ASS01 GROUP PRESENTATION BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY Brief history of the company Est. Sydney 1924. Financial position: revenue and profitability Reporting sales of 47.06 billion in 2007/08 financial year Market position: growth‚ share‚ competitors 31% market share‚ 10.7% growth. Activities in food‚ liquor‚ petrol‚ consumer electronics‚ general merchandise‚ retailing through chain store operations‚ together with hotel‚ gaming and entertainment operations (data analysis‚ 2007)
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Woolworths Case Analysis Wandeli Loubser 15301648 BACKGROUND OF WOOLWORTHS Woolworths began life in what had been the dining room of the old Royal Hotel in Cape Town on a sunny October morning in 1931 as a clothing store and was founded by Max Sonnenberg. In 1934 Woolworths opened a second branch in Durban‚ followed in 1935 by branches in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. Shareholders who bought Woolworths stock in 1936 at 75c a share would have seen that stock grow to many‚ many times its original
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Is Woolworths diluting its value proposition by dropping prices and increasing the product range? • No‚ Woolworths is not diluting its value proposition by dropping prices and increasing the product range. • Own-brand products bring great value and perceived quality‚ synonymous with the Woolworths brand. • Reduced input costs do not result in a product quality alteration and therefore I suggest that no negative impact exists. • Reduced pricing to remain competitive during tough economic conditions
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carbon by any organisation‚ event product or person. Woolworths is one of the largest company of Australia and despite this company trying to reduce their carbon production but still it producing heaps carbon.. (http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html) Measurement process: Using trees to offset carbon (tree planting) Why company should measure carbon footprint: * Demonstrate companies environmental credentials * Increase market reputation * Meet increasing supply chain tender
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Ruth N. Bolton & Matthew B. Myers Price-Based Global Market Segmentation for Services In business-to-business marketing‚ managers are often tasked with developing effective global pricing strategies for customers characterized by different cultures and different utilities for product attributes. The challenges of formulating international pricing schedules are especially evident in global markets for service offerings‚ where intensive customer contact‚ extensive customization requirements‚ and
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Introduction Woolworths Limited is a retail company made up of a range of businesses that provide customers with quality‚ range and value. This report focuses on two parts‚ Woolworths Ltd Strategic analysis and strategic review in order to provide advise to the Board and Senior Management of Woolworths to obtain a higher achievement in 2012. In the first part‚ the report demonstrates analyzing the business environment by SWOT analysis‚ key capabilities‚ major stakeholder interests and identification
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relates to the internal controls of Woolworths‚ and will look to describe and analyse them with the use of flow charts. The report will then move onto give details of an audit program that has been designed to test the internal controls of Woolworth’s accounts payable. Moreover‚ possible ways of how controls could be overridden as well as how the overall system could be realistically improved will also be discussed within the report. Business Introduction Woolworths is a supermarket chain situated
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Market Segmentation Of Pepsi At An International Level The history of Pepsi-Cola starts in 1896 in the town of New Bern in North Carolina‚ USA in a drugstore owned by the pharmacist Caleb Bradham. He came up with many recipes of new drinks to be served at the soda fountain of his drugstore. Brad ham aim was to create a drink both delicious‚ healthy‚ aiding digestion and boosting energy. It would be free of impurities and it should not contain any strong narcotics. Eventually one of his drinks became
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Woolworths which has been deemed untouchable for more than a decade is now in a price war with Coles which was a shambles just three years ago. The price of milk is down and staying down is one of the recent aggressive price cuts introduced in a five year plan. The strategy of Coles is simple. By setting lower prices‚ a company hopes to win back its customers and in this way sees an opportunity to increase market share or profits. However‚ many unprofitable price wars happen‚ because the fact that
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Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Defining Sustainability 2 What Sustainability means to Woolworths 3 Corporate Stakeholders of Woolworths 3 Woolworths Drive for Change 5 Integrated Reporting 6 Why Integrated Reporting? 6 Woolworths Integrated Reporting 7 The Future of Integrated Reporting 7 Conclusion 8 Word Count: 1995 Executive Summary This report examines the new world of sustainability reporting‚ and the complex web of stakeholders. It focuses particularly on the
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