary in the Wall Street Journal as an innovator in the field of retail. He grew up in Newton, Mass., the child of Jewish...
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