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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Table of Contents: Executive 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…………………………………………………
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This case starts with the partnership between Dollar General Corp. and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The Dollar General operates its business upon the land owned by the Tribe. Dollar General holds a lease and business license agreement with the Tribe. This agreement upholds Dollar General to consent to all manner of tribal laws and agreed to abide by those laws. The Tribe ran a “Youth Opportunity Program” which placed tribal members in short-term‚ unpaid positions with local businesses
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Q1: Describe Dollar General’s business strategy. What has the company been so successful? A1: Dollar General’s main business strategy is to focus on being the leading distributors of consumable basics‚ with 30% of the merchandise at $1.00 or less. Dollar General believes in maintaining an assortment of consumable merchandise and making shopping for everyday items hassle free and simplistic. Deriving most of their customer basis from Low‚ Middle and fixed income earners. With under-serviced
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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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Dollar General Case 1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected‚ both before and after tax‚ of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used. The correct GAAP method to account for freight costs is as an expense of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) that occur at the time
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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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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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successful retailers in America is the small town oriented Dollar General Store. The value and convenience offered by Dollar General Store focuses mostly on low‚ middle and fixed income families in rural areas that are not normally served by larger retailers. The current programs used by Dollar General Store helps to bring the consumable basics to their customers at a low price. Dollar General Store Introduction The mission of Dollar General Store to their “customers is a better life”‚ their
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Table of Content EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1. Background 3 2. Dollar General diagnosis 4 a. Financial analysis 4 b. Strengths and weaknesses analysis 5 3. External Analysis 7 a. Competitors 7 b. Opportunities and threats analysis 8 4. Problem identification 10 REFERENCES 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dollar General is a retailing company‚ especially extreme value oriented. Since its establishment in 1955‚ Dollar General has drastically grown. In 10 years‚ from 1955 to 1965‚ the Company grew to 255
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