DOLLARAMA LBO TO: BAIN CAPITAL FROM: ANALYST GROUP MICHAEL MALO SEBASTIEN HUBERT IVANINA MINCHEVA SUBJECT: INVESTOR RETURNS DATE: NOVEMBER 20th‚ 2004 DOLLARAMA LBO TO: BAIN CAPITAL FROM: ANALYST GROUP MICHAEL MALO SEBASTIEN HUBERT IVANINA MINCHEVA SUBJECT: INVESTOR RETURNS DATE: NOVEMBER 20th‚ 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 INDEPENDENT VALUATION OF DOLLARAMA 5 POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO DOLLARAMA OPERATIONS 11 RECOMMENDATION 17 APPENDIX 19 INTRODUCTION
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Best Buy Canada Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of Best Buy Co. Inc with its headquarter in Burnaby‚ BC. Best Buy Co. Inc acquired the Canada-based electronics-chain Future Shop Inc in 2001. The company opened its first Canadian Best Buy store in Mississauga‚ Ontario the following year.1 Today‚ with more than 51 stores across Canada‚ Best Buy Canada has become the fastest growing and the largest retailers and e-tailers of consumer electronics‚ entertainment products‚ accessories and services in
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Jose Montero - MGT 612‚ Strategic Brand Management Professor Jenny Darroch‚ Spring 2008‚ Claremont Graduate University‚ CA Brand Report Card May 5‚ 2008 Copyright 2008. Jose H. Montero. All rights reserved. Brand Report Card: Home Depot vs. Lowe’s The Brand Report Card‚ devise d by Kevin L. Keller‚ is a tool for assessing a brand’s performance by rating brands along ten key traits that Keller believes are shared by the world’s strongest brands. Strong brands possess very high brand
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MGMT 485 - TEAM PROJECT ONE Home Improvement Vanessa Emerson‚ MJ Garren‚ Denise Jackson‚ Corey Pierce‚ & Eric Ponce GLOBAL AND GENERAL EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Social * A rising immigrant population in the U.S. is expected to increase the demand for new homes‚ benefiting building material suppliers ("Lowe’s Companies‚ Inc."). * Remodeling does not generate as much of an economic increase as the housing turnover normally does since homeowners spend half as much on remodels as they
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BESTBUY COMPANY Introduction Best Buy Company is one of the leading companies in US and Canada dealing with the retailer of the consumer electronics. The company has over 400 stores worldwide offering a wide variety of products worldwide ‚ among the company’s major products include the following ; mobile phones‚ gaming systems appliances‚ computers ‚ televisions among other components and accessories. However‚ the company has adopted a variety of strategies that sees it enter successfully into the
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(1878-1958) and B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) Watson using classical conditioning which means the learning that takes place based on an association of a stimulus that does not ordinarily elicit a response with another stimulus that does elicit response. It is important to note that in classical conditioning‚ the stimulus comes before the behavior or response. Skinner using operant conditioning which is defined as a process in which a response is gradually learned via reinforcement or punishment. John Watson
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Minnesota. Schulze used a lot of his personal savings and he took out a second mortgage on his home. He was able to opening up his first store in 1967. His first fiscal year he made one million dollars in revenue which is good for his first fiscal year. The
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The Home Depot Incorporated (HD) Q: What does The Home Depot Inc. do? A: The Home Depot‚ Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. It operates The Home Depot stores that sell various building materials‚ home improvement products‚ and lawn and garden products‚ as well as provide installation‚ home maintenance‚ and professional service programs to do-it-yourself‚ do-it-for-me‚ and professional customers. The company offers installation programs that include flooring‚ cabinets‚ countertops‚ water
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October 18‚ 2011 HOME DEPOT V. LOWES An industry of competition‚ and tight margins The Home Depot and Lowes Company are still at the tip of their game. Both of these companies stand now as the industry standard for the home improvement sector. Both companies have extremely strong financial positions and a long future in the home improvement industry. Competition is good for the retailer‚ but even better for the customer. Each company has its strengths and limitations. The Home Leader –vs- Improving
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Overview Value Line Publishing is an investment survey firm wherein Carrie Galeotafiore presents a five-year financial forecast that shows Home Depot in a positive light. It also prepares to do the same with an analysis of Lowe’s. Home depot and Lowe’s are merchandising companies which operate in the same market including initiatives aimed at bettering customer service‚ attracting professional customers and creating a more favorable merchandise mix. II. Problems/Opportunities 1. Acquisition
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