operations outside of its home country is considered as a multinational corporation. For this essay I have chosen to discuss about the multinational company: Carrefour. Carrefour is a French multinational company which works in the sector of retailing and which was created in 1959. Its headquarter is situated in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France. Indeed‚ Carrefour it’s one of the biggest hypermarket chains of the world competing with Wal-Mart‚ Tesco and Costco. Additionally‚ it’s qualified as a multinational company
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MARKET. -THEN POSITION THE CARREFOUR RETAIL OUTLETS. 2. Should Carrefour adopt Wal-Mart’s strategy of "low prices everyday"? What would be the advantage or disadvantage of such a strategy? [NO CARREFOUR SHOULD NOT FOLLOW BLINDLY THE WAL-MART. ADVANTAGES -it will gain some limited gain in the market entry. DISADVANTAGES -it will not be able to match the supply chain strength of wal-mart. 3. How could Carrefour differentiate itself from Wal-Mart? CARREFOUR SHOULD POSITION ITSELF AS ‘’
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favourite among Indian shoppers. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_india_favourite.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Just-style.com. (2012). Zara takes a cautious step into China. [Online]. Available at: http://www.just-style.com/analysis/zara-takes-a-cautious-step-into-china_id92390.aspx [Accessed 10 March 2012]. Pallavi Srivastava‚ (2011). Zara: Premium Fashion. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_pitch.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Saumya Roy‚ (2010). Fast
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Assessment of the external macro-environment in which the firm operates can be expressed in terms if the following factors Political • In Britain political awareness of the importance of the motorsport industry has grown in recent years especially during the Blair tenure. Frank Williams was knighted in 1999. • Political pressure on Formula One has also strengthened abroad‚ with other countries gaining the right to host the races. • The Asian Countries: China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia
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Political Factors: All Saints ensures that all regulations are met by having their vendors‚ suppliers and subcontractors sign their compliance manual based on the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation. The provisions of these conventions constitute the minimum and not the maximum standards all suppliers must meet in order to do business with All Saints. (http://www.allsaints.com/new-faqs) Economic Factors: All Saints and the All Saints website
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S.W.O.T. Analysis of Primark Strength Primark offers high street quality clothes for cheap prices and quality services to attract its customers and it also provides clothing for all ages and sexes. The company is part of the ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) which focuses on worker’s rights‚ their production of goods and bringing businesses together to work on labour rights issues. TNS ranks Primark as Great Britain’s second largest clothing retailer by Volume in terms of market
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Carrefour adopted several good strategies that contributed to their success in China. They placed a strong focus on their pricing strategies‚ choice of location‚ supplier control‚ localization‚ and their supply chain management. In order for Carrefour to reduce operational costs and enhance their product line‚ they adopted a system‚ the Global Procurement System‚ in which centers were obtained to find low cost suppliers for the company’s hypermarkets around the world. As China’s products grew
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International Borrowing at Carrefour S.A. Briefly discuss the background of Carrefour SA and its financing practices. What are the borrowing alternatives? Carrefour S.A. is operating as a chain of hypermarkets‚ combining a supermarket‚ drugstore‚ discount store and gas station. Carrefour is originating from France‚ however‚ during 40 years it has expanded its operations to ten other European countries‚ six South and North American countries and nine Asian countries. The largest sales and profits
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powerfully motivate employees to work and share knowledge and adopt a play-safe strategy in internationalization. As for the number two player—Carrefour‚ they provide customers with one-stop shopping‚ lowest price‚ fresh products‚ self-served shopping in a hypermarket with free parking lots. In contrast to Wal-Mart’s internationalization strategy‚ Carrefour expands to foreign markets faster and more flexible than their counterpart. Wal-Mart founded by Sam Walton adopted circumventing strategy
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PESTEL ANALYSIS The PESTEL framework categorises environmental influences into six main types: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. Thus PESTEL provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. (G. Johnson‚ R. Whittington‚ K. Scholes (2011): 50). Political Relating to the protection of the environment Kraft Foods Inc. is subject to various federal and state laws in the United States‚ taking into account that
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