1.What is the company name and contact information: physical and/or mailing address(es)‚ web site address‚ phone number(s). Costco Wholesale Corp 999 Lake Dr. Issaquah‚ Washington 98027 United States www.costco.com 1-425-3138100 2.In what type of business is this company involved? Costco is a members-only warehouse club retailer that provides low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and selected private-label products. 3.Identify one of the company’s industry NAICS codes
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1. Key economic and industry variables: Industry analysis (provide data to support): a. Market Size * $125 billion discount warehouse and wholesale club segment of North America consists of: Costco‚ Sam ’s club‚ Bj ’s. * Warehouse Club Sales In North America: Costco 56% ‚ Sam ’s club 36%‚ Bj ’s 8% b. Scope of Rivalry * * supermarkets * department stores * drugstores * office supply stores * consumer electronics
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world based on sales volume‚ headquartered in Issaquah‚ Washington‚ United States‚ with its flagship warehouse in nearby Seattle. Costco’s Canadian operations are based in Ottawa‚ Ontario. It is the fourth biggest general retailer in the United States‚ after Wal-Mart‚ The Home Depot‚ and Kroger. Type Public (NASDAQ: COST) Founded 1983‚ Costco‚ Seattle‚ Washington Headquarters Issaquah‚ Washington
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| Horizontal Violence | | 6-11-2013 | What is violence? Violence is great force‚ either physical or emotional‚ usually exerted in order to damage or otherwise abuse something or someone. Horizontal violence is violence directed towards one’s peers. All acts of unkindness‚ discourtesy‚ sabotage‚ divisiveness‚ infighting‚ lack of cohesiveness‚ scapegoating and criticism includes horizontal violence. For example Verbal abuse including name calling‚ threatening‚ intimidating‚ dismissing
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Abstract Horizontal violence is a negative phenomenon that is increasing significantly in the hospital setting. It is defined as bullying‚ verbal and physical aggression that occurs to employees in the workforce. Horizontal violence has harmful effects on nurses as it lowers their self- esteem‚ and makes them feel as if they have no power in their career. This phenomenon also negatively impacts patient centered care and safety as nurses are more vulnerable to making medication errors and careless
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level of the value chain is referred to as horizontal integration. This form of expansion contrasts with vertical integration by which the firm expands into upstream or downstream activities. Horizontal growth can be achieved by internal expansion or by external expansion through mergers and acquisitions of firms offering similar products and services. A firm may diversify by growing horizontally into unrelated businesses. Some examples of horizontal integration include: * The
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non-financial. There are a number of types of mergers. Horizontal and non-horizontal are just two of many types. WHAT IS HORIZONTAL MERGER? A merger occurring between companies in the same industry. Horizontal merger is a business consolidation that occurs between firms who operate in the same space‚ often as competitors offering the same good or service. Horizontal mergers are often a type of non-financial merger. In other words‚ a horizontal merger is undertaken for reason that have little to do
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Define and differniate between vertical integration and horizontal integration? Vertical Integration :- It describes a style of management control. Vertically integrated companies in a supply chain are united through a common owner. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or (market-specific) service‚ and the products combine to satisfy a common need. It is contrasted with horizontal integration.Vertical integration is one method of avoiding the hold-up problem. A
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Horizontal Analysis Horizontal analysis is a procedure in fundamental analysis in which compares ratios or line items in a company’s financial statements over a certain period of time. The horizontal analysis of Marriott International is shown below. | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Increase/(Decrease)Amount Percent | Revenue | $11‚691 | $10‚908 | $12‚879 | $(1‚188) | 9.2% | Expenses | $10‚996 | $11‚060 | $12‚114 | $(1‚118) | 9.2% | Operating income | $695 | $(152) | $765 | $(70) | 9.1% | Net
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3.4 The Costco strategy in the wholesale price club. At the beginning of his creation Costco wholesale as his name indicates it only sales to wholesale business customers so to enter to its shops in the past you need to pay to have a special card to buy in their shops. This with the pass of the time was changing because they notice that they were losing potential retail customers‚ because they sell big size products and in big quantities and they realized that over the years in the USA the people
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