Target’s REDCard Executive Summary: With Target being the second largest retailer‚ the hopes and dreams of being number one are not out of reach. By increasing the volume of existing and new customers and by adding value‚ Target will be able to see more loyalty from their guests. We wanted to develop a long term strategy that would attract new customers as well as retain and strengthen the already well established competitive advantage. The REDcard‚ with its current benefits‚ stands
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Company Memorandum To: From: cc: Date: Re: The purpose of this memo is to provide significant financial information of Target Corporation as well as to provide the necessary assistance to facilitate an investment decision. As per your request‚ I want to inform you that during the month of January I made an extensive research on a possible investment opportunity with Target Corporation. After analyzing and reviewing Target’s 2013 annual report‚ I am convinced that this is not the right time to
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Journal of Management and Business Research Consumer Preference Coca Cola versus Pepsi-Cola By Abdul Munam Jamil Paracha‚ Muhammad Waqas‚ Ali Raza Khan & Sohaib Ahmad University of Lahore‚ Pakistan. Abstract - This study is conducted between two global giants Coca Cola & Pepsi-cola. This research paper is basically a comparative study of two well known competitors in beverage industry of Pakistan which are Pepsi Cola & Coca Cola. The primary purpose of this paper is to find out which company
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PepsiCo - Procedures Ensuring Ethical Behaviour PepsiCo is committed to ensure the corporate standards accountability for the company actions. This is evident by the many corporate governance standards in place. The processes and policies that are in place include the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation‚ By-Laws‚ Compensation Committee Charter‚ Corporate Governance Guidelines‚ Disclosure Committee Charter and the Policy for Audit‚ Audit-Related and Non-Audit Services. The
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COLA WARS CONTINUE: COKE AND PEPSI IN 2006 The case is about the rivalry between two of the biggest companies in the world‚ Coca Cola and Pepsi. It is a battle which started in the early 1990s and which still characterizes the soft drink industry; but‚ as a former CEO of Pepsi said‚ it is a “battle without blood”: Coca Cola could not exist without Pepsi and the other way round. They mutually force each other to adapt their strategy to customers’ new needs‚ to apply competitive prices and to face
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SWOT Analysis Strengths 1. Long Standing Target is by no measure is a novice in its field. It has a long standing with the first Target Discount store opened in year 1962. The company has long standing reputation and consumer approval that not many discount stores in present times can boast of. It has created its image as a store that provides high end products at a nominal or discounted costs rather than one selling sub-standing products. 2. Natural Barrier to Entry – Oligopoly Market The large
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Pepsi has used celebrity branding to build upon the Pepsi brand. The 1980s brought in celebrity endorsers like Tina Turner‚ Michael J. Fox‚ Gloria Estefan‚ and David Bowie. By far its biggest celebrity endorser in this time period was Michael Jackson. The singer and PepsiCo struck a $5 million partnership that linked the two together for the rest of the 1980s. With Jackson as its prime celebrity endorser‚ PepsiCo was able to set itself up as the hip‚ trendy drink for the new generation. Pepsi’s celebrity
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1965 when Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay shareholders merged their salty snack icon and soft drink giant. With revenues of $500 million with popular brands such as Pepsi-Cola‚ Mountain Dew‚ Fritos‚ Lay’s‚ Cheetos‚ and Ruffles‚ they have achieved growth and long-term value in its operational activities by creating competitive advantages through new product innovation and acquisitions. Its portfolio has grown year after year with its acquisition of Tropicana in 1998‚ two largest bottlers (Pepsi Bottling Group/PepsiAmericas)
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There have some challenges which affect Target in Singapore Demographics: Singapore has small population and the aging problem become serious. Target’s scope of consumers concentrated on young and middle-aged people while Target’s consumers overall income level is slightly higher than Wal-mart’s level of consumer groups. So relative to the U.S.‚ the number of consumer groups is lower than the United States‚ Target is not conducive to open up new markets in Singapore. Physical infrastructure:
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reentry of coca-cola in the market had its disadvantages and of course that was Pepsi co was there first their applications was approved and coke was turned down. 3- Coca-cola made special promotions during the summer season such as ”buy one- get one free” and lucky draws. Coca –cola used a strategy of “building a connect” by using local idioms. They also reduced prices by 15% to 25% in order to encourage consumption. Pepsi co participated through massive sponsorships of “garba”‚ they also tied up
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