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      • September 2020
      • Article

      Customer Supercharging in Experience-Centric Channels

      By: David R. Bell, Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
      We conjecture that for online retailers, experience-centric offline store formats do not simply expand market coverage, but rather, serve to significantly amplify future positive customer behaviors, both online and offline. We term this phenomenon “supercharging” and...  View Details
      Keywords: Retail Operations; Marketing-operations Interface; Omnichannel Retailing; Experience Attributes; Quasi-experimental Methods; Operations; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Consumer Behavior; Retail Industry
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      Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno. "Customer Supercharging in Experience-Centric Channels." Management Science 66, no. 9 (September 2020).
      • August 2020 (Revised March 2021)
      • Case

      Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations (A)

      By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu
      The case opens in November 2019 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros), Turkey’s oldest and one of its largest supermarket chains, are contemplating what the best fulfillment format and...  View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Grocery; Business Model; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Turkey
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      Moreno, Antonio, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations (A)." Harvard Business School Case 621-026, August 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
      • November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry

      By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno
      Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a...  View Details
      Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America
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      Alvarez, José B., Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Miguel Diaz Moreno. "Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry." Harvard Business School Case 520-043, November 2019. (Revised December 2020.)
      • February 2018
      • Case

      Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty

      By: Paul Gompers, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
      Being an entrepreneur was a childhood dream for Falguni Nayar. The opportunity to build Nykaa.com, a woman-centered business, with a multi-brand retail format in the beauty and wellness space, and the fact that she was doing it with her daughter Adwaita (HBS MBA 2013)...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Information Technology; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Operations; Marketing; Decision Making
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      Gompers, Paul, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty." Harvard Business School Case 218-049, February 2018.
      • February 2017 (Revised March 2018)
      • Case

      BIM: Finding New Ways to Grow

      By: Michael Chu and Gamze Yucaoglu
      BIM, Turkey’s giant retailer with a hard-discount model for the popular segments, must decide whether to launch a brand-new format challenging the modern supermarkets. Since its founding in 1995, BIM has adhered to a business model based on a relentless focus on costs...  View Details
      Keywords: Turkey; Decision; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Value Creation; Change Management; Decisions; Growth Management; Retail Industry; Turkey
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      Chu, Michael, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "BIM: Finding New Ways to Grow." Harvard Business School Case 317-097, February 2017. (Revised March 2018.)
      • December 2016
      • Article

      The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales, Revisited

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf
      Even as we approach the twentieth anniversary of widespread file sharing, its impact on the sale of copyrighted material remains in dispute. We contributed to this debate with an early study, “The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis,” that was...  View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Copyright; Sales; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Koleman Strumpf. "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales, Revisited." Information Economics and Policy 37 (December 2016): 61–66.
      • October 2016 (Revised April 2018)
      • Case

      ASICS: Chasing a 2020 Vision

      By: Elie Ofek, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
      In early 2016, Motoi Oyama, president and CEO of ASICS, a major sports apparel and footwear manufacturer based in Japan, lays out his company’s growth plan for the upcoming 5 years. The new plan set ambitious goals in terms of revenue and profit increases. At the heart...  View Details
      Keywords: Brand Management; Sports Apparel; Competitive Positioning; Direct To Consumer Marketing; Retail Formats; Lifestyle Brands; Information Technology; Competition; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Product Positioning; Marketing Channels; Sports; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
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      Ofek, Elie, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "ASICS: Chasing a 2020 Vision." Harvard Business School Case 517-060, October 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
      • June 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Relating to Peapod

      By: Jill Avery and Susan Fournier
      This case concerns the topics of relationship marketing, customer acquisition and retention, brand loyalty, service failure and recovery, new product introduction, and the use of consumer ethnography to study consumer behavior. Specifically, the case explores the...  View Details
      Keywords: Brand Management; Customer Relationship Management; CRM; Customer Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Retailing; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; E-commerce; Retail Industry; United States
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      Avery, Jill, and Susan Fournier. "Relating to Peapod." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-175, June 2016.
      • October 2013 (Revised January 2016)
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      J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (Abridged)

      By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
      As he gets ready to release 2nd quarter 2012 results, Ron Johnson, the new CEO of department store J.C. Penney, is reconsidering the dramatic changes he initiated for the business model and brand image of his company. A new pricing scheme he put in place in February,...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Price; Consumer Behavior; Decision Making; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; United States
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      Ofek, Elie, and Jill Avery. "J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 514-063, October 2013. (Revised January 2016.)
      • January 2013 (Revised October 2013)
      • Case

