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Audio Advice: From Retail to E-Tail
Michael A. StankoCase IVEY-9B17A036-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAudio Advice was a brick-and-mortar audio specialty retailer with two stores in North Carolina. Traditionally, audiophile components were only sold through specialty stores. However, this practice was shifting, with a growing portion of sales occurring online. Audio Advice wanted to capture a portion of this growing channel, so started online as an Amazon Marketplace seller. Though this channel resulted in quick revenue growth without a great dea...Starting at €8.20
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Armarium: Luxury Fashion Brands for Rent
Avery, Jill; Fubini, David G.; Dossa, Natasha; Stewart, DevonCase HBS-518047-EMarketingArmarium, a two-sided online platform that offered consumers the opportunity to rent the most coveted, current season high fashion clothing and accessories from the top global luxury brands, had emerged from its first sales season with two distinct customer segments: the High Net Worth (HNW) woman and the High Earner, Not Rich Yet (HENRY) woman. As it began to scale its operations, it had to decide which customer segment was the more desirable ta...Starting at €8.20
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Sworkit: Taking the Free out of Freemium
Michael A. StankoCase IVEY-9B19A042-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingMaryland-based Nexercise App Inc.’s fitness application (app) Sworkit provided app-based workout routines that required no equipment. In October 2017, the app was available in a free version with advertising, or via subscriptions that included additional features and no advertising—a classic example of freemium pricing. While 1.5 million people made use of Sworkit each month, the large majority of these were free users, and only a small portion c...Starting at €8.20