Case one Macy’s Department Store Repositioning Jingjing Li BUS 2275 Business Strategy and Simulation–Section 050 Instructor: Anish Bania Due Date: Jan 16‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Statement of the problem/opportunity/and objectives 2 Analysis of the situation 2 External and internal 2 Porter’s five –forces model 3 1. The threat of new entrants. 3 2. The bargaining power of buyers. 3 3. The bargaining power of suppliers. 4 4. The threat of substitute
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Industry Overview Some 400‚000 specialty retail stores operate in the US with combined annual sales of $350 billion CAGR 2002-06: 5% Market is dominated by large players like Best Buy‚ Toys “R” Us‚ Gap‚ Sports Authority‚ etc The market size of some major product categories: o Shoes and clothing - $125 billion o Electronics and appliances - $85 billion o Jewelry - $25 billion o Sporting goods - $25 billion o Books - $25 billion Other categories include Toys‚ Music‚ Luggage‚
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Technology Advances in Retail: Improving Margins using Wireless Networks Introduction The retail industry is one that lives and dies on margins‚ with managers on a never-ending quest to increase revenue and decrease costs. Technology has been an area of intense focus in retail industries as a way to accomplish both goals. Improvements have been made in areas such as supply chain management‚ inventory management‚ customer experience‚ and loss prevention. Wireless technology‚ permitting communication
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Store24? Answer “The Ban Boredom strategy was really playing off of the urban‚ young adult market. Marketers know that this demographic gets bored easily and needs to be stimulated. We wanted this group to always see new and different things in the store.” (to create a strong sense of loyalty) Ban Boredom คือ กลยุทธ์ที่ Store24 สร้างขึ้นมาเพื่อจับกลุ่มตลาดผู้บริโภคที่เป็นผู้ใหญ่ตอนต้น ซึ่งทาง Store24 เชื่อว่ากลุ่มคนพวกนี้เบื่อง่าย Ban Boredom จึงเป็นกลุยุทธ์ที่จะลบความน่าเบื่อในร้านออกไป โดยใส่สิ่งใหม่ๆ
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Retail Industry overcoming the challenges? A- 1.) Tie –ups with Professional Institutes to overcome the Problem of trained manpower Retail Houses like Reliance Retail and Future group are most likely to ink a strategic partnership with NIFT. The partnership will provide Reliance Retail with trained pool of professionals‚ latest designs and access to NIFT research base.The MoU will be signed up by December 2006. The partnership will include industry sabbatical for NIFT faculty and scholarship
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THE UK RETAIL SECTOR Retailing is one of the major economic sectors of United Kingdom‚ with retail sales of £221 billion‚ employing around 3 million people and operating over 300‚000 shops. Within the sector there is a scale polarisation at both the business and the store level. The leading retailers are huge‚ multinational businesses which dominate the sector. They operate a range of stores from major hypermarkets and supercentres through to small convenience stores. Retailing is also significant
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to the customers to meet those needs. The market now determines what the manufacturer produces or the retailer sells and information collected from customers provides the basis for the focus for all organisational activities. Do not make assumptions about customers and their needs‚ ensure that you identify just who your customers are and what their needs are. Communicate with them often and regularly. Go directly to your customers for the information you need for information on customers priorities
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Luna Park Aquatica Byron Bay Claudia Waller s42924740 Anna Nicklin s42616287 Tutor: Edward Guglielmino Submission Date: 25 October 4pm Claudia Waller s42924740 Facility Design Contents Page 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………..3 1.1 Literature Review………………………………….……….……4 Target Market 2.1 Market Segmentation……………………………….………....5 2.1.1 Backpackers.……………………………..……………..……6 2.1.2 Families with young children…….………………….………7 2.1.3 Day-trippers…………………………………
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the world’s largest home furnishing retail chain which was founded in Sweden back in 1943. Originally started as a mail order company‚ now IKEA has expanded its operation to more than 32 countries having more than 175 outlets. IKEA operates large warehouse showrooms in 16 countries and operates smaller stores in another 9 countries. Germany is IKEA’s largest market followed by the U.S. IKEA’s mission is to “offer a wide variety of home furnishing of good designs and function at prices so low that
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Threats (SWOT) Analysis of Mccafe 10 Research Topic -Customer attitude towards McCafe 11 Problems from Research Finding 11 McCafe image issue 11 Too many inertia consumers 11 Customer Profile 12 Individual Consumer 12 Need Analysis for Mccafe’s Customer 12 Utilitarian needs VS Hedonic needs 13 Environmental influence in Decision Making 17 Recommendation 20 Objective 20 Marketing Positioning 21 Targeting Customer 22 Marketing Mix Strategies 23 Price 23
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