| ADVANTAGES OF DEPARTMENTAL STORES | | 1. The departmental store provides all facilities under one roof to enable the customer to by all his requirements. 2. The central location attracts a good number of customers which increases the sales turnover. 3. Large variety of goods is stored. This has a special appeal to the customers. 4. The financial strength of departmental store enables it to have experts in all sections. 5. Centralized buying helps them to get merchandise at lower cost together
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Hardware Store Case Analysis Pete Garcia BUS680: Training and Development November 24‚ 2014 Dr.: Amy Hakim Ashford University Hardware Store Case Analysis A. Do you agree with Fred’s decision to conduct the training and use the third vendor? Using concepts from the chapter‚ explain your answer. When it comes to Fred’s decision making in reference to using a third party vendor for training purposes‚ I believe that Fred made the best decision possible. Now‚ Fred based his decision
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PESTLE ANALYSIS OF WAL-MART STORES‚ Inc. POLITICAL :Wal-Mart¶s response to the hurricane was lauded even by its critics: it donated more than $20million worth of merchandise‚ including food for 100‚000 meals‚ and it promised jobs for all of its displaced workers. The first supply truck to arrive at the Superdome after the hurricane camefrom Walmart‚ not from FEMA. The administrative particulars of Wal-Mart¶s response to thehurricane‚ detailed in a study by Steven Horwitz‚ are both fascinating and
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The Address Hotel is a luxurious Hotel that is in the midst of the Burj Khalifa Development Area in Dubai. The five-star hotel attracts customers and tourists who want to enjoy the luxuries of Dubai and be enriched with its astounding location. The hospitality industry in Dubai is highly competitive‚ as Dubai has become the center of tourism across the world and thus‚ accommodation services are the most common services offered in this sector. Competitors focus on offering the best experiences to
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America and ride a roller coaster and enjoy all the features of the mall. The selection of the anchor stores and specialty stores appeals to different economic levels. In addition to the retail selection‚ there are activities for the entire family that include movies‚ a theme park and an aquarium. Paragraph 2 Since the opeing of the Mall of America in 1992‚ consumers have seen large discount retailers that have been able to provide name brand products at a discounted rate. The consumer is always
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Assignment FIN301 - Principles of Finance Dr. Alan Harper March 5‚ 2011 Part I: A. Suppose your bank account will be worth $15‚000.00 in one year. The interest rate (discount rate) that the bank pays is 7%. What is the present value of your bank account today? What would the present value of the account be if the discount rate is only 4%? Present Value at 7% $15‚000/1.07=$14‚018.69 Present Value at 4% $15‚000/1.07=$14‚423.08 B. Suppose you have two bank accounts‚ one called Account
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was very aggressive when it came to negotiating discounts. Opposed to regular coupons that might vary in the percentage of discounts given‚ Groupon only gave out vouchers with a radical discount of at least 50%. Being able to find such high discounts on a regular basis for many different products and services all in one place‚ made Groupon very attractive to consumers. It was very convenient that the offers were local but not limited to a certain store or product/service. And the offer was also very
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effect by thoroughly understanding its underlying causes. Procter & Gamble (P&G) introduce this term. Logistics executives at Procter & Gamble (P&G) examined the order patterns for one of their best-selling products‚ Pampers. Its sales at retail stores were fluctuating‚ but the variabilities were certainly not excessive. However‚ as they examined the distributors’ orders‚ the executives were surprised by the degree of variability. When they looked at P&G’s orders of materials to their suppliers
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present value analysis: Step 1. Select the discount rate. Step 2. Identify the costs/benefits to be considered in analysis. Step 3. Establish the timing of the costs/benefits. Step 4. Calculate net present value of each alternative. Step 5. Select the offer with the best net present value. This section will demonstrate the use of that 5-step process in two lease-purchase decision examples using nominal discount rates. You should follow the same steps for any
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Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. should offer a discount on the remaining seats. What are the advantages and disadvantages of not offering a discount on seats 11 through 18? The advantages of selling at a discounted price are that they would sell their seats faster depending on the price they are selling at. This could be a beneficial by gaining more customers who travel for business on a weekly basis especially on Thursdays. The disadvantage of not offering discounts is that the flight will have empty seats
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