principles for reporting financial information by segments. The disclosure of this information will: (a) help users of the financial statements to better understand the entity’s past performance and to identify the resources allocated to support the major activities of the entity; and (b) enhance the transparency of financial reporting and enable the entity to better discharge its accountability obligations. Definition of a Segment A segment is a distinguishable activity or group of activities
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Company Background: The Home Depot‚ Inc. (NYSE: HD) Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. These founders envisioned providing one-stop shopping for the “do-it-yourselfer‚” and this vision became a reality after working with investment banker Ken Lagone and merchandising expert‚ Pat Farrah. The first two stores were opened on June 22‚ 1979‚ in Atlanta‚ GA. These first stores were approximately 60‚000 square feet in size each‚ and stocked 25‚000 products‚ which made
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Global guidewires market is expected to reach USD 2‚197.2 million by 2020‚ according to a new study by Grand View Research‚ Inc. Growing prevalence of target diseases coupled with growing geriatric population base is expected to drive guidewire demand over the next six years. Technology innovation across various product segments‚ in terms of flexibility‚ tip retention etc. is also expected to boost market demand by catering to the requirements of healthcare practitioners. Coronary guidewires dominated
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Home Depot / Lowe ’s Financial Analysis 1 Running head: THE HOME LEADER -VS- IMPROVING HOME IMPROVEMENTS The Home Leader -vs- Improving Home Improvements James J. Elliott Capella University Douglas Smith‚ PhD Accounting and Finance in Organizations Home Depot / Lowe ’s Financial Analysis 2 Abstract An industry of competition‚ and tight margins The Home Depot‚ and Lowe ’s Company are still at it. Both of these companies stand now as the industry standard for the home improvement sector. The
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mean time‚ smaller hardware stores struggled to remain in the game. Galeotafiore reports shows confidence in the methods Home Depot deployed to achieve their goals and attributed Lowe’s margin expansion to their thrust into the major metropolitan markets. This case will mainly focus on the strategic issues involved with Home Depot and Lowe’s‚ the industry trends‚ the financial outlook for the respective companies‚ and whether or not Galeotafiore has the depth of knowledge and experience to make
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NBPF: Value Extraction from Different Market Segments Tamiko Okada entered the back office of Nippon Batting Practice Facility (NBPF) in the Northern district of Tokyo‚ to contemplate her fledgling company’s marketing strategy. A decorated former collegiate softball player with a graduate degree from an American university‚ Tamiko had a deep knowledge of the game and of her customers. She lacked a marketing background‚ however‚ so she had recently signed up for a hosted CRM service that would allow
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Brand Management across geographic boundaries and market segments The "Apple Halo" Apple’s encouragement of differentiation between product designs and its promotion of secrecy around new product launches heightens the Apple mystique. These create the Apple "halo effect‚" where a buyer of one Apple product has a high probability of returning to Apple for other products as well. Apple’s has emphasized its unique retail stores through design for several of its flagship locations as well as tailoring
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KEL563 MOHANBIR SAWHNEY Lowe’s Companies‚ Inc.: Optimizing the Marketing Communications Mix In early 2009 Lowe’s Companies‚ Inc.‚ a leading home products retailer‚ launched an ambitious new project to gain customer mind share in the kitchen remodeling arena. The project‚ called the next-generation installed sales (NGIS) initiative‚ was a concerted effort by Lowe’s to expand its service offerings to become an end-to-end solution provider for customers’ kitchen remodeling projects. Brad Simpson‚
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veryone is in a consumer’s hypnosis‚ even if you think you are not. When you go to a store and pick one brand over the other‚ you are now under their spell. The spell/ hypnosis is how companies get you to buy there things over other companies and keep you hooked. Either through commercials or offering something that you think will make your life better by what they tell you. For example‚ you go to the store and you need to buy water‚ once you get to the lane and look‚ there is 10 different types
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Finally‚ there are the professional customers who are the remodeler‚ general contractor‚ repairman‚ small business owner and tradesmen. The slowdown of the market has affected all types if customers in the home improvement markets. The home improvement market takes in approximately $755 billion annually. However‚ with the softening of the housing market‚ unseasonable drought and flooding‚ and last year’s variable mortgage interest rate hikes the industry has taken some hits. Although mortgage rates are
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