Intuitively one might assume that Dollar General‚ the well-known extreme-value retailer‚ has an established competitive advantage versus other consumer goods retailers with respect to price. It would then follow that cost would be a defining characteristic of the company‚ and a cost analysis an appropriate analytical tool. However‚ the four distinct types of retailers within the dollar store retail segment (original dollar stores‚ close-out retailers‚ limited assortment grocers‚ and extreme-value
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Summary……………………………………………..……………..3 Introduction……………………………………………………...……………..4 External Environment Analysis…………………………………..……………4 PEST Analysis…………………………………………….…………..4 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis…………………………….…………...5 Internal Environment Analysis………………………………………..….…....6 Primary Activities……………………………………………...……...6 Support Activities………………………………………….……..…...7 Core Competencies………………………………………….……..….8 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………….........8 Strengths………………………………………………….......8 Weaknesses………………………………………………
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management team. In many cases‚ shareholders and board members receive very rewarding financial benefits from this transaction. However‚ in some situations‚ public firms do not have a choice in the matter‚ as is the case in a “hostile takeover”. In assessing Dollar General’s performance‚ we first must conduct an internal comparison‚ in which the Statement of Income shows both production and period cost had increased greatly which resulted in lower income; meanwhile‚ Ratio Analysis also points out relatively
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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 our time and
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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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Dollar General SWOT Dollar General Corp. is a chain of variety stores operating in 35 U.S. states. The chain operates over 9‚000 stores and its headquarters is located in Goodlettsville‚ TennesseeStrengths Strengths Unlike its competitors‚ Dollar General place new stores within the communities. Dollar General feels that filling the role of the “neighborhood store” is a big part of its success. In some cases‚ stores are within a few city blocks of each other. Dollar General typically serves communities
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Dollar General Case Study [Author Name(s)‚ First M. Last‚ Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] Dollar General Case Study 1. Explain why the old‚ nonintegrated functional system created problems for the company. Be specific. The rapid growth of the Dollar General places strain on its existing IT systems. Because the old non-integrated functional system was not scalable‚ there was a negative impact on meeting the working demand. There were two major problems created. The
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Case Study 1 EIN 6183 Engineering Management Policy & Strategy 10/11/2014 Abstract Dollar General Corporation is United States largest small-box discount retailer headquartered in Goodlettsville‚ Tennessee [1]. Dollar General offers both name brand products and generic merchandise [2]. Its competitors include Family Dollar‚ Dollar Tree which also operate in deep discount segment of US retailing. The following case study discusses about the various
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Vanessa Pileggi Case Summary 3/25/13 Dollar General In the case of Dollar General‚ CEO‚ David Perdue is analyzing ways in which he can continue to drive the growth of Dollar General‚ otherwise known as the leading company in the dollar store industry. While weighing his growth opportunities he questions which decision will be most beneficial to the company. Perdue asks himself‚ “Should we continue to drive growth through new stores openings? Or should we focus more on our existing
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Date: April 30th 2013 Dollar General Business Proposal Executive Summary Our group performed an analysis of Dollar General’s external and internal environment‚ which included a Porters Five Forces breakdown. Those findings as well as analysis on the company’s financial statements formed the basis for our recommendations. We considered several alternative growth strategies for Dollar General to implement. Those strategies are‚ international expansion‚ continued domestic expansion‚ internal
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