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By George! Lessons in Leadership from George Washington, CEO
A lesson in leadership based on George Washington. Download Presentation
Part II: The Quest for Sustainability: The Need to Tap into Our Desires & Not Our Guilt To Effor
In our previous blog, we introduced the idea that achieving sustainable practices such as the Circular Economy or Provenance/Transparency...
Supply "Chains"... Italian Style!!!
Why European Managers Have a Leg up On Us in Supply Chain Management Beginning in late 2016, a shift was taking place in Europe....
Brand Management & Licensing Strategies
Licensing is the renting of IP assets to another company which has the core competencies to manufacture and distribute a product category...
Why Supply Chains Need To Morph into Supply Systems
Businesses need to exercise prediction and control over their processes. This applies to the end-to-end product development value chain,...
Why BrandStorming™ Works!
BrandStorming™ is a process for generating unique business solutions to consumer needs. It is built upon the foundations of “Design...
Branding Brexit: How Archetypes Explain Why “Leave” Won and “Remain” Lost
Although much has been written as the reasons for the Brexit victory, the pundits have overlooked a more fundamental explanation than the...
Sustainability: What We Can Learn From Luxury Brands
[Recently republished in Sustainability Compendium, a special edition from the publishers of Fibre2Fashion.] Introduction: Conventional...


Re-Shoring Success Stories…What’s Branding Got to Do with It?
By Bill D’Arienzo, Associate Strategy Advisor US Markets, TEH, Ambrosetti [Article originally appeared in Apparel Magazine] Challenged...


The Luxury Entrepreneur: Disrupting the Rules of Luxury Retail
I had lunch in NYC last month with Stella Xu, luxury entrepreneur, and was mesmerized by an exciting new dimension in luxury and luxury...
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