Case Questions: Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Answers must be posted to Compass. You may work in groups of no more than four people. Be sure to remember to submit ALL names and UINs on the assignment. 1. How do the retailing strategies of Sears and Wal-Mart differ? How does each firm operate their business/attempt to create value? The major difference in these two companies’ retailing strategies‚ according to their filings in 2014‚ lies in the ways they expand their sales
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Q1.List sears strengths and weaknesses. Then asses how well each of the proposed changes in Sears strategy will build on the strengths and work to eliminate the weaknesses? Strengths of Sears - Broad category of product offerings‚ i.e: hard side(hardware) and soft side (women apparel‚ children toys etc) of Sears - Strong retail network system - Colossal numbers of stores with huge capacities are present all over the country‚ both in and off malls. - Owner of mix of brands i.e. : strong brands
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Treadway Tire’s Current Hiring Policy The current hiring policy of the company is chaotic and inconsistent. There seems to be no rationale behind the hiring of Line foreman even though it’s a very crucial position. This is evident that the transfer and internal hiring is very much influenced by the union and not on merit; there is a preference on quantity over quality. This policy is demotivating other potential workers in the company as they don’t see a chance of future career growth. . The externally
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Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.‚ Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit‚ 2007 550 U.S. 618 (2007) Alito‚ Justice This is an employment discrimination case that was held by the Supreme Court of the United States. District Court found in favor of the Plaintiff awarding back pay and damages. Goodyear Appealed. The issue argued in the Supreme Court claimed all damages void before Sept. 1997 due to statute of limitations placed on discriminatory claims. The court
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School 9-500-039 Rev. November 9‚ 1999 D Goodyear: The Aquatred Launch (Condensed) O N In January 1992‚ Barry Robbins‚ Goodyear’s vice president of marketing for North American Tires‚ was contemplating the upcoming launch of the Aquatred‚ a new tire providing improved driving traction under wet conditions. The Aquatred would be positioned in the U.S. market as a replacement tire for passenger cars. Over recent years‚ the replacement tire market had matured and new channels had gained
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first official Canadian Tire Store was opened in the year 1923 in Hamilton John Williams Billes and Alfred Jackson Billes with its headquarters situated in Toronto‚ Ontario. Canadian Tire Corp is also well known to sell a variety of products and services; namely Automotive‚ sport and leisure‚ and home products. ("Canadian Tire"‚ 2016). According to the ("2015 – Year in Review"‚ 2016)‚ this corporation also holds a family of retail companies and services namely: Canadian Tire Financial services(which
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Assignment 1: Preparing a Comprehensive Case Analysis‚ Part 1 By Angela Rivera Professor Camilla Pugh Strayer University BUS 490 Summer 2012 Assignment 1: Preparing a Comprehensive Case Analysis‚ Part 1 Due Week 4 and worth 200 points Research a public corporation that you believe is not doing as well as it could in the marketplace. For this first paper‚ you will complete the first steps of a comprehensive written analysis as described in Part 6 of the textbook. The written analysis will
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SEAR ROEBUCKS SWOT ANALYSIS Author Diane Hughes SEARS HISTORY Richard Sears was agent of the Minneapolis andSt. Louis railway station. He sold lumber and coal to local residents in his spare time. When he received a shipment of unwanted watches he purchased himself and began selling them at a good profit to other station agent up and down the line. In 1886 Sears began the R.W. Sears Watch Company. In 1887 he moved the business to Chicago and put an adin the local paper for a Watchman
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-1913) Sears houses are rare finds in Chicago and its suburbs. Part of the reason is that Sears simply didn’t sell as many kit houses in that time period‚ as the Modern Homes business was still getting off the ground. I think another reason is that houses built from 1908-1913 in the older suburbs tended to be located in areas that were part of of suburban downtown redevelopment efforts and were consequently razed. I’ve found pre-1913 Sears houses in places like the Norwood Park neighborhood of
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The problem with Fitzburg Tire company are that‚ the first‚ construction was already three months behind schedule. The second‚ costs were in excess of those projected. The third‚ the most of work completed in the last three weeks had to redone because it failed to meet specification. So he began to change his attitude and he began to blame Maxican works and supervisor‚ and everything Maxican. Regard to Max’s attitude is that he wants to see some visible progress made without hitches‚ without
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