What is your strategy to reverse Pick n Pay’s loss of market share? Pick n Pay lost market share in part because it opened materially less space than some of its major competitors. A significant proportion of its capex was invested in supply chain technology infrastructure in recent years‚ which by its nature doesn’t drive sales compared to stores. Our capital focus is now on new stores and refurbishment‚ which will drive sales and‚ in time‚ profitability. Over the past year we have refreshed‚
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of Pick n Pay - Essay - Clairesaunders01 var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(["pgt._setAccount"‚ "UA-32718321-1"]); _gaq.push(["pgt._setAllowAnchor"‚ 1]); _gaq.push(["pgt._setSiteSpeedSampleRate"‚ 0]); _gaq.push(["pgt._setCustomVar"‚ "2"‚ "changeset"‚ "0e9fc4c7c356"]); _gaq.push(["pgt._setCustomVar"‚ 1‚ "Category"‚ ""‚ 3]); _gaq.push(["pgt._trackPageview"]); (function() { Micro and macro environments of Pick n Pay
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destroying the key aspects of the company. The challenge: Pick n Pay’s offer to the customer focuses on groceries but also goes on to providing other products to their customers such as: clothing‚ general merchandise‚ but also includes additional value-added services to cater for Pick n Pay’s customer’s and their evolving needs. Situation Analysis: In 1967 Raymond Ackerman purchased four small stores‚ launching Pick n Pay as South Africa’s first food discounter. The key aspect of the
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Pick n Pay operates as a successful Public company ‚ people: the aim for CSR programmes is to enable South Africans to provide for themselves‚ improve their lives and to help the community. Pick n Pays mission in CSR is to enhance and develop new skills and to support projects that helps and supports entrepreneurship and employment opportunities. Pick n Pays "key Objectives" for CSR is "to make a meaningful and measurable contribution in the areas that we operate. To develop open and transparent
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Question 1. Comment on the micro and market environments of Pick n Pay and also comment on the macro environments that may affect the company in 2014. Pick n Pay. Micro environment: The micro environment is the smallest of the three environments. This is the environment that is influenced by the market and the macro environments. Pick n Pay can control their beliefs and visions in such a way that customers become used to the way they operate. Some of their values include: honesty‚ integrity
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One of the most important issues for Sonnendal is that the initiation of centralization by Pick n Pay should lead to more efficiency‚ but in reality the supply chain is became less efficient. This literature study focuses on the distribution of perishable products in general and it highlights the best practices‚ software and tools that may help solving the individual problems. The subsequent sections describe possible scenarios for Sonnendal‚ based on the information found in this literature study
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Question 1 Space gap- Pick and Pay has various franchises around South Africa. Getting goods that are out of stock maybe difficult if geographically the stores are a far distance from one another so there are various depots in each province. Pick and Pay has an online shopping facility to bridge the gap between the manufacturer and the consumer. They don’t outsource transport companies either but use their own trucks for transportation of goods. Time gap- Goodness as Pick and Pay say is what they are
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| Student Number: 12-002384 | My chosen retailer is Pick n’ Pay which is a company owned by South African entrepreneur Raymond Ackerman in 1967. Pick n’ Pay was able to gain a large share of the market because Raymond Ackerman’s policy of putting offering customers the best value for their money before profit maximisation and various social responsibility programmes have made them a household in South Africa. Question 1 Pick n Pay bridges the following gaps: * Space. * Time.
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Introduction – Pick n Pay Page 2 ii. Situational Analysis Page 2 * Macro Page 2 * Micro Page 4 * Internal Page 7 iii. SWOT Analysis Page 9 iv. Key Issues Page 10 v. SMART Objectives Page 10 vi. Conclusion Page 10 vii. Bibliography Page 11 Introduction – Pick n Pay Pick n Pay is one of Africa’s largest and most successful retailers of food‚ general merchandise and clothing. Pick n Pay was founded
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