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The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Nonomura, Kenichi; Neuenschwander, Dena; Ricci, Meghan; Roth, David; Schoch, Kate; Vartanov, SergeyCase HBS-713439-EStrategyFew hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in midst of this crisis. Some of the pending decisions were whether or not to reopen the UNIQLO stores that were wiped out by the tsunami, to follow government orders to turn off the store lights, and to di...Starting at €5.74
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Shiseido: Reinvesting in Brand
Avery, Jill; Sato, NobuoCase HBS-519026-EMarketingShiseido was in the midst of a six year corporate turnaround, trying to reverse the effects of decades of under-investment in R&D and marketing which had led to a cycle of declining customer support and brand value. Would the CEO's VISION 2020 plan, centered on four strategies: 1.) increasing R&D spending from 1.8% to 3% of sales, 2.) investing an incremental 120 billion in brand-building marketing, 3.) moving to a "think global-act local" matr...Starting at €8.20