Student Number: 7305-272-8 Due Date: 15 March 2011 [pic] a) Five-forces diagram for analysis of the retail car industry in the greater Johannesburg area 1. Competitive Rivalry Competitive rivalry exists between companies with the same or similar products/services and similar markets. Factors to be considered include: • The number and size of competitors • The rate of industry growth • Differentiation and switching costs • Fixed costs or perishable products • Expansion
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INTRODUCTION Dollar General is an aggressive‚ competitor in the deep discount retail industry. Recent annual sales figures totaling $6.9 billion across 29 states (close to 7‚000 stores) has placed the chain at the top of the dollar store category of discount retailers‚ surpassing chains Family Dollar‚ Fred’s and Dollar Tree. The company also competes aggressively with chains such as Wal-Mart‚ Kmart‚ CVS and Rite Aid. The store currently offers a product line of general merchandise that includes
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS PRESENTS: Shaping Retail: The Use of Virtual Store Simulations in Marketing Research and Beyond A supplement to Shopper Marketing TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................................3 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................
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According to the Royal mail‚ “its highly skilled employees are its assets and the customers are the life blood of the firm”. The main points which are covered in this essay are:- Monopoly of the Royal Mail Royal Mail ’s three strategic levels Corporate Strategic Responsibility Human resource strategy (Definition) Human Resource Management Strategy and Policies between 2005-2010 Swot Analysis New Human Resource strategy of the Royal Mail The Royal Mail ’s response to the
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Understaffing in Retail Stores: Drivers and Consequences Vidya Mani Smeal College of Business‚ Pennsylvania State University‚ State College‚ PA 16802 vmani@psu.edu Saravanan Kesavan Kenan-Flagler Business School‚ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ Chapel Hill‚ NC 27599 skesavan@unc.edu Jayashankar M. Swaminathan Kenan-Flagler Business School‚ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ Chapel Hill‚ NC 27599 msj@unc.edu September 22‚ 2011 Abstract In this paper we study
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis on Indian Retail Industry An analysis of the structure of the industry should be undertaken in order to find effective sources of competitive advantage (Porter‚ 1985). Therefore‚ in order to analyse the competitive environment of Tesco‚ Porter’s five forces analysis has been used by the researcher as follows: Threat of substitute products and services The threat of substitutes in the grocery retail market is considerably low for food items and medium to high for
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Retail Scenario in India : Touching Meteoric Scales As the corporates the Piramals‚ the Tatas‚ the Rahejas‚ ITC‚ S.Kumar’s‚ RPG Enterprises‚ and mega retailers- Crosswords‚ Shopper’s Stop‚ and Pantaloons race to revolutionize the retailing sector‚ retail as an industry in India is coming alive. Retail sales in India amounted to about Rs.7400 billion in 2002‚ expanded at an average annual rate of 7% during 1999-2002. With the upturn in economic growth during 2003‚ retail sales are also
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN RETAIL FOOD INDUSTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter - 1 Introduction…………………………….…………… ……………………7 Chapter - 2 2.1 Objective…………………………………….………..…………………….9 2.2 Scope of the Study ……………………………….……..………………….9 Chapter – 3 Limitation…………………………………..………….………………....10 Chapter - 4 4.1 Industry Profile……………………………………………...…..………...11 4.2 The Indian Retail Revolution……………………………………..……….20 4.3 Traditional and Modern Retailing: The Indian Story……...………………22
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Developing Sustainable Competitive Advantages: 1. Customer Loyalty: Customers must be committed to buying merchandise and services from a particular retailer. This can be accomplished through retail branding‚ positioning‚ and loyalty programs. A loyalty program is like a "Target card." Now‚ when the customer uses the card as a credit card‚ Target can track all of their transactions and store it in their data warehouse‚ which keeps track of the customer’s needs and wants outside of Target. This will
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were getting shorter by nearly 50percent (on average) every five years. While in some industries this rate of changes was less sever‚ in other industries the rate of change was even more rapid. Automotive industry‚ for example‚ new product introduction times changed from around 60 months to a target of approximately18 months‚ or a sharp reduction of around 70 percent from the mid-1980s to 2003! In several industries‚ the total time taken to introduce a new product into the market can be the key difference
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