PRINCIPLE & PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT International Case : Carrefour — Which Way to Go? How should Mr. Durant assess the opportunities in various countries around the world? Mr. Durant‚ the new CEO since 2005‚ embarked on the new strategy by offering 15percent new products in its hypermarkets and 10 percent in its supermarkets. Moreover‚ he wants to employ more staff‚ extend the operating hours in certain hypermarkets‚ cutting prices‚ trying small stores‚ and pushing down decision making. Mr
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Chairul Tanjung is an Indonesian businessman who currently holds the senior post of Coordinating Minister for Economics in the Indonesian cabinet. He was appointed to this post by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 17 May 2014 following the resignation of the previous Coordinating Minister for Economics‚ Hatta Rajasa‚ who resigned to take part in Indonesia’s 2014 presidential election. Chairul Tanjung founded his own company that is engaged in establishing Trans TV media.The company is advancing
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voiced by Anjelica Huston. Barbie isn’t liberated by a prince‚ as in the Grimm Brothers classic‚ but frees herself with the help of a magic paintbrush. The launch was accompanied by special promotions of hair-comb sets and other accessories at Carrefour stores across Spain. After seeing the
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an automobile if they did not have one. Also‚ with an undeveloped country there would not be enough customers and economic stability to become established in some countries. What competitive advantages do foreign retailers such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour enjoy when they enter Asian markets? Competitive advantages that the foreign retailers have are first the capital. It takes a great deal of capital to enter into another market area. The next advantage is‚ such as Wal-Mart‚ they have the
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explore. Tesco spread itself into Asia‚ UK‚ neighboring European countries and the US‚ making it stronger and larger. It is now one of the biggest multinational stores across the globe and faces competition from similar big names such as Wal-Mart‚ Carrefour etc. Tesco came up with solutions as and when required in order to meet what the situation demanded. For eg: Opening low cost stores when there was no scope of growth for large hypermarkets in Thailand. Opening out-of-town superstores‚ when required
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PriceChecker: What’s Your Price? PriceChecker.my is a web-based price comparison engine designed to help customers compare prices of goods---top grocery brands---from various major retailers and across popular hypermarkets in Malaysia such as Tesco‚ Carrefour‚ Mydin‚ and Giant. The site compares five big hypermarkets‚ 16 brands and manufacturers‚ and over 32 products. The product categories include cereal‚ bread‚ cooking oil‚ fresh milk‚ soft drinks‚ and even baby diapers and laundry detergents. The featured
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we want to do is grow.” Wal-Mart continues to grow and had $256 billion in sales in the year to January 31st‚ the firm is already the world’s biggest company by that measure. Its nearest retailing rival‚ a French supermarket chain called Carrefour‚ is less than half Wal-Mart’s size. In America‚ Wal-Mart manages nearly 3‚000 giant discount stores and hypermarket “supercentres”. Abroad‚ it has ventured into Mexico‚ Britain‚ Japan‚ Canada‚ Germany and China‚ as well as making smaller investments
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Question 1: Globalisation has‚ in the last few decades‚ been one of the dominant trends in retailing. Retailers around the globe are striving for higher global market shares. The food retailing industry which has an oligopolistic market‚ especially‚ has strong competition although‚ with a few large firms dominating the market. Among them Tesco and Lidl are one of the major European retailers. Tesco is the UK’s largest retailer with 28.7% market share‚ which is 11% more than its closest rival‚ ASDA
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would like to thank you for having me here today. It’s great to see so many beautiful upcoming business people attending at this conference. My name is Nadia Veis and I’m a PR assistant at Tesco‚ the world’s 3rd largest retailer after Wal-Mart and Carrefour. I’ve been a representative for the company for about four years now. I’ve been looking forward to give this speech to you guys here at the London School of Economics. Within the next hour you’ll be hearing about some of Tesco’s current problems
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Wal-Mart’s Global Expansion Established in Arkansas in 1962 by Sam Walton‚ over the last four decades Wal-Mart has grown rapidly to become the largest retailer in the world with sales of $330 billion‚ 1.8 million associates (Wal-Mart’s term for employees)‚ and almost 7‚000 stores. Until 1991‚ Wal-Mart’s operations were confined to the United States. There it established a competitive advantage based upon a combination of efficient merchandising‚ buying power‚ and human relations policies. Among other
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