One of the key players in the story of The North Face is Hap Klopp, who in 1968, bought the then-burgeoning outdoor sports equipment store. He bought the company for the bargain price of $60,000.Klopp was CEO of The North Face for the next 20 years, and turned the small chain of Bay Area stores into a multi-million dollar business. Today, The North Face is a ... Show More
Apr 2020
Amazon vs Walmart - The Big Bang Theory of E-Commerce | 1
Ninety-six percent of Americans now shop online, snapping up everything from rare coins to industrial-sized barrels of hand sanitizer. Almost half of those purchases take place on one website: Amazon. But before sales were a click away, Walmart was the top dog, decimating main st ... Show More
23m 28s
Apr 2020
Amazon vs Walmart - Priming the Public | 3
By the mid-2000s, Walmart is starting to show some cracks. They are still successful, but bad press and sluggish growth are taking a toll on their earnings. The company debates the best way to move forward, including focusing on online sales, something they’ve long eschewed. As W ... Show More
23m 50s
Jul 2024
Eddie Bauer CEO & Yvon Chouinard Protégé, Tim Bantle, Charts a New Path for the 100+ Yr Legacy Brand
For more than 100 years, Eddie Bauer has been outfitting people for adventures big and small - first through the small curated sports shop in downtown Seattle and eventually through the brand’s 268 stores across the US and their strong e-commerce platform. As CEO Tim Bantle is re ... Show More
1h 15m
Aug 2023
Kurt Geiger CEO Neil Clifford: Private equity is 'underrated'
After 20 years at the helm of 60-year-old British footwear brand Kurt Geiger, Neil Clifford is more than halfway to leading the company to a record sales year.
Kurt Geiger has already made big, impactful changes. For example, five years ago, Clifford hired Michael Kors alum Stev ... Show More
37m 46s
Jan 2024
215 Navdeep Gupta - A Retail Destination
<p>If you're an athlete, or someone close to you is an athlete, you've most likely spent time in a Dick's Sporting Goods store. Depending on where you live, the next time you visit your neighborhood Dick's Sporting Goods, you might be surprised. Dick's has launched its House of S ... Show More
19m 24s
Oct 2017
2017’s Top-Performing CEO on Getting Product Right
Pablo Isla, the CEO of Inditex, is No. 1 on Harvard Business Review’s list of “The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017.” He opens up about his management style and reflects on his tenure leading the Spanish clothing and accessories giant, whose brands include Zara, Massimo Dut ... Show More
18m 5s