Master of Business Administration Strategic Management Carrefour Misadventure in Russia Supervised By Submitted By John Kalmus Muhammad Omair STU 22782 Submitted To IBAM Word Count 3898 Submission Date 22 January 2011 Carrefour strategy is comprised of following components Organic‚ Sustainable and Profitable growth Fast return on capital employed Market Leadership through Acquisition Carrefour started business in 1963 by introducing the idea of hyper market by providing thousands
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Strategic marketing management Company Information Carrefour Group‚ in the past 40 years have grown to turn out to be one of the world’s leading distribution groups. Carrefour began its journey in 1959 which was established in France by the Defforey families and Fournier. The name Carrefour came into existence as shops were located on thoroughfare‚ which literally means a place where it’s convenient to shop. Carrefour hypermarket was first opened outside France in Belgium and the first
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Carrefour adopted several good strategies that contributed to their success in China. They placed a strong focus on their pricing strategies‚ choice of location‚ supplier control‚ localization‚ and their supply chain management. In order for Carrefour to reduce operational costs and enhance their product line‚ they adopted a system‚ the Global Procurement System‚ in which centers were obtained to find low cost suppliers for the company’s hypermarkets around the world. As China’s products grew
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ASSIGNMENT This assignment is designed and aimed to improve your analytical techniques. The assignment is worth 20% of your total grade. All groups (5 students in a group) should read Case Study Carrefour‚ and elaborate the following issues related to the Case with justifiable theories. 1. Since 2004‚ Carrefour has been in a re-launching process‚ because of a growing competition both on a worldwide level and in many specific country markets. Conduct a SWOT analysis for the group and discuss critically
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powerfully motivate employees to work and share knowledge and adopt a play-safe strategy in internationalization. As for the number two player—Carrefour‚ they provide customers with one-stop shopping‚ lowest price‚ fresh products‚ self-served shopping in a hypermarket with free parking lots. In contrast to Wal-Mart’s internationalization strategy‚ Carrefour expands to foreign markets faster and more flexible than their counterpart. Wal-Mart founded by Sam Walton adopted circumventing strategy
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customers or other data source. Carrefour marketers use geographic segmentation because they know where to sell their product to increase advertising and sales effect. For example‚ there are different numbers of population among each state in Malaysia then Selangor state consist of most highest population with 51026000 peoples. Therefore‚ Carrefour should put more attention in Selangor state as the geographic in Selangor is stronger compare than other state. Carrefour outlet at Selangor state are Subang
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNIT CHOICE Students are advised that‚ while the course advisers will endeavour to give every possible assistance and advice concerning unit choice‚ the onus is on students to ensure that units selected meet degree regulations and requirements. This is not the faculty’s responsibility and the faculty takes no responsibility for error in unit selection. For more details on responsibilities‚ students must refer to the education policy and become familiar with the section on responsibilities
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Assignment 1- PEST Analysis: Business Environment in Russia (982 words) Pest Analysis: Business Environment in Russia Introduction Russia‚ with a wide base of natural resources and one of the BRIC countries is seen as an attractive market to gain a toehold in by global investors including the United Kingdom’s retail industry. This report aims to analyze the business environment in Russia for British retailers using the PEST analysis. The PEST analysis will focus on four different aspects of
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MANAGING SERVICE QUALITY (Application in Carrefour Retail Store) Individual Assignment of Operation Management by : Yessy Saputra MMR 39 – 151091013 PRASETIYA MULYA BUSINESS SCHOOL MAGISTER MANAGEMENT REGULAR PROGRAM JAKARTA 2010 Dalam industri jasa‚ salah satu faktor penting yang perlu diperhatikan oleh perusahaan adalah kualitas jasa. Karena jasa merupakan sesuatu yang tidak berwujud‚ maka evaluasi akan jasa menjadi suatu hal yang sulit dilakukan. Namun‚ kita tidak boleh mengabaikan hal ini
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Carrefour is one of the largest hypermarket chains that exist around the globe. It originated in France‚ Marcel Fournier‚ Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey was the creators of Carrefour. Carrefour is the pioneer retailer in Europe and the second one around the world. This hypermarket has been expanding around Europe. It also spread elsewhere through its partners and franchisees‚ such as the stores that exist in Egypt. Entering Carrefour store means that you’ll get to experience top quality products
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