Ivey Business School (Canada)
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J.Crew: Are Americans Ready to Dress Down?
Sheri Lambert; Brooke ReaveyCase IVEY-W27129-EMarketingIn July 2019, J.Crew Group Inc., a multi-brand, multichannel specialty US clothing retailer, was investigating a launch within a new apparel category. The company’s marketing research manager had been tasked with interpreting trends and market potential within the industry as well as primary customer research, to recommend a new product line that would increase revenues. She saw three main potentially viable options in the rental, resale, and ath...Starting at €8.20
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Longevity Wines: Fermenting Inclusion for Black Wine Entrepreneurs
Sheri Lambert; Brooke Reavey; Monique BellCase IVEY-W30135-EMarketing, StrategyLongevity Wines was a family-owned urban winery and certified minority-owned business based in the Livermore Valley wine region of Northern California. Founders Phil and Debra Long opened Longevity Wines in 2008 when their winemaking hobby outgrew their garage. By that time, they had spent years visiting tasting rooms and had identified a need to increase inclusivity in the wine community. The wine industry had a history of exclusion in terms of ...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Transformation at GE: What Went Wrong
Robert D. Austin; Genevieve PelowCase IVEY-9B19M110-EStrategyAs recently as 2017, General Electric (GE) had been touted as an example of how established companies could pre-emptively transform their businesses digitally, without waiting to be forced to do so by their competition. But in 2018, the wheels appeared to fall off GE's transformation, amid a crisis that included leadership changes, dividend cuts, credit downgrades, and a stock price crash. The company announced that it would sell GE Digital, the ...Starting at €8.20