Kmart‚ Sears and ESL: How a Hedge Fund Became one of the World’s Largest Retailers 1. Describe recent trends in the hedge fund and private equity industry and the growing overlapbetween the two. A: Hedge funds‚ historically‚ were more interested in the buying and short selling of defaulted ornear-default bonds within a few weeks or months. This strategy was more of a short-term‚ exit-focused strategy. Now‚ however‚ some hedge funds are becoming more interested in therestructuring and long-term
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has been asked to analyze the financial performance of Sears and Wal-Mart. Although Wal-Mart is the industry powerhouse‚ its 20% return on equity (ROE) lags behind that of Sears’ 22%. Analysis: Wal-Mart operates fewer stores than Sears but is ahead in terms of total selling area by a ratio of 3.4:1. Between 1995 and 1997‚ Sears’ retail store revenue per selling square foot was not only lower than that of Wal-Mart but in decline. Sears allows customers to pay for merchandise over time if
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Case Questions: Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Answers must be posted to Compass. You may work in groups of no more than four people. Be sure to remember to submit ALL names and UINs on the assignment. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? How does each firm operate their business/attempt to create value? The major difference in these two companies’ retailing strategies‚ according to their filings in 2014‚ lies in the ways they expand their sales
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Kmart‚ Sears and ESL: How a Hedge Fund Became one of the World’s Largest Retailers 1. Describe recent trends in the hedge fund and private equity industry and the growing overlap between the two. A: Hedge funds‚ historically‚ were more interested in the buying and short selling of defaulted or near-default bonds within a few weeks or months. This strategy was more of a short-term‚ exit-focused strategy. Now‚ however‚ some hedge funds are becoming more interested in the restructuring and long-term
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businesses close down each year due to other corporations taking over the market. So what can companies do in these cases? As Sears and Kmart have shown‚ a possible solution is a merger. A merger is "the combining of two or more entities into one‚ through a purchase acquisition or a pooling of interests." (Investorwords) It is thus evident that by joining forces‚ two companies like Sears and Kmart can increase their position in the market and stand a chance against other corporate giants like for example
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the concepts and models of the strategic management
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Pirtskhelava Tamar Bichiashvili Anna Martiashvili Nino Makatsaria Natia Pachikashvili Mikheil Abashidze Case #3: Kmart and Sears: still stuck in the middle? Kmart Company History Kmart had been established in 1962 by its parent company S.S. Kresge as a discount department store offering the most variety of goods at the lowest prices. Un- like Sears‚ the company chose not to locate in large shopping malls but to establish its discount stores in highly visible corner locations. During
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Assignment #3 The Sublime Part 1 In Neil Hertz’s essay‚ The Notion of Blockage in the Literature of the Sublime‚ Neil uses the work of William Wordsworth to makes a connection to the very distinguished and particular notion of the mathematical sublime by Immanuel Kant. The mathematical sublime is the perception that reason has this superiority over imagination because reason and logic is boundless whereas imagination is limited to what we have personally experienced through our senses. When in
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Kmart and Sears: Still Stuck In The Middle? On January 22‚ 2002‚ Kmart Corporation became the largest retailer in U.S. history to seek bankruptcy protection. Kmart management said that they would outline a plan for repaying Kmart’s creditors‚ reducing its size‚ and restructuring its business so that it could leave court protection as a viable competitor in discount mass-marketretailing. Emerging from bankruptcy in May 2003‚ Kmart still lacked a business strategy to succeed in an extremely competitive
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Sears Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. vs Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc 1. In the time highlighted in the case‚ Sears and Wal-Mart both had impressive ROEs for the retail industry. However‚ the retailing strategies of the two large department store chains vary. Wal-Mart operates as a discount retailer and even has a slogan of “Always low prices.” In contrast‚ Sears is a more traditional department store. Based on this distinction‚ Wal-Mart focuses on high turnover and less on profit margin. Wal-Mart and Sears
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