SUBHIKSHA CASE STUDY Subhiksha is India’s largest retail chain -- or some would prefer to say "it was." Over the past few months‚ the network of neighborhood discount shops has been coming apart at the seams. Most of the outlets are now closed. The company -- Subhiksha Trading Services -- has been unable to pay salaries and statutory dues for the past few months. With the unpaid security agency staff also not reporting for work‚ many of the stores have been vandalized. "The properties have
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Subhiksha leads none to Subhiksha (prosperity) S Shivakumar 03 March‚ 2009 ?Anything well begun is half done? ? so goes a saying. But those behind Subhiksha apparently wanted to prove it wrong. Unfortunately‚ they have succeeded and are poorer for it. Mind you‚ a private equity player stayed on the sidelines all along! SUBHIKSHA‚ THE ailing retailer‚ is mired in controversy. Bitter accusations and recriminations between ICICI Ventures on the one hand and Subhiksha’s promoter and managing
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Below I have given solutions to some previous exams’ case studies. But please‚ do remember‚ there is no rigid solution to a case study. You can arrive at your own solutions. The opinions and approach used in case study solution may differ from student to student. However‚ you must offer supporting evidence for your views and judgments. You should also use theoretical concepts of strategic management for integrating them in your solutions. Your solution should have logical reasoning and clear objective. Best Case Study No
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Subhiksha in Sanskrit means “the giver of all good things in life”. They have made an extensive research on customer behavior and found that offering the branded goods at a lower price than their competitors could make them stand in the competitive retail industry. In the year 1997‚ Subhiksha opened its first store at Thiruvanmiyoor in Chennai with an investment of around Rs 4-5 lakh‚ with the theme‚” why pay more when you can get it for less at Subhiksha” The expansion of the stores: 1
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conversations from sources from the industry and employees at Subhiksha. • Reason 1 : Unmindful Expansion Across states from South to West and North and East Rapid store expansion Rapid increase of personnel From groceries and medicines Mobiles and Electronics Consumer durables and IT (Too fast too furious!) Huge investments and cash flows … • Reason 2 : Growth ... without Consolidation 2004 marked a departure in Subhiksha philosophy from Consolidation & Growth to uncontrolled growth
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Rise & Fall of SUBHIKSHA Retail Subhiksha with a pioneering approach and giving new definitions to the retailing ventured into the Indian retail industry. Since‚ their predecessors are already existed and doing well in the market‚ they had to come up with an innovative approach to compete with them. They have made an extensive research on customer behavior and found that offering the branded goods at a lower price than their competitors could make them stand in the competitive retail industry
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CASE STUDY 5 SUBHIKSHA Uprising discount stores – the next Retail Revolution Discount chain Subhiksha is on the move. After having established itself as a niche player catering to the middle class through its neighbourhood stores in Tamil Nadu‚ Subhikaha is now expanding — both geographically and in terms of customer profile. It has big plans for new stores in Bangalore‚ Mumbai and other place. Its acquisition of Fabmall has given it an opportunity to tap the high
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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Case Study Case study methods involve Systematically gathering enough information about a particular person‚ social setting‚ event‚ or group to permit the researcher to effectively understand how it operates or functions. Case studies may focus on an individual‚ a group‚ or an entire community and may utilize a number of data technologies such as life stories‚ documents‚ oral histories‚ in-depth interviews‚ and participant observation. Types of case studies Stake (1995) suggests that researchers
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Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis+ The Qualitative Report‚ Volume 3‚ Number 2‚ July‚ 1997 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem
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