Date : May 9‚ 2013 Strategic Management SWOT analysis of eBay Company : eBay Inc. Introduction eBay is an international online marketplace with a global customer base of 233 million. It is a multibillion business operating in 37 countries. There are millions of items listed on eBay‚ including antiques‚ toys‚ books‚ computers‚ sports and electronics‚ amongst many others. In this assignment‚ I will perform a SWOT analysis of the company‚ then I will outline the strategies pursued by eBay
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Head: MACY’S Macy’s SWOT Analysis Mohamed Homsi BUSN- 520 Management & Marketing 9/22/10 Abstract A retailer of upscale department stores sells a whole range of merchandise‚ including apparel and accessories‚ cosmetics‚ home furnishings and other consumer’s goods. This retail store is formally known as Federated Department Stores –Macy’s. This paper will go over the SWOT analysis For Macy’s formally known as known as Federated Department Stores. The SWOT analysis is includes the internal
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Interview Questions: Furniture Businesses: What is the Company’s complete name? How many years has the business been in existence? What are the products offered by the business? What is the range of prices of each of the products catered? Where was the initial capital required for the establishment of the business acquired? Where does the business acquire money needed in its maintenance? If from bank loans‚ what are the preferred banks of the business? CFIP: How many furniture businesses in Pampanga
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External Swot Analysis The household furniture industry is divided into three general categories: wood (43%)‚ upholstered (46%)‚ and other forms (11%). Our industry of wood‚ medium to high priced makes up 45% of the total market for wood. According to the American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA) the main types of wood furniture are bedroom pieces and dining room sets. Total furniture sales at manufacturer’s prices in 2003 were $23.9 billion‚ total wood sales were $10.28
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SWOT usage SWOT has been used by countless practitioners‚ marketing researchers‚ and is a frequent and popular tool for business marketing and strategy students. Its simplicity and catchy acronym perpetuates its usage in business and beyond as the tool is used to assess alternatives and complex decision situations. In the business arena the grouping of internal and external issues is a frequent starting point for strategic planning. It can be constructed quickly and can benefit from multiple viewpoints
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IKEA was founded in the year 1943 and is known as the world’s largest home furnishing retailer renowned for its Scandinavian style. The first store of IKEA was launched in Warrington in 1987.The main product includes flat-pack ranging from home furniture and accessories with 9500 products. The broad range products are obtainable in all IKEA stores. The stores are located worldwide and they even developed online website. The stores products vary from restaurants‚ cafes with Swedish food‚ small food
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End of Book Case Studies 16/7/03 3:16 PM Page 642 end-of-book End-of-book: Case studies Q 643 case studies 19 Think design and performance— think Sunbeam Café Series Nicole Stegemann‚ School of Management and International Business‚ University of Western Sydney Limited‚ a manufacturer of pumps‚ filters and security products. GUD’s acquired Sunbeam in 1996. After catering for predominately female needs‚ it was the male population’s turn to benefit from Sunbeam’s innovations
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TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION Amazon.com‚ Inc. was incorporated in 1994 in the state of Washington‚ USA. It is now one of the world ’s largest online retailers with net sales of 61‚093$ in year end 2012 (Amazon.com‚ 2013). To understand more this business‚ the following will conduct a SWOT analysis of Amazon. 2. SWOT ANALYSIS 2.1. STRENGTHS Huge Global Brand Amazon was a pioneer in the application of information technology in the retail sector. Amazon has developed customer database
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Mattel SWOT analysis Strengths Strong brand portfolio. For the past 69 years Mattel has developed some well-known core brands such as‚ Barbie‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Thomas & Friends and Fisher-Price to become the largest toy company in the world (Hartline‚ M. & Ferrell‚ O.C.‚ pp. 458). According to the company one Barbie is sold every 3 seconds and at least 12 dolls are owned by girls between the age of 3 and six. Because of the high acceptance of the brand‚ Mattel has been able to maintain
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Rodolfo Furniture Store Rodolfo Rodriguez is an entrepreneur in the furniture business in San Juan Puerto Rico. His furniture business has distinguished from the rest in the market by his employee’s craftsmanship in the manufacturing of his furniture. But recently his market has received some foreign competitor that has forced Rodolfo to search for other options and efficiencies within his operation. Among these options Rodolfo is searching for better planning and accounting tools
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