Memo To: Management From: Date: [ 11/10/2010 ] Re: Competitive strategy Confidential Over the last several years Dollar General has seen great success with the strategies currently in place. With potential changes in the economy and some situations presently in the company Dollar General must plan for the future. This memo was put together to identify our strengths and weakness‚ analysis the external factors of the company‚ and find options for the future. The options of where to invest
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When looking at eBay’s target market‚ the segmentation of users appears to be majority males‚ ranging from 25-34 years old. Over half of the users don’t have kids and also lack college experience. The majority of the people are Caucasian and have a household income of $100‚000. After looking at this information there are some good opportunities that eBay could capitalize on. First‚ a good target market would be the “Baby Boomer” generation. This generation’s age demographic falls into the 45-64
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3/12/15 Dollar General Jacky Akpan Taha Kermalli Allison Schumacher Anlin Wang 1 Dollar General‚ 2007 ● Quality consumer goods in select categories ● Focused inventory on fastest-turning SKU’s ● Targeted demographics ignored by Walmart Store Dollar General Walmart Square Feet 6‚900 100‚000 SKU’s 4‚900 75‚000+ ~20‚000 or less 50‚000+ Surrounding Populations 2 1 3/12/15 Pricing and Brands ● 30% of products priced at $1 or less ● Majority of products under $10 Brands Name Brands
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Forward to a Colleague Send this article to a friend or colleague Your Name* Your Email* Required but will not be posted online. We value your privacy. Colleague’s Email* Any Comments Bottom of Form SUMMARY: Mobile marketing might be new‚ but it doesn’t have to break the bank. But it can target this growing audience and its shrinking screens on a tight budget with tactics. Email marketers at Marriott Vacations Worldwide tested an extremely simple landing
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its first significant product to the market 3 years later‚ the Clubmaster slot machine (Aristocrat Website). The Clubmaster was the first mechanical machine to offer multiline and scattered payouts with numerous other technical advances (Figure 1). A few years later Aristocrat fabricated the world’s first lit poker machine which helped captured enormous market share in Australia that it still holds today. As Aristocrat begun to saturate the Australian market‚ it fueled the need to expand globally
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W Hotel has style and substance. Included in W’s style is the real value the hotel offers to its guests‚ with their successful “Wow” business strategy. Superior quality‚ W’s real value‚ is offered to each guest by means of: • Services • Relationships • Appealing‚ Contemporary Designs • Global positions • Value • Emotional and Self-Expressive Benefits W Hotel‚ a successful operation of over 10 years (1998)‚ has changed the hospitality industry with many industry firsts: Transformation
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Once the averages of each relevant data set has been collected‚ the next step is to calculate elasticites. (See Figure 1 and Figure 3) The elasticity of demand for the average of all the values in the demand function turned out to be 0.037. This number represents extreme inelasticity‚ so a change in price causes small changes in the quantity of DVDs rented. This means that Stagelights can safely raise their prices and expect their quantity to have little effect. Stagelights needs to move its price
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Trend 1 Technical The provision of ‘second screen’ gaming One of this years’ trend in the game industry is introducing second-screen integration. We saw a lot of those coming out on E3 by console makers as well as publishers. “Microsoft revealed much more information on the interaction between tablets running Smart Glass and Xbox One games. In Roman action-adventure game Ryse‚ for example‚ players can use tablets to watch friends ’ concurrent progress through different levels‚ along with videos
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INTRODUCTION A soft drink (also called soda‚ pop‚ coke[citation needed]‚ soda pop‚ fizzy drink‚ or carbonated beverage) is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains carbonated water‚ a sweetening agent‚ and a flavoring agent. The sweetening agent may be sugar‚ high-fructose corn syrup‚ or a sugar substitute(in the case of diet drinks). A soft drink may also contain caffeine or fruit juice. Products such as energy drinks‚ Kool-Aid‚ and pure juice are not considered to be soft drinks. Other
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Valuation and Analysis of Dollar General Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………1 Overview of Dollar General…………………………………………6 Five Forces Model..............................................………..9 Rivalry among Existing Firms................................9 Industry Growth………………………………………….10 Concentration………………………………………….….10 Differentiation and Switching costs……………………13 Scale Economies and Fixed/Variable Costs…………..13 Excess Capacity and Exit Barriers………………………14 Threat
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