Financial Analysis of Home Depot For Fiscal Year Ending February 3‚ 2008 Presented by: Team FAB 5 Financial Analysis of Home Depot Introduction Founded in 1978 by Arthur Banks and Bernie Marcus‚ who were both fired from a local hardware store after a disagreement with their supervisor (http://founderbios.com/bernie-marcus.php)‚ Home Depot opened its first store in Atlanta‚ Georgia on June 22‚ 1979 (www.corporate.homedepot.com)
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2 2. Understanding E-commerce Environment: 2 2.1 E-commerce: 2 2.2 Nature of E-commerce: 2 2.3 Forms of E-commerce: 3 3. Analysis of E-commerce Business and Revenue Models: 3 3.1 Online Business and Revenue Models: 4 3.2 Impact of E-commerce on Business and Revenue Models: 4 4. Role of Technology in OnlineBusiness: 4 4.1 Role of Technology in Supply Chain: 5 4.2 Role of technology in value chain: 5 4.3 Treat customers individually in e-commerce: 5 5. Role of social
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Introduction to E-Commerce Electronic commerce‚ commonly known as e-commerce‚ eCommerce or e-comm‚ refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. However‚ the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online. It also includes the entire online process of developing‚ marketing‚ selling‚ delivering‚ servicing and paying for products and services. The amount of trade conducted electronically has
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Introduction Electronic Commerce or E-commerce is growing extensively on Internet. Although the term of "E-commerce" might sound bizarre‚ in reality it has been familiar activity: buy books online. Whereas some of people take these simple activities every day‚ most of them may not be familiar on how SMEs have applied E-commerce into their business strategies to guarantee their survival in new global marketplace [33]. There are comprehensive literatures in focussing on SMEs and E-commerce [39‚ 46‚ 47‚ 48
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Competitor Analysis Home Depot competitors are primarily in the home improvement and hardware retail industry‚ but also compete in the building materials retail and distribution‚ consumer electronics and appliances retail‚ and convenience stores and truck stops sectors. Some of Home Depot’s main competitors include: Lowe’s‚ True Value‚ and Ace Hardware. Now‚ these competitors are the main competition of Home Depot and all three stores carry about 75% if not more of what Home Depot sells. Keep
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 E-Commerce or E-Business: Electronic commerce which is commonly known as E-commerce or E-business is a modern concept of doing business. In layman’s language‚ it is the buying and selling of products and services over electronic systems which mainly comprises of internet. In this form of business the payment for goods and services is also done electronically i.e. by using credit cards. This concept has reached its maturity in developed countries like the United States
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E-COMMERCE BUSİNESS MODELS The ultimate goal of an e-business is to generate revenue and make a profit‚ similar to traditional businesses. It is factual that the Internet has improved productivity for almost all the organizations that are using it. Nevertheless‚ the bottom line is that productivity must be converted to profitability. To achieve profitability as the final goal‚ different e-businesses or e-commerce sites position themselves in different parts of the value-chain. To generate revenue
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Office Depot‚ Inc. (“Office Depot”)‚ a supplier of a broad assortment of office products and business services throughout the United States and worldwide‚ announced on February 20‚ 2013 a merger agreement with OfficeMax‚ Inc.‚ which will better equip them to compete in the rapidly-changing industry. In fiscal year 2012 alone‚ Office Depot generated $10.7 billion of revenues from its products and services‚ yet industry reviews of this company seem unfavorable. In this FSA Case Analysis‚ our team
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The Home Depot‚ Incorporated. Internal Environment Home Depot is a large-scale home improvement retail store. The company was founded by Bernard Marcus‚ Arthur Blank (CEO)‚ and Kenneth G. Lagone in Atlanta‚ GA during 1979. Funding for this company came from an investment firm Invemed of New York among several other private investors. Within the next eleven years HD started its horizontal growth by expanding to Florida in 1981. After growth into multiple U.S. states‚ founders Marcus‚ Blank‚ and
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INFORMATION The title of the article is Impact of E-commerce on Travel and Tourism: An Historical Analysis written by the author‚ Farrokh G. Mamaghani‚ D.Sc. The journal for this article is International Journal of Management and was published at the year 2009‚ December. The author of this article‚ Farrokh G. Mamaghani‚ D.Sc is a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Physics from University of Tabriz‚ Iran and Master of Science (M.S.) in Systems Analysis and Management from George Washington University
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