Chapter 1 Case: Converse Converse‚ a brand of basketball shoes that became familiar with success from the start but dropped into bankruptcy in the early 2000’s‚ is now slowly climbing its way back to the top. Since 1908 when Converse was founded it was very popular among many athletes‚ artist‚ musicians‚ and designers. Converse was well known for its original canvas high top All Star or Chuck Taylor. In the 1970’s several companies started producing this “high-top” shoe‚ which caused Converse’s
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Case 2.1 American Idol: A Big Hit for Marketing Research? 1. What steps of the six-step marketing research process are evident in this case? According to Case 2.1. The steps are: a) Problem Definition.- The definition of the problem presented when Marcello & Litzenberger analyze that professionals resistance to pursing marketing research. b) Only Mentioned Development of an Approach to the Problem.- This step occurs when they identify the information that they needed to make
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T.J.X. Companies‚ Inc. Final Case Study Report Nichols College T.J.X. Companies‚ Inc. is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States and worldwide‚ ranking number 115 in the most recent Fortune 500 listings. They have the broadest demographic reaches in retail‚ all of which have enabled them to achieve successful‚ and profitable growth year after year‚ through many types of economic and retail cycles. With over
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ELEKTRA PRODUCTS‚ INC. CASE ANALYSIS REPORT I. BACKGROUND: As to the Company: Elektra Products‚ Inc. is an 80 year old company‚ publicly held and had once been a leading manufacturer and retailer of electrical products and supplies. Challenges that have to be addressed: In recent years‚ the company experienced a host of problems as follows: declining market share due to increased foreign and domestic competition; new product ideas were few and far between; departments such as manufacturing and
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recognizing the overhead activities‚ costs of overhead resources used for the activities are allocated to the activities using cost drivers. Then pooled costs of each activity are allocated to products‚ using the cost drivers. It takes one large overhead cost pool and breaks it down into several pools‚ which for this company are: receiving and materials handling‚ machine usage and maintenance‚ packing and shipping‚ and engineering. These have a cause-effect relationship with activities and resources that are
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Cartwright Lumber Company Nature of the business: Retail distribution of lumber products Overview The Cartwright Lumber Company had been found in 1994 as a partnership by Mark Cartwright and his brother-in-law Henry Stark. Later in 2001‚ Mr. Cartwright bought out Stark’s shares and incorporated the business. Now‚ Mr. Cartwright is a sole owner and president of the company. The business is located in the Pacific Northwest region and does the retail distribution of lumber products in the local area
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Office Dakota Products Case Analysis Course: BUSA 5061 Managerial Accounting Students Name: Teresa Willette Professors Name: Dr. Conner/Dr. Pollard Date 3/20/2011 Executive Summary The following analysis is written for Dakota Office Products to evaluate current business operations and recommend future actions necessary to ensure company success. In the analysis of the company we will identify inefficient business practices that have led to the companies first profit loss in its history. We will evaluate
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2.1 The causes of product return for online apparel products Research on commercial returns have shown that the reasons for product returns could be defects‚ product incompatibility with user needs‚ and deficiencies in product performance relative to customer expectations (Ferguson‚ Guide‚ Souza‚ 2006; Guide‚ Souza‚ Van Wassenhove‚ & Blackburn‚ 2006; Rao‚ Rabinovich‚ & Raju‚ 2014). However‚ the main reason of returns suggested by Lawton (2008) is that products are not meeting consumer’s needs. Because
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The Wilson Company Case 2 Joy has recently acquired a new job with a manufacturing company‚ The Wilson Company. She had moved up the managerial ladder from a first line manager‚ to a middle manager position. This was a big step for Joy‚ however the magnitude of the change was bothering her. Not only did Joy step up a notch in the managerial world‚ she switched worlds from sales to manufacturing. Joy’s new job had some similarities‚ however she was more focused on the differences (which she did not
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Case 8.1: Stalwart Industrial Products Case Summary: Stalwart Industrial Products is a manufacturer and seller of a wide variety of industrial tools that they sell to numerous resellers and end users. The company was founded in 1935 and prides itself on producing quality tools that last for a very long time. Stalwart’s national sales manager‚ Tom Beesman‚ has been well regarded as a successful leader since taking over his position three years ago that has helped to guide the sales force to
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