Make-up gets a make-over; a breakaway concept in cosmetics retailing is upsetting the old-guard department stores in the US
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Sephora is a category killer in the US. The retailer does not sell cosmetics and toiletries in the way that department stores have traditionally sold them. Sephora instead provides a large selection of competing brands and lets customers sample the products to determine what product they want. The company currently has 176 stores, which in 1998 garnered sales of $375 million.
Publication Name: Business Review Weekly
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0727-758X
Year: 1999
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Change In The Presence Of Fit: The Rise, The Fall, And The Renaissance of Liz Claiborne
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Changes in many attributes over a short period of time within a company yield better performance than when changes occur incrementally over a long period of time. In the article, the rise, decline and recovery of Liz Claiborne's sales were explained in this light.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 2001
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Dynamic Boundaries of the Firm: Are Firms better off Being Vertically Integrated in the Face of a Technological Change?
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Technological change impacts not only the firm but its suppliers and customers as well because firm boundaries are dynamic, and evolve as the firms themselves.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Journal
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0001-4273
Year: 2001
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