What can a historian from 400 B.C.E. tell us about cutting-edge corporate strategy in 2019? There will be war. Thucydides was an ancient Greek general now known for his book History of the Peloponnesian War, a meticulous chronicle of the epic clash between Athens and Sparta in the late fifth century B.C.E. Thucydides noticed that […]
Retail
The Fault with Fast Fashion
What do H&M, Zara, Primark, Topshop, and Forever 21 all have in common? Flashy advertisements and constant sales, sure. The latest fashions, of course. Cheap clothes, most definitely. But behind all the carefully curated racks of polyester-blended fabric lurks an industry that is hardly in style. These stores are major suppliers of fast fashion. Fast […]