MODULE M6 Financial Management of Corporate Projects and Programmes Case: TARGET CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Target corporation has a growth strategy of opening 100 new stores per year. Doug Scovanner‚ the CFO of Target Corporation is preparing for the November meeting of the Capital Expenditure Committee (CEC). He is one of the executive officers who are members of the CEC. With the fiscal year’s end approaching in January‚ there was a need
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------------------------------------------------- FI 627: Corporate Finance: Applications and advanced topics ------------------------------------------------- Study questions for case studies: Spring 2013 Week 1: Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? 2. Wal-Mart’s average return on equity for the 1997 fiscal year was 19.7% while Sears’ average return on equity over roughly the same period was
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Company Profile and History Target Corporation is an upscale discounter providing high quality‚ on-trend merchandise at attractive prices in a clean‚ spacious and guest friendly store. Target Corporation also operates their online business at Target.com . According to the company’ history report Target began as Marshall Field & Co in 1881 then in 1902 George Dayton opened a Goodfellows in downtown Minneapolis. One year later they founded their first Dry Goods Store and in 1911 they became known
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST). According to its 10-K annual SEC filing‚ 88% of shares are held by institutional and mutual fund owners. The five largest shareholders of Target Corporation are Gregg W. Steinhafel‚ Kathryn A. Tesija‚ Douglas A. Scovanner‚ Richard M. Kovacevich and John D. Griffith. Segment Performance Target operates as two reportable segments: Retail and Credit Card segments. According to Target’s 10-K annual SEC filing‚ Target Corporation’s retail segment contains service of merchandising
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2011 Annual Report TARGET 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Financial Highlights Total Revenues $69.87B $67‚390 $69‚865 $64‚948 $65‚357 $63‚367 EBIT $5.32B $5‚272 $4‚402 ( Earnings before Interest Expense and Income Taxes ) Net Earnings $2.93B $2‚849 $2‚920 $2‚929 $2‚214 $2‚488 Diluted EPS $4.28 $3.33 $3.30 $4.00 ’10 $5‚252 $5‚322 $4‚673 IN MILLIONS IN MILLIONS ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 IN MILLIONS
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