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THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Avery, Jill; Israeli, Ayelet; von Maur, EmmaCase HBS-521070-EMarketingTHE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women's fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on her style preferences, size, and budget. When a woman downloaded THE YES app, she embarked upon an interactive shopping journey that leveraged a fun, easy, gamified user experience ...Starting at €8.20
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THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Teaching Note
Israeli, Ayelet; Avery, JillTeaching Note HBS-521097-EMarketingTeaching note for case 521070.Starting at €0.00
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J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (B): Out with the New, In with the Old
Ofek, Elie; Avery, Jill; Alvarez, Jose B.Case HBS-514085-EMarketingIn his August 2012 earnings call, CEO Ron Johnson urged investors to be patient and stay the course with the revised JC Penney marketing strategy despite mounting negative financial indicators. The heart of the strategy was the "Fair and Square" approach to pricing. This was a switch from J.C. Penney's previous high-low pricing program to a new everyday low pricing policy that aimed to fit with a radical repositioning of the JC Penney business mo...Starting at €5.74
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J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (C): Back to the Future
Ofek, Elie; Avery, Jill; Alvarez, Jose B.Case HBS-514073-EMarketingRehired in April 2013, Myron E. "Mike" Ullman III was brought back to stabilize the retailer's business. Under Ron Johnson's "Fair and Square" program, sales had declined rapidly and quarterly losses and expensive capital investments had put severe pressure on cash reserves. Ullman decided to combine "Fair and Square" everyday low pricing and high/low pricing to reverse the negative trend. For example, to welcome people back to its stores, J.C. P...Starting at €5.74
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Away: Scaling a DTC Travel Brand
Avery, Jill; Fuller, Joseph B.Case HBS-520051-EMarketingAway, a direct-to-consumer, digital native e-commerce seller of travel luggage, is debating how to invest its latest round of venture funding. How quickly could and should Away scale and what were the most promising growth trajectories to maximize its potential? Three decisions face the founders. Should Away continue to invest in driving growth in suitcases and other travel bags or was it time to begin to expand into other adjacent travel categor...Starting at €8.20
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Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick
Avery, Jill; Pauwels, KoenCase HBS-519046-EMarketingNike's selection of politically polarizing Colin Kaepernick as the spokesperson for the thirtieth anniversary of its iconic "Just Do It" campaign catapulted the brand into the media spotlight and made it a political flashpoint for consumers across America. Would the choice of Kaepernick positively or negatively affect Nike's business results or just generate a lot of social media chatter? As Nike's management team watched some people burn their s...Starting at €8.20
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J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Pricing Strategy, Teaching Note
Ofek, Elie; Avery, JillTeaching Note HBS-513099-EMarketingTeaching Note for 513036Starting at €0.00
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Hubble Contact Lenses: Data Driven Direct-to-Consumer Marketing
Avery, Jill; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-519011-EMarketingThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). As its Series A extension round approaches, the founders of Hubble, a subscription-based, social-media fueled, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand of contact lenses, are reflecting on the marketing strategies that have taken them to a valuation of $200 million and debating changes to them that will allow th...Starting at €8.20
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J.C. Penney's "Fair and Square" Pricing Strategy (Spanish version)
Ofek, Elie; Avery, JillCase HBS-514S05MarketingAs 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, dubbed "Fair and square", was a central component of the new strategy. The scheme initially had three pricing tiers and eliminated typical sales promotions in an attempt to simplif...Starting at €8.20
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Relating to Peapod, Teaching Note
Avery, Jill; Fournier, SusanTeaching Note HBS-316175-EMarketingTeaching note for case 314142.Starting at €0.00