Lessons from the World’s Next Retail Frontier - - The Gulf has produced some of the world’s most successful retailers, yet they appear to have won through entirely different strategies. Landmark built proprietary brands. Alshaya mastered franchising. Lulu focused on underserved customers. If opposite strategies can all succeed, what separates enduring winners from temporary winners? The answer offers valuable lessons for retailers seeking lasting advantage in the world’s next

Lessons from Seven Decades -- Introduction "Nobody knows what strategy is." – The Economist Few concepts in business are as widely discussed yet as poorly understood as strategy. In countless boardrooms, classrooms, and executive off-sites, the word is used to mean everything from setting goals and writing mission statements to launching marketing campaigns and cutting costs. No wonder when you ask a group of executives “What is strategy?” , the answers range wildly. For som

Supporting the Programs & the leaders 1. Background Digital Transformation has been one of the defining forces of the last decade –...