Table of Content EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1. Background 3 2. Dollar General diagnosis 4 a. Financial analysis 4 b. Strengths and weaknesses analysis 5 3. External Analysis 7 a. Competitors 7 b. Opportunities and threats analysis 8 4. Problem identification 10 REFERENCES 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dollar General is a retailing company‚ especially extreme value oriented. Since its establishment in 1955‚ Dollar General has drastically grown. In 10 years‚ from 1955 to 1965‚ the Company grew to 255
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Borders (although Amazon runs their web site‚ its stores still constitutes as a substitute)‚ Barnes and Noble Books‚ Books-A-million‚ and Half Price Books. Books are additionally sold at newsstands‚ drugstores‚ and discount stores like Walmart and Kmart. Books can also be borrowed for free at a community or university library. The music selection Amazon.com offers can be purchased at music and entertainment retailers like Trans World Entertainment or Virgin Megastores as well as consumer electronics
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cost) WEAKNESSES • Due to selling different products across various divisions such as clothing‚ food and stationary‚ they may lack the flexibility the other competitors have • Further expansion into other countries. OPPORTUNITIES • Merge with other global retailers like‚ India or other countries in Europe • Development of the market and new locations • Its current approach of large ‘supercentres’ is open for more opportunities THREATS • Because Wal-Mart is very successful
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Anthony Morelle‚ Meghan Moran‚ Jose Velez Borbon‚ Melissa Greco Lopes Marketing Communication Page 1 Netflix Marketing Plan Industry Analysis There have been many changes in the ways people view movies. Since the invention of the VCR‚ people have been going to a store to rent the latest movie release or view a classic. Now with the advent of the Internet‚ people have many different media to view a movie. They can download from a website‚ view in a video player‚ or stream the video from
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Kmart Inc. and Builders Square Case 1. What happens if Kmart ’s managers decide NOT to accept the Leonard Green offer? If Kmarts managers decide not to accept the offer they become limited in their options: ● They can continue to wait for a better bid‚ but they have struggled to get any one interested in their company as it is. If they decide to turn down Green‚ but end up not securing another buyer‚ they would be forced to return to Green who could offer a much lower bid because Kmart
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Strategy: Borders Books Company Overview: * Borders Group‚ Inc. was founded in 1971 in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan. * At one time operated well over 500 stores and had close to 20‚000 employees. * Borders Group Inc. was acquired by Kmart in 1992 who then tried to merge it with Waldenbooks. * Traditional brick and mortar bookstore that tried to expand internationally‚ as well as through e-commerce. The Borders Group‚ Inc. for many years was seen as a dependable international book and music retail
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is reduced to the minimum possible; these savings are passed on customers. It is relatively easy to enter the industry; however it is enormously hard to survive in it. With such a low margin on sales and need to grow new entrants suffer losses and merge with larger players. Therefore‚ we can conclude that in a discount retailing industry threat of new entrees is moderate. The customers do not have a real bargaining power; however there are no switching costs to change the retailer. Therefore‚ we
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“FACt.” Case: Vizio‚ Inc Frame: VIZIO is founded in 2002 by William Wang‚ with a startup capital of $600‚000. The company produces high-quality flat-panel televisions at affordable prices. From 2002 to 2007‚ it realizes continuous growth and expansion. VIZIOR earns razor-thin margins‚ at a time when other famous brands such as Sony and Samsung still focus on high-end customers and charge a very high price for flat-panel television. By the end of 2007‚ VIZIO reached $1.9 billion in revenue and
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The 75 Greatest Management Decisions Ever Made 1. A slaveowner decides to place an advertisement for the return of alost slave. 2. Apple decides to develop the first salable PC. 3. Henry Ford decides to start his own company. 4. Sears‚ Roebuck decides to go into retail sales. 5. Julius Reuter decides to use carrier pigeons to deliver information. 6. Swiss watch manufacturers decide to collaborate. 7. Bill Gates decides to license MS-DOS to IBM. 8. Reuben Mattus decides
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This case is discussing the U.S. paint industry and especially the case of Jones Blair Company under the direction of Alexander Barrett. This industry contains almost 600 paints firms and is divided into three broad segments: architectural coatings‚ original equipment manufacturing coatings‚ and special-purpose coatings where each segment serves a specific need. Jones Blair Company produces and markets architectural paint and original equipment manufacturing coatings under the Jones Blair brand name
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