HR Digest

JUNE 10, 2024

Instead, the TJX companies are assigning shoplifting cameras to their “loss prevention associates,” who are essentially unarmed security guards who are meant to protect the merchandise at the stores. Approximately one-third of respondents (35 percent) were researching technologies like body cameras for retail loss prevention at their stores.

Retail 75

Retail Merchandising Survey System 75

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. tax jurisdiction.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

8, to invest in small firms to test out new technologies – such as advanced data analytics or new ways to deliver products – before bringing them in-house. But it does this at a lower cost by pulling merchandise from its other larger mall-anchored stores and web site instead of keeping inventory for purchase in stock.

Retail 14

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Business units come and go, but finance, HR, IT, marketing, legal, and R&D are forever. for example, set up a unit like this in the early 1980s; merchandising, IT, and supply chain worked together to develop the company's celebrated direct-store-delivery capability, enabled by handheld devices that Frito-Lay developed itself.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Technology has forced music artists to completely rethink the way they approach their businesses. They’re extending their brand into areas like technology, gaming, fashion, and lifestyle content — essentially becoming entertainment platforms. We’ve all had to adapt. Beyond Music. and Harajuku Lovers.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have algorithms for recommender systems, merchandise buying, inventory management, relationship management, logistics, operations — we even have algorithms for designing clothes! Don’t bury it under another department like marketing, product, finance, etc. You need to create an environment in which it can thrive.

Learning-by-Doing 14

Learning-by-Doing Engineering Metrics Cost 14