Comparison of Lowe’s and Lumber Liquidators 1. Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition. In order for Lowe’s and Lumber Liquidators to be successful in the home improvement industry they need to be able to understand what is going on in their industry. Using Porter’s five forces model can help them understand their industry better. The Five Forces Models shows the following: (lowesanalysis) • Threat of Entry – (LOW) Home Depot and Lowe’s already have a huge chunk of the market share.
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1. Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support this profitable business? The company faces a shortage of cash. Liquidity of the company is bad. (Liquidity = liquidity asset / liquidity liabilities) Cash (=$31K) / Short-term liability (=$404K) Don’t have enough funds available to meet the expected sales target 2. Do you agree with his estimate of the company’s loan requirements? How much will he need to borrow to finance his expected expansion in sales (assume
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the forestry land. softwood lumber is the one of the biggest export products of Canada valuing at 8.6% of total exports. Canadian softwood lumber is sold to united stated below the production cost. Due to market distortions in Canada encourage the government to overproduction of lumber‚ uneconomic decisions by lumber producers‚ and dumping of lumber in us. The US markets were bombarded with profit loss due to the cheap lumber from Canada; therefore the start of lumber dispute began. There has been
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Caso: Butler Lumber Company ¿Por qué tiene el señor Butler que pedir prestado tanto dinero si su negocio es tan rentable? La rentabilidad sobre los activos (ROA) en el año 1990 fue de 9.22% y la rentabilidad sobre el patrimonio (ROE) fue de 12.6%. No podríamos afirmar con certeza si el negocio es muy rentable‚ ya que tendría que compararse con los rendimientos del mercado. Además‚ se tendría que verificar si la empresa está generando valor para los accionistas‚ es decir‚ si genera el rendimiento
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Recent disputes over softwood lumber‚ beef and wheat have created a fair bit of animosity between Canada and the United States. Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) and even NAFTA have suggested promising dispute resolution provisions‚ there is still a fair bit of bitterness between these two parties. The focus of this paper is to evaluate the Canada-United States trade relationship and to focus more specifically on the three main commodities of concern; softwood lumber‚ beef and wheat. The conclusion
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transaction cost by needing less space for warehousing. C2 SWOT Strengths Community gathering place Reputation as a friendly neighborhood store Store managers are active in community Regularly sponsors youth sports teams and support charities. Comprehensive training program in the areas of the store in which they will work Employees are trained in customer service‚ Weakness Competition larger carries more items Competition lower prices No lumber operation because competitor prices and consume to much
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company need funds? First‚ Butler Lumber Company in the spring of 1991 anticipated a further substantial increase in sales. It means there are more working capital associated with the company’s increasing sales volume. Second‚ although they have good profits‚ the company had experienced a shortage of cash. The company’s current borrowing from Suburan National Bank almost reaches the maximum loan that SN Bank would make. Meanwhile‚ the SN Bank now asks Butler Lumber to secure the loan with its real
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Case Study 2 What “Wood” You Do? Background/Summary: Lorman Lumber is a publicly traded company with widely held shares. Its Yamica location in rural Oregon is one of the company’s largest. The purpose of the plant is to process and treat wood‚ which it does through a number of facilities. The Sawmill began producing lumber products in 1947‚ which it does by peeling‚ milling‚ and chipping raw wood. Lorman has a known record of producing good profits‚ and will often pay out generous performance-based
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Butler Lumber 1. Why does BL need to borrow money to support its profitable business? Draw up a Fund Flow Statement‚ i.e.‚ Funding and Uses a. Funding would include Bank Borrowing‚ Trade Credit‚ Retained Earnings‚ Cash‚ Accrued Expenses b. Uses would include Inventories‚ A/R‚ Buyout‚ Reduction in debt‚ increase in fixed assets/accounts Response: BL needs to borrow money from the bank to take benefit of the purchase discounts. During the last two years‚ BL had taken very few purchase discounts
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RECOMMENDATION I recommend that Cartwright Lumber should extend a line of credit up to maximum amount of $465‚000 by Northrop National Bank. However‚ it should be taken some additional measures. In addition‚ Cartwright should develop a sustainable business strategy. These strategies based on extended and ongoing retail distribution‚ hiring sales representatives for telephone ordering and restructuring of sales department. As a result of this will be expected an improvement in enter and the target
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