This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
H-E-B: Creating a Movement to Reduce Obesity in Texas
Alvarez, Jose B.; Riis, Jason; Salmon, Walter J.Case HBS-512034-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In January 2012, H-E-B Grocery Co., a private retail chain with stores located in Texas and Mexico, was introducing its Healthy at H-E-B program to its customers. The program, which started with the company's employees a few years earlier, was an effort to educate and inform customers on how to lead a healthier lifestyle. What CEO Craig Boyan had in mind was creating a state...Starting at €8.20
-
Ocado
Alvarez, Jose B.; Bell, David E.; McLoughlin, Damien P.Case HBS-516059-EMarketingIn 2015, U.K.-based Ocado was the world's largest pure player in the online home-delivery grocery business and was gaining a growing share of the highly competitive U.K. grocery market. Ocado had made heavy investments in technology, including a highly automated warehouse operation, intelligent software for efficient order delivery, and a customer-friendly online interface. Ocado's customer base had expanded beyond the wealthy to include middle-i...Starting at €8.20
-
Tesco Group Food, Teaching Note
Alvarez, Jose B.; McLoughlin, Damien P.; Shelman, MaryTeaching Note HBS-514102-EMarketingTeaching Note for Tesco Group Food, HBS No. 514022.Starting at €0.00
-
Ocado Group: Ready for the Future
Alvarez, Jose B.; McLoughlin, Damien P.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-521061-EMarketingDescribes the outcome of Erik Peterson's meetings over the course of two days with a number of senior executives from the parent company. Students should have read the (A) and (B) cases. The (C) case may be assigned with the (D) case. A redisguised and updated version of earlier case 494-007.Starting at €8.20
-
Tesco Group Food
Alvarez, Jose B.; McLoughlin, Damien P.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-514022-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2010, the world's third largest retailer created a new centralized sourcing department for fresh food and store-brand grocery products in response to changes in global supply and to better meet the needs of a new multi-channel retail environment. The case, set in late 2013, covers the development of Tesco Group Food and identifies future opportunities and challenges.Starting at €8.20
-
The Hain Celestial Group
Bell, David E.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Weber, James; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-516007-EStrategyHain Celestial manufactured natural and organic food and personal care products to be sold to retailers of these products. The company had grown successfully and profitably through acquisitions and organically for two decades. In late 2015, Hain faced challenges on several fronts. First, new consumers were interested in these products and these consumers had characteristics different from those of historical consumers in the segment. Second, the ...Starting at €8.20
-
Ocean Mist Farms
Bell, David E.; Alvarez, Jose B.; Shelman, Mary; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-513027-EMarketingIn late 2012, Kori Tuggle, director of marketing and business development at Ocean Mist Farms, a California produce company, examines her social media-based marketing program and her attempts to create a brand for a bulk commodity.Starting at €8.20
-
Mutti S.p.a., Teaching Note
Alvarez, Jose B.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Sesia, Aldo; Shelman, Mary L.Teaching Note HBS-513069-EMarketingTeaching Note for case 513034.Starting at €0.00
-
J.C. Penney's "Fair and Square" Strategy (Abridged), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Ofek, Elie; Alvarez, Jose B.; Norris, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-516008-EMarketingThis teaching note is for "J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (Abridged), (B), and (C)," which tells the story of Ron Johnson's tenure as CEO of the U.S. department store J.C. Penney, his 2013 firing, and the rehiring of former CEO Myron E. "Mike" Ullman to try to fix Johnson's mistakes.Starting at €0.00
-
Amazon Buys Whole Foods
Alvarez, Jose B.; Lane, David; Coughlin, JoniCase HBS-518056-EService and Operations ManagementThe June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon's bold move into brick and mortar assets offered transformational opportunities. Amazon could gain expertise in perishable product sales and procurement, plus access to 30 million well-off shoppe...Starting at €8.20