Cardon Carpet Mills‚ Inc. Case Discussion I. Situation Analysis a. Industry i. In the United States carpet and rug industry‚ wholesale and retail distribution has experienced several changes. The industry has undergone three distinct changes since the mid-1980s. The first change‚ which occurred during the mid-1980s‚ occurred in the form of direct distribution. The largest carpet and rug manufacturers began bypassing floorcovering wholesalers and sell directly to retailers in
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RUG BUG CORPORATION I. Background Mr. and Mrs. Young established the Rug Bug Corporation as Delaware Corporation. The sole purpose is to manufacture and distribute a revolutionary motorized wheelchair designed for children under the age of ten. The Rug Bug motorized wheelchair weighs almost 50 percent less than the standard motorized wheelchair and approximately one half of the cost of any other motorized wheelchair for this group. In addition it has numerous safety features that are not found
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Question 1: was infinity a good LBO candidate? On the basis of our analysis set forth below‚ we believe that Infinity Carpets was not a viable LBO candidate. We have answered this question analyzing the various criteria typically looked in a possible LBO scenario‚ where 1 means low risk and 10 means high risk. Criteria Rank Comments Cyclicality/volatility 7 Strong dependence on housing market even though good record during recession (p. 2‚ paragraph 4). Volatility due to exposure to a volatile
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Cardon Carpet Mills‚ Inc. is a privately held manufacturer of a full line of medium-to high-priced carpet primarily for the residential segment. Given recent developments within the floor covering industry Robert Meadows‚ the president of Cardon Carpet Mills‚ Inc is considering the possibility of establishing distribution centers or wholesale operations for the company. II. Situation Analysis Industry Background Wholesale and retail distribution in the U.S. carpet and rug industry has gone
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AAT level 4 Internal Control & Accounting Systems – Project Contents: 1 Terms of Reference 2 Executive Summary 3 Methodology 4 Outline of Cookridge Carpets 5 Weakness of Current Accounting systems 6 Recommendations 7 Cost Benefit Analysis 8 Appendices: SWOT analysis Company structure 1. Terms of Reference This project has been prepared to fulfill the criteria of Unit 10‚ Managing systems and people in the accounting environment
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Cardon Carpet Mills Issues and constraints The issue‚ which Cardon Carpet is facing‚ stems from the lack of expansion throughout the United States‚ specifically limiting their contract sales portion of its business only to the southeastern portion of the United States. Cardon Carpet Mills has several action options: 1. Expand its market share in contract sales segment throughout the US. Employ ten sales representatives to seek potential institutions and businesses throughout all of the US.
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you are considering selling your home then you may want to consider the role that carpet can play in the selling process. It is true that there are other types of flooring that buyer wish for their home to have‚ but there are also a number of buyers that see the benefits of having carpet in the home. Due to the benefits that carpet offers a homeowner it can help to increase the value of the home. New carpet installation can add value to a home because it can provide the home owner with many
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teach i ng Tolerance middle & upper grades activity k 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 a project of the southern poverty law center www.tolerance.org Magic Carpet Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide? by Mitali Perkins I had a magic carpet once. It used to soar to a world of monsoon storms‚ princesses with black braids‚ ferocious dragons‚ and talking birds. “Ek deen chilo akta choto rajkumar‚” my father would begin‚ and the rich‚ round sounds of the Bangla language took me from our
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The Corporate Jack Page 1 Contents Message from Editor….. .............................................................................. 2 From the Desk of Lipi Das ........................................................................... 3 The 10 commandments of Individual Brand Power ............................... 3 INTERVIEWS ............................................................................................ 6 GD Topics for the Corporate ...................................
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capital and personnel. Currently‚ Westmills need a turnaround leader to bring order to chaos. Derek‚ VP of CED is a good candidate to satisfy shareholders and bankers. Secondly‚ Westmills has limitation in their equipment to produce multicolour carpets. Multicolour design is ill fit to the Calgary plat. In addition‚ due to imported material and exchange rate‚ its high cost forced Westmills into non-competitive situation. On the other hand‚ they can make a good solid color fabric and reasonable upgrades
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