1) What are Wal-mart’s competitive advantages? a. Large variety of products and services b. Extremely well known brand name c. Superior IT systems d. Volume purchasing power e. Lots of investment capital 2) How sustainable are those advantages? a. The ability to offer a wide variety of products and services is essential to their business model‚ however by expanding the number of product/services too much or too quickly‚ their variety can become a liability. Have a large variety of products/services
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Companies selected are Wal-Mart and Target. Both companies have their financial year ended in January. Income Statement of the Target is showing gross margin but there is no such break up in Wal-Mart income statement. Income Statement of the Wal-Mart is showing directly operating income. Both companies have cost of goods sold over 70% of their revenue for the recent year. Wal-Mart has two sources of revenue while Target has only one source. Operating income of the Wal-Mart has decreased during the
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Marketing Mix Strategy is an important part successfully operating a business and managers must learn to strategize to remain competitive in their respective markets. This paper will paper will discuss the four elements of the marketing mix‚ how they relate to an example of a real organization‚ and how the organization implements each element to attract as many customers as possible. Elements of Marketing Mix: Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ and Promotion The elements of marketing mix are popularly
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Business Report Executive Summary Sorry Haven’t done it‚ will do it in the holidays Inventory and/or Quality management Strategies The Business Needs to Focus on to Improve its quality and operations management. Quality Management Quality management is the strategy which a business uses to make sure that its product meets customer expectations. Three quality approaches are quality control‚ quality assurance and total quality management. Quality control is a process which a business pursues
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BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS The main items that Wal-Mart procures to pursue its operations can be classified into 3 main categories of merchandise‚ labor‚ and stores. Given the size of Wal-Mart’s operations and its focus on continuous cost improvement‚ none of these suppliers have significant bargaining power on Wal-Mart. When analyzed in detail: * Merchandises * As the biggest retailer in U.S. with up to 30% market share in some categories‚ Wal-Mart is the single biggest buyer for most of the
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Kotabe/Helsen‚ Global Marketing Management‚ 5e Case 9 Case 9 Wal-Mart Operations in Brazil: An Emerging Giant ___________________________________ This case was prepared by Professor Masaaki Kotabe‚ Louie Pranic and Richard Smith of the Fox School of Business at Temple University and Kleber G. de Godoy and Moacir Salzstein of Fundação Getúlio Vargas‚ São Paulo‚ Brazil‚ and updated by Dan Zhang under the supervision of Professor Masaaki Kotabe for class discussion rather than to illustrate
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Starbucks Marketing Mix � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Starbucks Marketing Mix Successful organizations understand the importance of a strong marketing strategy to satisfy customers and sustain growth. Making the right decisions depends on several variables. The purpose of this paper is to describe the four elements of marketing mix and share how Starbucks has implemented an effective and powerful marketing strategy to become the world ’s largest coffeehouse chain. MARKETING MIX DEFINED A marketing mix
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Impact of Wal-Mart on the US Economy With over 5‚300 stores in the United States‚ Wal-Mart has become one of the fastest growing retail chains in the United States (Rossi‚ 2005). Their many stores are not hard to find as you travel along many of the highways in the United States. With low prices and great deals it has become very difficult not to resist the inviting people greeting you at the door and massive signs that draw you to buy from their stores. Since the opening of its first store in
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In this case the ethical dilemma that face Wal-Mart is in fact the managers and owners of Wal-Mart are not responsible about their workers and employees in the company. They don’t care about taking the views of its worker whether the new technologies and the new developed method they apply are good and suitable for them or not. The only thing that they consider and take care of is profit and increasing the income and revenues. Although‚ taking the views of employees and make them happy and pleased
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TUTORIAL 5 1. List and describe three (3) major LAN topologies? Topologies can define as the layout of a network. There are really three basic types of topologies. They are Star‚ Bus‚ and Ring. In a star topology‚ all computers and devices are connected to a centrally located hub or switch. The hub or switch collects and distributes the flow of data within the network. It’s better to use a switch than a hub because a switch transmits the data to the intended recipient rather
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