      Chef Davide Oldani and Ristorante D'O

      By: Gary Pisano, Alessandro Di Fiore, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri
      This case examines the unique business model of Ristorante D'O, a high end gourmand restaurant located near Milan, Italy. Founded by Chef Davide Oldani, D'O offers meals at approximately one-third the price of other Michelin starred restaurants. Oldani has made this...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Expansion; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Retail Industry; Milan
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      Pisano, Gary, Alessandro Di Fiore, Elena Corsi, and Elisa Farri. "Chef Davide Oldani and Ristorante D'O." Harvard Business School Case 613-080, January 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
      • September 2012 (Revised January 2013)
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      J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Pricing Strategy

      By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
      As a he gets ready to release 2nd quarter 2012 results, Ron Johnson, the new CEO of department store J.C. Penney, is reconsidering the dramatic changes he initiated for the business model and brand image of his company. A new pricing scheme he put in place in February,...  View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Consumer Behavior; Management Teams; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Price; Brands and Branding; Decision Making; Retail Industry; United States
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      Ofek, Elie, and Jill Avery. "J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Pricing Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 513-036, September 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
      • June 2007
      • Case

      Wal-Mart Mexico: Managing Multiple Formats

      By: Rajiv Lal, Mark Rennella and David Lane
      "On February 1, 2007, Wal-Mart Mexico (Walmex) CEO Eduardo Solorzano was preparing for a well deserved, two-week vacation on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Things were going well. Wal-Mart Mexico, which consisted principally of six different retail formats, had been...  View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Growth and Development; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry; Mexico
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      Lal, Rajiv, Mark Rennella, and David Lane. "Wal-Mart Mexico: Managing Multiple Formats." Harvard Business School Case 507-063, June 2007.
      • April 2006 (Revised October 2006)
      • Case

      Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity

      By: Rajiv Lal, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Irina Tarsis
      With FY2005 sales of $27.3 billion, Richfield, Minn.-based Best Buy Co., Inc. was the leading retailer of consumer electronics, home-office products, and related services in North America. Its operations included the distinct store formats Best Buy, Future Shop in...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Service Operations; Business Earnings; Financial Crisis; Failure; Business Model; Leadership; Segmentation; Value Creation; Electronics Industry; United States; Canada; Mongolia
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      Lal, Rajiv, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Irina Tarsis. "Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity." Harvard Business School Case 506-055, April 2006. (Revised October 2006.)
      • January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
      • Case

      Wal-Mart's Business Environment

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
      In 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. proposed to build a new supercenter in Inglewood, a low-income community near Los Angeles. The proposal was a part of Wal-Mart's strategy to bring its supercenter format to California. Introduced in the late 1980s, supercenters added a...  View Details
      Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Strategy; Labor Unions; Conflict and Resolution; Retail Industry; Los Angeles
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Wal-Mart's Business Environment." Harvard Business School Case 706-453, January 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
      • November 2005 (Revised September 2007)
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      Beijing Hualian

      By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
      China's fifth largest domestic retailer faced intensifying competition from Wal-Mart and Carrefour with the opening of China's fast-growing retail market in January 2005. In response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's...  View Details
      Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; China
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      Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Beijing Hualian." Harvard Business School Case 906-403, November 2005. (Revised September 2007.)
      • September 1999 (Revised April 2000)
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      drugstore.com

      By: Richard L. Nolan
      On a clear day in August 1999 in the new headquarters of drugstore.com, against a backdrop of the Blue Angels flying in formation over Lake Washington practicing for their hydroplane Seafare Cup performance, Peter Neupert was pleased with his company's IPO performance....  View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Retail Industry
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      Nolan, Richard L. "drugstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 300-036, September 1999. (Revised April 2000.)
      • May 1999 (Revised August 1999)
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      Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?

      By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
      Jay DiGeronimo, president of a 16-store supermarket chain, is trying to decide the timing and method for expanding his chain. The family-owned company could continue in a maintenance mode, with each family member running one store. It could expand slowly using a new...  View Details
      Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Investment; Market Entry and Exit; Supply Chain Management; Private Ownership; Competition; Expansion; Retail Industry
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      Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Victory Supermarkets: Expansion Strategy?" Harvard Business School Case 599-054, May 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
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      Retail and the Internet

      By: Rajiv Lal
      The emergence of new technology, increasing number of new retail formats and the emphasis on store brands are contributing factors to enormous changes taking place in retailing. Rajiv Lal's work on the use of the Internet by retailers calls into question the...  View Details
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