PROJECT INTRODUCTION Background Penny Store is a franchise of convenience stores which will be opening their new store in Kitchener‚ Ontario. Penny Store will be the first 24-hour convenience store that is more like an big dispensing machine than the traditional store. The store is to be built in space of 3200 sq. feet. The store expects to capture market share by becoming the low-cost leader in the convenience store industry by reducing labour expanses. Because of fully automated
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Case 1: Pelican Stores Pelican stores‚ a division of National Clothing‚ is a chain of women’s apparel stores operating throughout the country. The chain recently ran a promotion in which discount coupons were sent to customers of other National Clothing stores. Data collected for sample of 100 in-store credit card transactions at Pelican Stores during one day while the promotion was running are contained in the file named “data pelican stores. The propriety card method of payment refers to charges
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expansion of Starbucks. Maarten de Graaf‚ s1861263 Tom Breteler‚ s2022117 Group 12 13-10-2010 Introduction to International Business Ms. Wilhelm 1. What are the four dimensions of ‘distance’ in Starbuck’s international expansion? The four dimensions are culture‚ administrative‚ geographic and economic distance. 2. How did Starbucks reduce the ‘distance’ vis à vis host countries? Starbucks used many tactics to reduce its distance from foreign markets. Firstly‚ Starbucks conducted extensive
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Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the notion that business companies have obligations to society beyond their economic obligations. In a way‚ CSR is the company’s way of giving back to society and a way of being aware about the condition of the society and the environment. CSR is about how companies make profit‚ not how they spend them. It does not entail that the company should donate to charities or that they should use their profit on organizations
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Starbucks Strategic Plan � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �23� Running head: STARBUCKS STRATEGIC PLAN Starbucks Strategic Plan University of Phoenix � TABLE OF CONTENTS 31. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY � 32. COMPANY BACKGROUND � 33. VISION STATEMENT � 34. MISSION STATEMENT � 35. VALUES STATEMENT � 46. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS � 46.1. External Environment � 56.2. Opportunities and Threats � 66.3. Competitive Analysis � 86.4. Economic Analysis � 106.5. Non-Economic Factors in the Remote Environment � 126
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Starbucks Case Study 1 MKTG 220 September 18th‚ 2012 Table of Contents Case Review3 Determining the Root Problem4 Identifying the Problem Components4-5 Generating Alternatives5 Evaluating Alternatives6 Choose an Alternative7 Implementation Plan7 Alternative Choice8 Work Cited9 Case Review Starbucks is one of the leading coffee retailers in the world; according to their company profile they are operating nearly 18‚000 retail stores in 60 countries. They serve millions of customers
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Baptist University Date: 11/23/2014 BUS 505 Retail Stores Retailing refers to the act of selling goods or services for nonbusiness use‚ personal only. They are very popular for selling famous brands for reasonable prices‚ being very specific in what kind of line of products are going to be used for sale or including varieties of things to their stock‚ ranging from clothing to electronics. There are many types of retailing stores (voluntary chain‚ retailer cooperative‚ consumer cooperative
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Dollar General Case 1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected‚ both before and after tax‚ of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used. The correct GAAP method to account for freight costs is as an expense of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) that occur at the time
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Eight Dollars With eight dollars‚ I can get a great breakfast and lunch deal from a local fast food‚ and possibly even fit in an after-lunch snack‚ if I limit my spending. Eight dollars an hour is an agreeable minimum wage and should not be increased in California. In most states‚ living off of eight dollars an hour is horrible because the economy is down right now and prices for everything else are rising. But in the state of California‚ many make their way around just fine. Eight dollars an hour
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competitors of convenience store market. In Guangzhou‚ 7-Eleven‚ Ok and C-store are the three pillars of convenience stores. So our project will focus on the existing competitors 7-Eleven and OK convenience stores to analyze. In this part‚ I am going to identify the distinctive characteristics and values of 7-Eleven and OK with the theory of brand triangle‚ to see what make them a brand. And then I will analyze the scale and goals of 7-Eleven and OK convenience stores with the theory of SWOT and
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