PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

After a leadership gap of more than half a year, Zulily has announced the successor to its departing CEO Darrell Cavens, who moved on to lead new ventures with QVC’s Qurate Retail Group. At Amazon, Yurcisin led clothing retail efforts, acting most recently as VP of the company’s private fashion labels, Softline Private Brands.

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Leadership Retail Groups Analytics 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Date: May 2017.

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Retail Branding Company Capital 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. Date: November 30, 2006. Date: February 6, 2006. Date: April 15, 2008. Price: $500M. Alcatel and Lucent.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. This would be Munchery’s downfall.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

And nowhere is Bezos’ philosophy of business, technology, and leadership better articulated than in his annual shareholder letters, which he has written every year since the company’s IPO in 1997. 2006: Nurture your seedlings to build big lines of business. 2006: Nurture your seedlings to build big lines of business.

Customer Experience 78

Customer Experience Innovation Company Technology 78

CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal founded healthcare information startup Outcome Health in 2006 while the pair were still studying at Illinois’ Northwestern University. The Outcome.

Fraud 78

Fraud Las Vegas Company Video 78

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Buffett successfully lobbied the leadership of Coca-Cola — the largest position in Buffett’s portfolio, with his ownership share coming in at 6.2% — to cut back on “excessive” executive compensation plans. It had a great brand. The company’s operations and underlying value are the only things that matters, to Buffett.

Omaha 78

Omaha Company Capital Management 78