Today's Times has a nice caselet of meeting of buyers at Macy's department store chain:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/fashion/thursdaystyles/01STORES.html
It is brief but gives a flavor of tactical planning in rapidly changing environment that undergraduates might glean insights from. I can imagine it sparking a discussion of other such industries etc.
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Charles Wankel
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