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Guissoni, Leandro

Arredondar Movement: Expanding Microdonations in Brazil (PORTUGUESE)

Guissoni, Leandro ; Veludo-de-Oliveira, Tania Modesto ; Barki, Edgard ; Zambaldi, Felipe

M-1054 | Published April 24, 2024 | 14 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This is a Portuguese translation of the December 9, 2020 version of UVA-M-0987. Arredondar was a nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose objective was encouraging the culture of donation in Brazil th... Read More

BeM: A Start-Up's Journey through Online Product Reviews

Guissoni, Leandro ; Teixeira, Thales ; Costas, Ruth

M-1048 | Published April 15, 2024 | 14 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The product recommendation website BeM was launched in 2020 in Brazil to explore the significant and untapped potential of the country’s online reviews market. Inspired by US models, BeM’s webpages fe... Read More

Looking for a Sustainable Model at Brazilian Edtech Start-up Resilia

Guissoni, Leandro ; Migliora Neto, Luiz ; Aidar, Marcelo Marinho

M-1030 | Published August 04, 2022 | 12 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The fast-growing educational technology start-up Resilia had successfully initiated its operations in Brazil. It trained full stack developers and connected them with entry-level jobs at unicorn start... Read More

The Multichannel Challenge at Natura in Beauty and Personal Care (B): Building a Successful Digital and Omnichannel Transformation

Farris, Paul W. ; Guissoni, Leandro ; Lourenço, Carlos Eduardo ; Boccia, Murillo

M-1022 | Published December 15, 2021 | 16 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Between 2013 and 2019, Natura undertook a set of initiatives to begin its digital transformation and accelerate the global expansion that resulted in it becoming the world's fourth-largest beauty grou... Read More

Arredondar Movement: Expanding Microdonations in Brazil

Guissoni, Leandro ; Veludo-de-Oliveira, Tania Modesto ; Barki, Edgard ; Zambaldi, Felipe

M-0987 | Published January 29, 2020 | 14 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Arredondar was a nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose objective was encouraging the culture of donation in Brazil through acts of micro-donations. Any shopper could donate at the retail stores tha... Read More

The Multichannel Challenge at Natura in Beauty and Personal Care (A)

Farris, Paul W. ; Guissoni, Leandro ; Ailawadi, Kusum ; Boccia, Murillo

M-0943 | Published August 02, 2017 | 18 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Faced with declining market share and sales between 2014 and 2016, Natura, at the time Brazil’s second-largest brand in the cosmetics, fragrances, and toiletries market, was expanding its customer rea... Read More

Choosing the Right Metrics for Listerine Brand Management in Brazil

Farris, Paul W. ; Guissoni, Leandro ; Araújo, Olegário

M-0902 | Published April 21, 2016 | 11 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Ronaldo Art, brand manager for J&J's Listerine, reflected on the progress he had made in market penetration for the oral hygiene product from the time he started in the position in 2010 to late 2014. ... Read More

The Multichannel Challenge at Natura in Beauty and Personal Care (C): Digital Transformation and Toward a Fintech Business

Guissoni, Leandro ; Moraes, Trícia Karla Lacerda ; Cernev, Adrian Kemmer

M-1023 | Published | 18 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In 2021, the world’s fourth-largest beauty group, Natura &Co, was in the middle of a digital transformation process. Originally a direct-selling company, Natura transitioned to a multichannel business... Read More