SWOT ANALYSIS – STAPLES SWOT Analysis – Staples Staples‚ Inc. became incorporated in 1985 by founders Thomas G. Stemberg and Leo Kahn. 25 years later‚ Staples‚ Inc. is the world’s largest office products company. The company primarily operates in the United States but also has locations in 26 countries throughout North and South America‚ Europe‚ Asia and Australia serving businesses of all sizes and consumers. Their mission statement is‚ “We’re committed to making it easy for our customers around
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BACKGROUND Staples Inc. founded in 1985 by Thomas G. Stemberg and Leo Kahn in Brighton‚ Massachussets. It is headquartered in Boston and employs 89‚000 employees worldwide. Staples sells office supplies at more than 2‚000 stores as well as through its catalog and call centers‚ the internet site‚ and contract sales force. In additional to typical office supplies‚ stores offer computer hardware and software‚ furniture‚ art and school supplies and printing and copy services ( Staples 10k‚ 2012).
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Section 01 March 24th‚ 2008. Kristen Watkin 3800042 Caroline Hoang 3850070 Kevin Jones 4175907 Andrew Welland 3793049 David Shih 3558673 Company Background STAPLES is the world’s largest office supply retailer‚ with stores located in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Europe. STAPLES was created in 1986 in Boston‚ Massachusetts by Thomas G. Stemberg‚ and things have only been looking up ever since. Stemberg wanted to make it easier for customers to have access to office
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....... Background ● ● Development and Growth....................................................................... Current Information................................................................................. 2 4 7 11 15 17 19 24 30 31 SWOT Analysis.................................................................................................... PEST Analysis..................................................................................................... Corporate Level Strategy
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Strategic Audit Staples‚ Inc. Hudson Chodos Andrew Nelson David Pearson Management 3800: Public Policy Professor Bowen 11/3/11 I. Current Situation Looking at Staples current performance in the past year‚ we will look at three things: return on investments‚ market share‚ and profitability. * Return on Investments: 9.95% * Market Share: 90% of market cap when comparing Staples‚ Office Depot (5.72%)‚ Office Max (3.89%) * Profitability - $24.5 Billion in sales; $6.7 Billion
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delivery service (Staples Direct)‚ outstanding customer service (Staples Easy Tech) Weaknesses Easy to imitate‚ needs a local partner for business ventures in European countries Opportunities As a low priced company – it does not have to fight so hard for market share; the start of developing its own products; Eastern Europe needs office supplies since there is a boom in small business nowadays. Threats Competitors (price wars); might be growing too fast; In 2008‚ Staples was caught out supplying
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6/8/2012 | Internet Technology‚ Marketing‚ and Security The corporation I decided to discuss for this assignment is Staples; it’s the world ’s largest office products company and a trusted source for office solutions. Staples provide products‚ services and expertise in the categories of office supplies‚ technology‚ furniture‚ Copy & Print‚ and cleaning and breakroom (Staples Corporate Page‚ 2012). Staple’s was founded in 1986 and is headquartered outside Boston‚ Massachusetts. The company employs
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to maintain their sustainability and make a good reputation. Staples also have their own vision and mission. By achieving it‚ they do a variety of initiative and programme that suit to achieve the vision and mission such as Staples Soul and Staples Advantage. however‚ stakeholders‚ associates and customers are priority for this company. Because of them‚ they can make an improvement‚ earn profit and open wide range of the stores. Staples also serve a good service for their customer and provide comfortable
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retail channels to reach end customers – Reshape the business to reduce cost • In addition to its retail outlets‚ Staples sells office products via the Internet and through its catalog and direct sales operations‚ including subsidiary Quill Corp - Take advantage of the increase in demand of electronics • Dependence on third-party vendors – Increase in online shopping • In 2015‚ Staples incurred expenses of $53 million in connection with the planned transaction to acquire Office Depot – Reshape the
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1 The Gap‚ Inc. SWOT Analysis Strengths Strong Liquidity Position During the 2010 fiscal year‚ The Gap‚ Inc. saw an increase in cash inflow from operating activities of 36.4%‚ according to GlobalData. Increasing cash and cash equivalent represents the company’s ability to fund its business opportunities‚ working capital needs‚ meet shortterm obligations and other capital requirements in the future. GAP is superior competitors. According to DataMonitor‚ 2011‚ the company’s net profit margin (8
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