1. What is Dollar General’s strategy to compete? Dollar General has done an outstanding job of consistently implementing a focused low cost strategy. The company’s strategic intent of being a customer-driven distributor of consumable basics and its effort has resulted in 6‚300 stores in 27 states‚ $6.1 billion in sales‚ and 54‚000 employees. Dollar General Stores target large families‚ low-income and fixed-income and blue-collar households‚ and women ages 55 to 64. (C-87) Dollar General has determined
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Higher Diploma in Marketing and Sales Management Year: 1st year (June Examinations) Module: Retailing Assignment May 2012 Group: Matthew Spiteri Gonzi ( ) Chris Pace ( ) Jeremy Tabone ( 314185(M) ) Steve Borg ( ) Lecturer: Marika Fsadni Question: You are a leading marketing consultancy firm in Malta. Your client is interested in opening a chain of 3 retail outlets in Malta‚ engaged in a line of business of your choice. Your client has asked you to conduct a mystery shopping
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televisions that take away a child’s mind into another world. This is screen time. What is screen time? Screen time is when a child (or adult) sits in front of a screen for a certain amount of hours or minutes that they should be doing other things‚ like going outside and talking to real people‚ not ones behind the screen. Imagine a world where everyone is behind a screen‚ take a good look at the world around you. Screens are taking over the world‚ for example billboards in New York and there’s probably a
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July 31‚ 2010: 414 Compact Hypermarket 19 Seiyu GM (general merchandise only) 1 Seiyu GMS (food and general merchandise) 90 Seiyu Supermarkets 261 Wakana 43 Associates History 25‚139* Seiyu is one of the largest supermarket chains in Japan. The company was established on April 19‚ 1963. In May 2002‚ Walmart acquired a 6.1 percent stake in Seiyu. In December 2005‚ Walmart acquired a majority interest in Seiyu‚ making Seiyu a Walmart subsidiary‚ and on December 5‚ 2007‚ Walmart‘s tender offer to acquire
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Cash Discount on Sales Cash discount is the discount offered by seller for paying cash early. Cash discount is only offered on credit sales where the customers do not pay at the time of sale but promise to pay latter. There are two methods of accounting for sales that offer cash discounts; the gross method and the net method. These two methods are explained with the help of the following example: Example Suppose Company A sells certain goods at a price of $4‚400 with terms of payment
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Contents Introduction Wal-Mart’s Ranking & Response to Various Stakeholders Wal-Mart’s Recent Number of Ethical Issues in the News Improved Ethical Culture & Positive Response to Stakeholders What are the relevant Facts? What are the Ethical Issues? a) Female Employees b) Disabled Employees c) Illegal Immigrants d) Low Benefits e) Working Conditions f) Ethical Leadership Issues g) Environmental Stakeholders What are the Primary Stakeholders 1) The Stockholders 2) The Wal-Mart Executives 3) The Employees
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What Matters Most in Internet Retailing Online retailing is far and away the fastest growing retail sector in the United States‚ with overall growth of about 15% in the past year and with categories such as apparel and footwear up by more.1 Internet retailing currently represents approximately 8% of U.S. retail sales‚ and in many countries it’s an even larger percentage. Forrester Research expects that from 2010 to 2015 online retail sales in China will more than triple‚ to about $160 billion.
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Problem Wal-Mart was drawing increasing flak from organized labor about the company’s low wages and anti-union posture. It was confronting 6‚000 lawsuits on a variety of issues‚ including one claiming that it discriminated against female employees. H. Lee Scott was understandably concerned about the raft of issues that threatened to mar Wal-Mart’s reputation and raise questions about the company’s efforts to secure the lowest prices for its customers. The problem for Wal-Mart now is how
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Perspectives on Retailing Overview: In this chapter‚ we acquaint you with the nature and scope of retailing. We present retailing as a major economic force in the United States and as a significant area for career opportunities. Finally‚ we introduce the approach to be used throughout this text as you study and learn about the operation of retail firms. Learning Objectives: After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Explain what retailing is. 2. Explain why retailing is undergoing
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Case Study: Wal-Mart June 12‚ 2012 � This case study is based upon the case article by Peter A. Stanwick and Sarah D. Stanwick titled; ’Wal-Mart: But We Do Give Them a 10 Percent Employee Discount ’‚ in which addresses the ethical issues facing Wal-Mart. According to Stanwick and Stanwick (2009‚ p. 409)‚ the culture "has created a number of twenty-first-century problems for Wal-Mart." Summary The authors ’ viewpoint is that of the Wal-Mart employees are not all treated equally according to
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