focuses on designing and manufacturing technology products such as consumer electronics‚ personal computers and software. Apple Computer‚ Inc. was established in Cupertino‚ California on April 1‚ 1976 and incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The company used this name for the first 30 years until it removed the word “Computer” on January 9‚ 2007 to reflect its expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its original computer market. Apple designs‚ manufactures
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facts about its business development‚ its product and service range as well as the development of its revenues in recent years. This is followed by a SWOT analysis trying to provide an overview of dm-drogerie’s economical strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities for the future and threats. In the last part of this work‚ the results of the SWOT analysis will be summarized and interpreted. 2 Company Description dm-drogerie was founded in 1973 by Götz W. Werner in Karlsruhe‚ Germany. The company
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SWOT Analysis SWOT analysis involves looking at the internal strengths and weaknesses of a business and external opportunities and threats. In other word‚ it is used to analyze the possible internal advantages and problems that a business has‚ and to determines the external factors of the business which may affect its strategy. The purpose of a SWOT analysis is to conduct a general and quick examination of a business’s current position so that it can help the business to develop or plan a direction
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7 Key Retail Business Strategies - Redefining Competitive Business Position Richard Banks‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Nov 8‚ 2010 "Share your voice on Yahoo websites. Start Here." MORE: Business Strategy Retail Business FlagPost a comment Throughout the financial world‚ retail businesses are attempting to increase their competitive competitive position in the marketplace. Whether the retail business is a small start-up or a worldwide chain‚ the stakes are high. The retail operation which
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Dollar General: Case Study #1 Timothy Mayer Professor Perreira 02/01/2010 Executive Summary: Dollar General Corporation is a leader in the discount retail industry‚ but clearly could use new information systems to further establish its presence and dominate the industry. The ability of Dollar General to set up new stores quickly‚ at a low cost‚ and efficiently has enabled them to maximize their revenue‚ while keeping costs minimal. Dollar General is very dependent on the ability of
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Financial Institutions Center Innovation in Retail Banking by Frances X. Frei Patrick T. Harker Larry W. Hunter 97-48-B THE WHARTON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CENTER The Wharton Financial Institutions Center provides a multi-disciplinary research approach to the problems and opportunities facing the financial services industry in its search for competitive excellence. The Center ’s research focuses on the issues related to managing risk at the firm level as well as ways to improve productivity
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SWOT Lenovo As Lenovo is for a very large part a PC manufacturer (PC’s is the only segment)‚ this SWOT analysis covers the whole company. Lenovo’s objective is to protect its current strong position in their home base China and keep their large customer installed base. From a growth perspective the targets are emerging markets and expansion of the retail consumer business as well as differentiation to new products. In order to reach its objective in their home market‚ Lenovo should leverage their
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SWOT Analysis The SWOT analysis is an extremely useful tool for understanding and decision-making for all sorts of situations in business and organizations. SWOT is an acronym for Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ Threats. The SWOT analysis headings provide a good framework for reviewing strategy‚ position and direction of a company or business proposition‚ or any idea. Completing a SWOT analysis is very simple. SWOT analysis also works well in brainstorming meetings. Use SWOT analysis for
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Contents 1. Introduction 2. SWOT analysis 3. Stakeholder analysis 4. Strategic Initiatives 5.1 Suitability and Feasibility 5.2 Impact on major stakeholders 5.3 Shareholder value implication 5. Proposals to management 6. Strategy Map and Balanced Score Card 7. Conclusion Reference Appendix A External Analysis Appendix B Internal Analysis Executive Summary Myer‚ the largest department store retailer in Australia‚ re-listed on the Australian
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Strengths: The biggest strength of this company is the uniqueness of the product. Indeed‚ even if the company has a wide range of direct competitors (Skinny Dip‚ Fairy Secrets‚ Element Tree…) is 2 in 1 candle is still an uncommon product. The uniqueness of the product can attract the curiosity of prospect customers and therefore stay ahead of their competitors. The beauty market is a growing market despite the high concentration of companies. Indeed‚ according to Kline1 “sales of the hand and
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