CHAPTER 3: THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT MGMT 488 – STRATEGY AND POLICY OVERVIEW The macro environmental analysis is the first step in creating the Environmental Analysis. The macro environment examines the general business climate as it relates to the organization‚ but has nothing to do with the organization itself. The macro environment is primarily concerned with major issues and upcoming changes in the environment. The acronym for the macro analysis is “STEEP.” The five areas of interest are Socio-cultural
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declared to be in recession following two consecutive quarters in 2008 during which economic growth dropped (BBC‚ 2009). Many businesses‚ including British Airways‚ have found it increasingly difficult to survive in the resulting testing macroeconomic environment. The Recession A recession will often occur when inflation grows rapidly; goods become more expensive at a time when consumers have less money to spend. As consumers spend less money‚ supply begins to exceed demand within the markets. This causes
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and is in the initial planning and development stages. Prior to moving forward the company will carry out a marketing situation analysis on the external macro-environment which consists of the demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political and cultural environments. The macro-environment encompasses factors beyond the immediate environment that can affect an organisation and represent general forces and pressures rather than institutions with which the organisation relates directly (Palmer
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newer‚ better ways to improve daily. Not to mention the innovative technology by being cost efficient‚ fast‚ and easy for consumers. The characteristics have also taken a different path which has its advantages. During the Great Recession the retail industry took a major beating (Christopher‚ 2011). Unfortunately‚
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INTRODUCTION Dollar General is an aggressive‚ competitor in the deep discount retail industry. Recent annual sales figures totaling $6.9 billion across 29 states (close to 7‚000 stores) has placed the chain at the top of the dollar store category of discount retailers‚ surpassing chains Family Dollar‚ Fred’s and Dollar Tree. The company also competes aggressively with chains such as Wal-Mart‚ Kmart‚ CVS and Rite Aid. The store currently offers a product line of general merchandise that includes
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN RETAIL FOOD INDUSTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter - 1 Introduction…………………………….…………… ……………………7 Chapter - 2 2.1 Objective…………………………………….………..…………………….9 2.2 Scope of the Study ……………………………….……..………………….9 Chapter – 3 Limitation…………………………………..………….………………....10 Chapter - 4 4.1 Industry Profile……………………………………………...…..………...11 4.2 The Indian Retail Revolution……………………………………..……….20 4.3 Traditional and Modern Retailing: The Indian Story……...………………22
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Student Number: 7305-272-8 Due Date: 15 March 2011 [pic] a) Five-forces diagram for analysis of the retail car industry in the greater Johannesburg area 1. Competitive Rivalry Competitive rivalry exists between companies with the same or similar products/services and similar markets. Factors to be considered include: • The number and size of competitors • The rate of industry growth • Differentiation and switching costs • Fixed costs or perishable products • Expansion
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were getting shorter by nearly 50percent (on average) every five years. While in some industries this rate of changes was less sever‚ in other industries the rate of change was even more rapid. Automotive industry‚ for example‚ new product introduction times changed from around 60 months to a target of approximately18 months‚ or a sharp reduction of around 70 percent from the mid-1980s to 2003! In several industries‚ the total time taken to introduce a new product into the market can be the key difference
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Generally‚ the video provided another side of the giant corporation in retail industry – Wal-Mart‚ which is not as good as may people used to think. The video has several interviews with former employees‚ small business owners‚ and footage of Wal-Mart executives to prove its point of view that Wal-Mart underpay its employees which is also the interesting point of the movie when the directors do not have to say much‚ they let the insiders say their ideas and thoughts in order to come up with the conclusion
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Understaffing in Retail Stores: Drivers and Consequences Vidya Mani Smeal College of Business‚ Pennsylvania State University‚ State College‚ PA 16802 vmani@psu.edu Saravanan Kesavan Kenan-Flagler Business School‚ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ Chapel Hill‚ NC 27599 skesavan@unc.edu Jayashankar M. Swaminathan Kenan-Flagler Business School‚ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ Chapel Hill‚ NC 27599 msj@unc.edu September 22‚ 2011 Abstract In this paper we study
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