Matt Thatcher Management 365 Professor Stookey 1/19/2014 Final Paper Board of Directors Proposal New and Improved Walmart I would like to thank the executives at Walmart for giving me the opportunity to provide insight and expand upon Walmart’s horizons for the 2014 business year. I graciously accept the appointed board member position with great integrity and plan to maintain the company’s great successes for this year and the future. While Walmart is a well renowned super store‚ it has been scrutinized
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Compare the business model for ET Wal-Mart and Amazon Compare walmart.com and amazon.com. What characteristics are shared? That are unique to walmart.com and amazon.com for that? Going to both websites at first glance I noticed many similarities between walmart.com and amazon.com. Both sites are online merchants that have been made by an identical model‚ where the menu of product categories on the left page margin. Amazon.com has 13 product categories or departments‚ as they call it on the
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The retail giant Wal-Mart is based in Bentonville‚ Arkansas and it was founded by the late Sam Walton (1918 – 1992). In the mid 60s Sam Walton was looking at technology to use IBM mainframes to store inventory data (Wallgum‚ p.1‚ 2010). “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. built an inventory and supply chain management system that changed the face of business” (Helen‚ p. 38‚ 2002). Beginning his career in the mid 40s Sam Walton knew the importance of meeting customer’s needs and this ideology remains today. According
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The Value Proposition Canvas Designed for: On: Designed by: Day Iteration: Month Year No. Do they… Which savings would make your customer happy? Create savings that make your customer happy? Do something customers are looking for? (e.g. in terms of time‚ money and effort‚ …) (e.g. good design‚ guarantees‚ specific or more features‚ …) (e.g. in terms of time‚ money and effort‚ …) Produce outcomes your customer expects or that go beyond their expectations? Fulfill something customers
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CURRENT PERFORMANCE Wal-Mart is the world’s number 1 retailer‚ with more than 4‚800 stores‚ including 1‚475 discount stores‚ 1‚750 combination discount and grocery stores (Wal-Mart Supercenters in the US and ASDA in the UK) and 540 warehouse stores (SAM’s Club). Nearly 75% of its stores are in the US‚ but Wal-Mart is expanding internationally. Wal-Mart is the number 1 retail in Canada and Mexico. The company also owns nearly 38% of Japanese supermarket chain SEIYU. Wal-Mart generated a solid performance
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Problem Wal-Mart was drawing increasing flak from organized labor about the company’s low wages and anti-union posture. It was confronting 6‚000 lawsuits on a variety of issues‚ including one claiming that it discriminated against female employees. H. Lee Scott was understandably concerned about the raft of issues that threatened to mar Wal-Mart’s reputation and raise questions about the company’s efforts to secure the lowest prices for its customers. The problem for Wal-Mart now is how
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PESTEL Analysis Understanding the general environment of a certain business requires knowledge regarding the key factors and trends in broader society. PESTEL Analysis gives a business the ability to break down the general environment into six different categories: Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ Environmental‚ and Legal. By analyzing and studying each area‚ a company can create a strategy that most benefits them. Sears and K-Mart are two retail businesses that can gain from understanding
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Assignment Breakdown. (BMC) – represent what the company does (according to the company situation) CEO – IT ia not a analysis – just an observation. Not recommendation or putting any action. Understand the different parts of the Business. Two groups (Customers) – Don’t overdo customers segregation. Don’t go down to the bottom level. Put in the canvas with items as specific as possible; the model is useless with general items. Eg. Travelers – not useful. E.g Cost – Marketing cost‚ revenue
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The artwork I have chosen for this week is Woman with Mirror‚ Canvas #13 (p. 78). At first glance this artwork shows bold beautiful colors with varying line patterns‚ geometric shapes with varying masses‚ with implied motion‚ which seems to break the picture down into five vertical sections. Each section is unique it is characteristics of visual elements. The first section with the lime green and yellow lines and geometric rectangles appear to be static‚ stopping just at the yellow line before
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Working to better the community of your organization can serve many purposes of establishing a strong future for your company‚ allow your employees to feel closing to reduce turnover‚ and to show customers that you are a company that cares. The key to establishing a future for your company is focused on the education of the next generation. Target has invested $1 billion into school systems for the children within their communities. This social efficacy leads to not only the children becoming more
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