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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:41 PM

How they boost income: 27-August-08

Coca-Cola, beverage giant, which seemed to have lost its design savvy in the absence of consistent global design standards: 1. It is trying to boost income through the marketing mileage of good design. 2. Its design leaders are tirelessly advocating good...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:17 PM

How they boost income: 23-August-08

Baugur, the Icelandic retail investment group with strategic investments or controlling stakes in retailers, department stores, jewellery chains, womenswear chains, and fashion conglomerates: 1. It makes an overwhelming majority of its investments in...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:09 PM

How they control cost: 23-August-08

Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company that is highly profitable but still under increasing cost pressures: 1. It has always been very prudent about costs. It has set world records in low project execution costs. 2. It has taken...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:30 PM

How they boost income: 21-August-08

Blizzard Entertainment, creator of a string of best-selling, industry-shaping PC games including the world's most popular and profitable online game, World of Warcraft: 1. It makes fun games that are easy enough for casual players and deep enough...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:00 PM

How they boost income: 14-August-08

Strauss Group, an Israeli coffee outfit: 1. It has boosted income in the past through cooperation (with Danone in yogurt; with Unilever in ice cream). 2. It ventured into the larger and fragmented wholesale roast and ground coffee market instead of the...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:51 PM

How they boost income: 12-August-08

Soho China, Hong Kong-listed commercial property developer: 1. It focuses on commercial mixed-use properties in Beijing that include retail space as well as integrated office and residential units. 2. It focuses on prime locations - particularly the city's...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008 5:06 PM

How they boost income: 09-August-08

McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company: 1. It introduced a discount menu selling double cheeseburgers for $1. It is promoting $1 sweet tea and sodas. It is offering snack-sized sandwiches. It coupled lower-priced foods with healthier...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008 4:59 PM

How they control cost: 09-August-08

Gap, apparel chain: 1. It has reduced inventory by a third 2. It has reduced the time it takes to move clothes from concept to rack from 12 to 9 months. 3. It has reduced TV ads [Click here for full story at Businessweek.com] Lower inventory + less time...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:00 PM

How they boost income: 07-August-08

JCPenney, the department store chain, which is among the older and better known stores in the U.S., but more associated with mothers than their teenage daughters: 1. It is trying to change perceptions. It introduced Dorm Life, a lineup of products for...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:40 PM

How they boost income: 31-July-08

Tribune Co., media group comprising eight newspapers, more than 50 Web sites, 25 television stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and real estate and other holdings, unsettled by companies abandoning newspaper ads at an accelerating pace because of...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:36 PM

How they control cost: 31-July-08

Tribune Co., media group comprising eight newspapers, more than 50 Web sites, 25 television stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and real estate and other holdings, unsettled by companies abandoning newspaper ads at an accelerating pace because of...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:08 PM

How they boost income: 30-July-08

Tesco, the supermarket chain: 1. It aims to increase profits from its services (i.e. financial, telecommunications and internet services) from £400m to £1bn 2. It hired a new CEO for the services and a new head for the bank 3. It purchased Royal Bank...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:38 PM

How they boost income: 29-July-08

Procter & Gamble 1. It is using design thinking¸ which can be applied everywhere, every day to crack difficult business problems and change its culture - using broad insights; learning faster; failing faster. 2. It has held more than 40 design thinking...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:33 PM

How they control cost: 29-July-08

Tata Motors, seeking to change the manner in which people in rural and semi-urban India travel has staked its reputation to make a supercheap car, the Nano with a price originally set at $2,500: 1. It will fit the car with a smaller 623cc-engine that...
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Friday, July 25, 2008 8:01 PM

How they control cost: 25-July-08

Lloyd's of London, the venerable specialty insurance market that brings together underwriters and brokers to insure everything, but with claims processing stuck in the 17th century that needed to be digitalized: 1. It sought out those members who...
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