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A year ago, Best Buy's stock plunged 50% and everyone predicted its demise. Everything changed since the hiring of the new CEO, Hubert Joly, a former McKinsey & Co. management consultant known as a corporate turnaround specialist. In 2013 shares soared 239%, one of only three stocks in the S&P 500 to rally by more than 200%.

Best Buy's Price-Shredding Turnaround Is Working Under Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly, "Renew Blue" restructuring has priced Best Buy back into U.S. electronic markets—online and off

Strategic differentiation and ex*****on is the essence of industry leaders. But like everything else, they tend to wear with age as the market becomes saturated with competitors that try to undermine it with imitation. Some, therefore, take the "reinvent" path; whereas few relentlessly build on their fundamental differentiation, going from strength to strength and breathe the company philosophy day in and day out. Learn how this repeatable business model allows industry leaders to stay consistent while being able to adapt to the changing market trends.

Strategy - Bain & Company - Publications Really successful companies build their strategies on a few vivid and hardy forms of differentiation that act as a system and reinforce one another. They grow in ways that exploit their core differentiators by replicating them in new contexts. And they turn the sources of their differentiation into…

Due to unforeseen issues, we've canceled all the optional meetings for ICN on Tuesdays. Thursday meetings will still go on. If you have any questions or want extra practice on cases, email [email protected] and we can arrange practice times.

Hey Everyone,

Our first meeting is tomorrow!


What: Irvine Consulting Network
Where: SSL 117
Date: 10/3/2013 (TOMORROW)
Time: 7pm-9pm
Topics: Introductions, IBM Preview, Sample Case Workshop

We also have our IBM Consulting event! Be sure to RSVP!

What: ICN Presents: IBM Consulting
Where: Balboa Island B
Date: 10/4/2013 (Friday)
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Topics: IBM Consulting Panel, Q&A

RSVP: http://www.icnuci.com/index.php/join

Join ICN The Irvine Consulting Network was founded by a group of like-minded UC Irvine students with one simple goal: To increase the visibility and reputation of UC Irvine's students in the business world.