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    Richard Warren Sears and Sears‚ Roebuck‚ & Company Richard Warren Sears was born on December 7‚ 1863‚ in Stewartville‚ Minnesota. He was the son of James Warren and Eliza A. Sears‚ both of English ancestory. His father led anything but a happy life. He had failed in his quest for gold during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and was a bitter soldier in the Civil War‚ which he blamed on politicians. He had earned a sizable sum of money working as a blacksmith and a wagonmaker‚ but he lost it

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    Sears and Walmart

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    1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Walmart differ? Company Background-Sears • Founded in 1891‚ operated solely as a catalog business • In 1924‚ expanded into retail stores in shopping mall ▫ Sold a variety of merchandise including apparel‚ cosmetics‚ jewelry‚ electronic‚ household appliances…. • Early 1980s‚ faced with declining market share ▫ Target audience of middle class female shoppers ▫ Slogan ”Come see the softer side of Sears” Company Background-Walmart • Founded in 1962‚ opened

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    Kmart Case Report

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    Kmart – The Game of Bankruptcy Executive Summary Under the protection of Chapter 11‚ Kmart secured $2 Billion in debt financing and successfully emerged from bankruptcy after conducting financial restructurings and business reorganization. Hedge funds saw investment opportunities from the company’s new capital structure and growth potential‚ while debtors had the chance to receive recoveries according to their level of seniorities. A deeper examination of this case also revealed a significant amount

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    What Happened at Kmart

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    Kmart‚ once the leader in the discount store industry‚ has found itself surpassed by Wal-Mart and Target in recent years and is now facing the possibility of closing its doors. The differences among the companies’ successes can be seen in their business models and strategies. Wal-Mart focused on decreasing expenses and Target established its market placement as a high-quality low-cost discount store. In contrast‚ Kmart used a promotions-driven business model. Because of this‚ Kmart focused on

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    Retail Comparison Kmart and Target Word Count: 2500 Executive Summary The comparison that has been undertaken in the study is a thorough study taking in to account the external and the internal environment of both the retail companies Kmart and Target which are both successful in different countries. Kmart in Australia is successful while target is a struggling Company. Both deal with the same types of products and both companies belong to the same sector. The aim of the study is

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    Kmart Corporate Strategy

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    Historical Background Kmart started off as a discount retailer successfully pioneering the same concept as that of F. W. Woolworth. As stores began to grow and diversify‚ Kmart stepped in and took the lead role in offering a one-stop shopping center that fulfilled everyone’s needs. As new niches began to emerge offering larger‚ more specialized stores‚ Kmart hit a major hurdle. The successful management strategies it had developed early on were now outdated and in major need of being renovated to

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    Mergers

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    23: Mergers and Other Forms of Corporate Restructuring After studying Chapter 23‚ you should be able to: Chapter 23 Explain why a company might decide to engage in corporate restructuring. Understand and calculate the impact on earnings and on market value of companies involved in mergers. Describe what benefits‚ if any‚ accrue to acquiring company shareholders and to selling company shareholders. Analyze a proposed merger as a capital budgeting problem. Describe the merger process

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    Kmart- Performance Management Tactics More than one hundred years ago‚ Sebastian Spering Kresge opened a modest five-and-dime store in downtown Detroit and changed the entire landscape of retailing. The store that Kresge built has evolved into an empire of more than 1‚500 stores and an Internet presence that reaches millions of customers. Overall‚ Kmart’s workforce is highly diverse. Kmart’s total associate population‚ including store managers‚ reflects the communities it serves. Almost 32 percent

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    Kmart Ethical Practices

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    Much has changed for Kmart in the past decade‚ with sales totaling over $37 billion in 2000 to just over $12 billion in the last year (CNN Money‚ 2015). Like many consumers‚ the ‘Bluelight Special’‚ is not going to be the deciding factor in purchases for me. It may be an iconic symbol of what Kmart once was‚ but those days are gone‚ as are the customers of that era. Kmart needs to employ an action sequence that is geared towards reaching the new

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    Merger

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    voluntary merger. There was significant value addition of HDFC in terms of increase branch network‚ geographic reach‚ customer base and a bigger pool of skilled manpower. For HDFC Bank‚ this merger provided an

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