Analysis Target Corporation I Introduction Target is America ’s second-largest general merchandise retailer‚ with over 1‚100 stores across the country; it employs over 220‚000 people. It has recently begun electronic marketing through its Target.com subsidiary. (Pergiovanni‚ PG). This paper is a SWOT analysis of the corporation. It concentrates on the Target stores themselves. II Strengths I ’ve scanned a listing of newspaper articles with "Target Corporation"
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Target Corporation Case Finance 3504 Dr. Casper By: Hyeji Jane Lee Wajiha Yassin Shawn Salvia Executive Summary In 1962‚ the first Target store was opened by its parent company‚ The Dayton Company‚ officially becoming the ‘Target Corporation’ during year 2000. In the following five years‚ Target’s sales saw a major increase raising their revenue to $52.6 billion. With 1400 locations throughout the nation‚ Doug Scovanner‚ the CEO‚ has to decide the next steps Target must take for continual
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of large corporations. Specifically‚ the case centers on the capital expenditure meeting for the Target Corporation‚ which is one of the top ten retailers in the United States. All corporations have some version of this meeting. The goal of the meeting is to determine what capital expenditure projects the company will undertake in the future to promote growth. Below is our analysis of the Target Corporation’s top five capital budgeting requests (CPR) up for debate. We will first compare Target’s
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Executive Summary Target Corporation operates general merchandise stores in the United States and has just begun opening stores in Canada. The company offers a wide variety of goods ranging from household essentials and furnishings to hardlines comprising of various forms of personal entertainment and apparel and accessories. Target has opened more than 20 of its 124 locations already and has received mixed feedback from Canadian shoppers. Retail pricing is on average at least 10% higher in comparison
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indicators of growth‚ other retail chains still pose a serious threat‚ and Target struggles to maintain competitive advantage. From a positive standpoint‚ Target is intensifying the vision to provide users with superior products by expanding existing stores and continuously incorporating new merchandise. Target’s expansion will likely prove positive for the corporation‚ but the possibility exists that the expansion will hurt Target due to the large price paid for the expansions (approximately $1 billion)
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Strengths As one of the leading retail companies in the United States‚ it is evident that Target possesses many strengths pertinent to the merchandising industry. These strengths are apparent in Target Corp.’s financial results. Target Corp. has honed in on providing customers with high-quality and innovative merchandise that keeps them coming back to see what the “next new thing” from Target will be. Another main component of Target’s strength is its low price for these high-quality and innovative
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Who is the target customer? What are the demographic characteristics? o TWC Customers are generally middle to upper class o Average household income is $53‚546 / year o Racial makeup: 41% white‚ 28% Hispanic‚ 16% Asian‚ and 5% African American o English is the primary language 59% of the time with 20% Spanish‚ 11% Asian‚ and 7% Indo-European What are their
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4) Target Segment 5) Target Motivation: (We still don’t know the best target) Any business’ goal is to satisfy its customers wants and needs‚ in this area‚ the customers’ needs differs from a segment to another‚ as for the adults the key that motivates them is the competition as they will be able to participate in different cross fit events (fit festival)‚ as for the athletes their goal is to maintain their fitness abilities and the housewife they are worry about a safe place to leave their children
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Wal-Mart Target Groups Wal-Mart’s purpose according to Sam Walton is “If we work together‚ we’ll lower the cost of living for everyone…we’ll give the world an opportunity to see what it’s like to save and have a better life” (Wal-Mart About Us‚ 2008). Wal-Mart was established to help save customer’s money. The customer’s that they target are considered “value price shoppers”. These shoppers include men‚ women‚ and children. They have so much merchandise to offer in so many categories
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Target audience: 10 marks The target audience should be described using multiple segmentation variables. CUSTOMER DIVERSITY AirAsia’s main customers are still those who could not previously afford to fly‚ but its passenger profile is changing as it adds destinations and increases brand awareness. "The economically disadvantaged are there‚ and the main market is still the mass market -that will never change -but we are reaching markets that we never dreamt of‚" says Fernandes. "Goldman Sachs executives
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