10/11/2014 Abstract Dollar General Corporation is United States largest small-box discount retailer headquartered in Goodlettsville‚ Tennessee [1]. Dollar General offers both name brand products and generic merchandise [2]. Its competitors include Family Dollar‚ Dollar Tree which also operate in deep discount segment of US retailing. The following case study discusses about the various political‚ economic‚ social and technological forces that Dollar General have faced and their impact on
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Vanessa Pileggi Case Summary 3/25/13 Dollar General In the case of Dollar General‚ CEO‚ David Perdue is analyzing ways in which he can continue to drive the growth of Dollar General‚ otherwise known as the leading company in the dollar store industry. While weighing his growth opportunities he questions which decision will be most beneficial to the company. Perdue asks himself‚ “Should we continue to drive growth through new stores openings? Or should we focus more on our existing
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Dollar General SWOT Dollar General Corp. is a chain of variety stores operating in 35 U.S. states. The chain operates over 9‚000 stores and its headquarters is located in Goodlettsville‚ TennesseeStrengths Strengths Unlike its competitors‚ Dollar General place new stores within the communities. Dollar General feels that filling the role of the “neighborhood store” is a big part of its success. In some cases‚ stores are within a few city blocks of each other. Dollar General typically serves communities
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Date: April 30th 2013 Dollar General Business Proposal Executive Summary Our group performed an analysis of Dollar General’s external and internal environment‚ which included a Porters Five Forces breakdown. Those findings as well as analysis on the company’s financial statements formed the basis for our recommendations. We considered several alternative growth strategies for Dollar General to implement. Those strategies are‚ international expansion‚ continued domestic expansion‚ internal
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successful retailers in America is the small town oriented Dollar General Store. The value and convenience offered by Dollar General Store focuses mostly on low‚ middle and fixed income families in rural areas that are not normally served by larger retailers. The current programs used by Dollar General Store helps to bring the consumable basics to their customers at a low price. Dollar General Store Introduction The mission of Dollar General Store to their “customers is a better life”‚ their
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Valuation and Analysis of Dollar General Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………1 Overview of Dollar General…………………………………………6 Five Forces Model..............................................………..9 Rivalry among Existing Firms................................9 Industry Growth………………………………………….10 Concentration………………………………………….….10 Differentiation and Switching costs……………………13 Scale Economies and Fixed/Variable Costs…………..13 Excess Capacity and Exit Barriers………………………14 Threat
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3/12/15 Dollar General Jacky Akpan Taha Kermalli Allison Schumacher Anlin Wang 1 Dollar General‚ 2007 ● Quality consumer goods in select categories ● Focused inventory on fastest-turning SKU’s ● Targeted demographics ignored by Walmart Store Dollar General Walmart Square Feet 6‚900 100‚000 SKU’s 4‚900 75‚000+ ~20‚000 or less 50‚000+ Surrounding Populations 2 1 3/12/15 Pricing and Brands ● 30% of products priced at $1 or less ● Majority of products under $10 Brands Name Brands
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Intuitively one might assume that Dollar General‚ the well-known extreme-value retailer‚ has an established competitive advantage versus other consumer goods retailers with respect to price. It would then follow that cost would be a defining characteristic of the company‚ and a cost analysis an appropriate analytical tool. However‚ the four distinct types of retailers within the dollar store retail segment (original dollar stores‚ close-out retailers‚ limited assortment grocers‚ and extreme-value
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Table of Content EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1. Background 3 2. Dollar General diagnosis 4 a. Financial analysis 4 b. Strengths and weaknesses analysis 5 3. External Analysis 7 a. Competitors 7 b. Opportunities and threats analysis 8 4. Problem identification 10 REFERENCES 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dollar General is a retailing company‚ especially extreme value oriented. Since its establishment in 1955‚ Dollar General has drastically grown. In 10 years‚ from 1955 to 1965‚ the Company grew to 255
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Dollar General Industry and Competitive Analysis INDUSTRY The first step to understanding a company is to examine its industry. There are four main areas to consider when analyzing an industry. These include: Competitors There are several different types of stores within the discount retail industry‚ and for comparison’s sake‚ the industry is further broken into many segments. DG is in the market segment known as the dollar store category. As a result‚ competitors such as Wal-Mart are in
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