the biggest competitive threat facing Carrefour as it expands in global markets? Carrefour had a concept of been a giant store(hypermarket) but along the line‚ the company faced some challenges which they found difficult to adapt to easily‚ Some of the challenges were due to changing consumer consumption habits and Carrefour could not meet up with this challenge because of the little depths in some of their product categories. Carrefour also pulled out from the American market
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Motivated professionals‚ dedicated to customer service With over 410‚000 employees‚ 110‚000 of them in France‚ the Carrefour group ranks among the top 13 private employers in the world. Wherever it is an employer‚ Carrefour aspires to be seen as a benchmark in human resources management and social responsibility. Attracting‚ training‚ supporting and securing the loyalty of employees: the group makes every effort to support the development of its staff members‚ who are‚ after all‚ its ambassadors
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intake 10 Strategic Management and Business Policy Submitted by: Rawi El Masry Submitted to: Dr.Sherif Lotfy Case Study Carrefour Table of Content 1. Introduction Carrefour is the famous French multinational retailer headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France‚ in Paris. Carrefour means "crossroads" and "public square" in French. Carrefour is the market leader for retail business in Europe & number 2 worldwide after Wal-Mart. It’s present in 34 countries across
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Carrefour FIN4812 International Finance Case Analysis CARREFOUR S.A This report is created with a discussion over several important international finance topics for instance‚ interest-rate parity‚ currency risk management‚ regarding description on Carrefour S.A. financing policies as well as hedging strategy. Additionally‚ we also discussed on which currency Carrefour should issue its 10-year‚ 750 million euro‚ annual coupon bond‚ its foreign currency risk exposure and a possible hedging
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Carrefour In mid-1972 Decisions about speed and direction of future growth‚ and how to finance that growth Company Background • Begun operations in 1960 with a supermarket (650 mts2) in France • In 1963 opened the first hypermarket (2.500 mts2) just outside of Paris‚ France • Between 1965 and 1971 sales grew at an annual rate exceeding 50% (non food products accounted for 40% of that volume). • Corporate assets growth as faster as sales • Starting in 1970‚ new stores called “commercial centers”
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Down loaded from the TT100.biz website Growing a business by developing products and markets Ansoff’s Product/Market Matrix Product Market Current New Current New Market penetration Market development New product development Diversification Expansion Beiersdorf has expanded in each possible direction. ◗ Market penetration is demonstrated by NIVEA Lip Care products‚ which have been extended with new variants. The latest of these (Pearl and Shine) became the market leader in 2003. ◗ An
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Ansoff Matrix = The product/market grid What is the Ansoff Matrix? The Ansoff Matrix‚ designed by Igor Ansoff‚ classifies and explains different growth strategies for a company. This matrix is used by companies which have a growth target or a strategy of specialization. This tool‚ crossing products and markets of a company‚ facilitates decision making. The Ansoff matrix offers four strategies to achieve the objectives. Penetration of the market ; Extension of the market ; New products
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Background • Carrefour entered the Chinese market in 1995 ‚ by establishing the first store in Beijing . By the end of 2013 ‚ Carrefour operates 236 hypermarkets in 73 cities in China‚ with 60‚000 employees. • Carrefour make its commitment to the corporatecitizenship in China and very focused on its corporate social responsibility. Carrefour had set up the " Farm" ‚ "Food Safety Training "‚ “Food Safety Testing Room"‚ to provide safe and secure goods for its customers and satisfy different needs
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of lgStrategic Decisions - Definition and Characteristics Strategic decisions are the decisions that are concerned with whole environment in which the firm operates‚ the entire resources and the people who form the company and the interface between the two.Characteristics/Features of Strategic Decisions a. Strategic decisions have major resource propositions for an organization. These decisions may be concerned with possessing new resources‚ organizing others or reallocating others
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Today our group will be talking about Carrefour S.A which is a retailer located mainly in Europe. Carrefour is a hypermarket. How many of you guys know what a hypermarket is? A hypermarket is basically a superstore that offers a wide assortment of food as well as non-food products at economic prices‚ but they are much larger in size than traditional supermarkets. The size of hypermarkets can range from 2400 to 3000 square meters. Carrefour’s core strengths have been in its low prices‚ wide product
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