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Monopolies and Tech Giants: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
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Monopolies and Tech Giants: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review, Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani, Darrell K. Rigby, Vijay Govindarajan
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
2h 36m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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WHAT BIG CONSUMER BRANDS CAN DO TO COMPETE IN A DIGITAL ECONOMY

by Howard Yu

No industry is failing faster than retail. The 125-year- old Sears—once the world’s largest retailer—filed for bankruptcy. The public has more or less come to expect the shuttering of stores such as Macy’s, Sears, Toys “R” Us, Kmart, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney, and Barnes & Noble. The ones that manage to escape are discount chains—such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls—which compete aggressively on price.

Price competition hurts. It also hurts the brands sold inside the stores, which in part explains why consumer product giants like Procter & Gamble are seeing their sales stagnate for products like Tide detergent, Gillette razors, Pampers diapers, and Crest toothpaste.

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