TARGET CORPORATION STRATEGIC AUDIT MGMT 7160 Fall 2013 Executive Summary This report examines Target Corporation’s performance in a detailed strategic audit. The audit includes an external‚ internal and strategic analysis as well as a recommended course of action. The findings of the audit recommend a robust on-line/mobile presence to complement in-store sales‚ and to increase future earnings to remain competitive by building upon physical assets‚ brand value and logistical capabilities
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The annual reports of Wal-Mart and Target are provided free of charge via walmart.com and target.com. Upon inspection‚ the Wal-Mart and target reports include meaningful financial statements‚ including the Statement of Owners Equity‚ Income Statement‚ and Balance Sheet. These statements were obtained through 10-K statements available on walmart.com and target.com. In comparing the statements of these companies‚ Wal-Mart and Target both provide multi-step Statements of Operations‚ which include the
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Who is the target customer? What are the demographic characteristics? o TWC Customers are generally middle to upper class o Average household income is $53‚546 / year o Racial makeup: 41% white‚ 28% Hispanic‚ 16% Asian‚ and 5% African American o English is the primary language 59% of the time with 20% Spanish‚ 11% Asian‚ and 7% Indo-European What are their
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4) Target Segment 5) Target Motivation: (We still don’t know the best target) Any business’ goal is to satisfy its customers wants and needs‚ in this area‚ the customers’ needs differs from a segment to another‚ as for the adults the key that motivates them is the competition as they will be able to participate in different cross fit events (fit festival)‚ as for the athletes their goal is to maintain their fitness abilities and the housewife they are worry about a safe place to leave their children
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Louis Armstrong is a very talented musician‚ actor‚ and singer. He has lived a prosperous life with a lot of success and an equal amount of downfalls. Louis Armstrong’s story goes back to over one hundred years ago. Nicknamed Satch‚ Satchmo‚ Satchelmouth‚ Dipper‚ and Dippermouth Louis Armstrong took over and changed the jazz industry to what we know it as today. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. His father‚ William Armstrong‚ abandoned the family during Louis’
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October 2011 Louis XIV and Absolutism Over the past hundreds of years‚ many monarchs have used absolutism to rule over their nations. Louis XIV used absolutism to keep his subjects loyal to him. There were many different aspects in Louis’s absolutism including fear and power. Louis created different materialistic objects and created jobs and laws to keep many of his subjects loyal. He also had many different characteristics that would make different types of people loyal to him. Louis could make his
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Guest Customers in American Apparel market can be generally separated into three segments: women‚ men‚ and children. Each segment has its own portion of the overall market share. The U.S. apparel market grew 4 percent in 2011 with total dollar sales of 199 billion dollars (Beth Boyle). The growth of dollar sales in the men’s apparel market led the way in the adult apparel market with an increase of 4 percent. Women’s apparel grew by 3 percent and children’s apparel by 6 percent. • Women and
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Microsoft’s dominance in computer operating systems was under greater threat than it had ever been. A high-stakes race for dominance over the next generation of computing was well underway‚ and Microsoft was not even in the front pack. “SEGMENT ZERO” As Andy Grove‚ former CEO of Intel‚ noted in 1998‚ in many industries—including microprocessors‚ soft- ware‚ motorcycles‚ and electric vehicles—technologies improve faster than customer demands of those technologies increase. Firms often
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comic book in terms of visual style‚ proposes isolation as an encompassing theme primarily surrounding the protagonist Louis Riel. For instance‚ in the first two panels of the strip‚ although Louis Riel is being spoken to‚ he is the only figure in the scene so as to be directly “apart from others” as the definition of isolation refers to. Moreover‚ within these two panels‚ Louis Riel’s back is even to the unknown figure speaking which further illustrates the message of separateness and also potentially
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Louis Armstrong is recognized for his amazing performance with his raspy scat singing and outstanding showmanship with his trumpet. His journey pays tribute to people and events that have shaped many human lives to make them become who they are today or what they will become in the future. Musical genius‚ Armstrong‚ overcame from hard work and poverty to become Jazz’s greatest shining star. Before Louis Armstrong can become a star he had to go through some hardships. Armstrong was born
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