Description: AS a 14-year-old Boy Scout who went on backpacking trips in western Massachusetts, Gihan Amarasiriwardena couldn’t find a fleece jacket that would protect him from the wind. His solution was to make his own wind-blocking coat from scratch, using plastic garbage bags, spray-on adhesive and fleece. Source: NYTimes.com Date: May 18, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/business/at-ministry-of-supply-teamwork-in-making-high-tech-apparel.html?ref=business… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management
The Gap is cool again?
Description: Despite a sluggish economy, the Gap is expecting strong sales and earnings. Investors are impressed. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 10, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/05/10/investing-buzz-gap-old-navy-banana-republic.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why is the Gap popular again, according to the report? Do you think there a other reasons? How significant is the role of new management… Read more »
Women CEOs at Berkshire Say They Share `Bond’
Description: Mary Rhinehart, Susan Jacques and Cathy Baron Tamraz, chief executive officers of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiaries Johns Manville, Borsheims and Business Wire, respectively, talk about working with Berkshire Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and succession planning at the company. They speak with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com… Read more »
Some Retailers Say More About Their Clothing’s Origins
Description: The revolution that has swept the food industry is expanding to retail: origins matter.With fair-trade coffee and organic fruit now standard on grocery shelves, consumers concerned with working conditions, environmental issues and outsourcing are increasingly demanding similar accountability for their T-shirts. The issue has been brought to the forefront by the garment factory collapse… Read more »
Whatever happened to these Fortune 500 companies?
Description: Here are seven companies from the first Fortune 500 that have since been merged, split up, or put out to pasture. Source: Fortune.com Date: May 06, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/gallery/leadership/2013/05/06/500-where-are-they-now.fortune/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report tell you about the successes and failures of big companies and their managements?
Despite Wear, True Religion Finds a Buyer for $835 Million
Description: True Religion Apparel (TRLG) may be a little tattered, but it’s still a handsome asset for TowerBrook Capital Partners, which plans to buy the luxury jeans company for $835 million. Source: Businessweek.com Date: May 10, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-10/despite-wear-true-religion-finds-a-buyer-for-835-million#r=hp-lst Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the high-end fashion market? Do you think… Read more »
Why General Mills opposes GMO labeling
Description: General Mills CEO Kendall Powell says that genetically-modified food is safe and does not need a special label. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/n-general-mills-gmo.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: How should top management deal with this issue? Do you think it is good strategy to oppose GMO labeling? What message should top… Read more »
What makes a great board of directors
Description: Fortune’s Geoff Colvin talks about how the success of a company depends on the relationship between the CEO and the board. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/fortune-500-geoff-colvin-photo-essay-board.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What makes for a great board of directors? What does this report tell you about the role of the… Read more »
Bangladesh tragedy pressures retailers
Description: After a building collapse in Bangladesh killed over 400 workers, retailers are under pressure to improve overseas manufacturing standards. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 03, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/05/03/n-retail-in-bangledesh.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Who is responsible for assuring proper working conditions of foreign workers? Should the industries involved set up standards for monitoring working… Read more »
Whole Foods Local Forager Elly Truesdell Is a Grocery Tastemaker
Description: The dairy cows smell. All farm animals do, of course, but these particularly pungent Holsteins have just come in from the rain. TheyÕre huddled in open stalls inside a white wooden barn at Cella Brothers in Wallingford, Conn., swishing their tails, chewing on bales of hay, and remarking on the terrible weather with a… Read more »
