Horizontal merger would be the Kmart Corporation as they are in direct competition. Kmart is listed as the 3rd largest discount retail chain behind Walmart and Target. Kmart has struggled in the last 10 years with re-invention‚ re-modeling‚ bankruptcy‚ and the successful utilization of Sears stores after their merger with Sears/Roebuck Corporation. One adversity that could be face is that though Kmart has experienced struggles as of late the merger between Target and Kmart could be viewed still as a
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| Sears Holding Company | Individual Paper | | Gregory A. Squires | 10/15/2010 | | Contents HISTORY 4 Vision Statement 10 Mission Statement 12 Key Leaders 16 Organizational Culture 20 Organizational Structure 23 NAICS/SIC Codes 26 General Environmental Forces 28 Porter’s Five-Forces Model 35 Key Competitors 40 Competitive Profile Matrix 43 General Discussion on Stakeholders 46 Top 70 Stakeholders 47 Nutt&Backoff Model 53 Finn stakeholder Model
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Strategic Management Assignment 8 1. Do Wal Mart and K Mart exploit any merger and acquisition in recent 5-10 years? Merger &Acquisition | Wal Mart | K Mart | Acquisition | -Bempreco: This company has been acquiesced by Wal mart. Bempreco is a retail chain in northeastern Brazil with 118 units (hypermarkets‚ supermarkets and mini markets). The acquisition gives Wal-Mart Brazil its first stores in the Northeast market. -Seiyu GK: is a Japanese group of supermarkets‚ shopping centers
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University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business COMM 399: Logistics and Operations Management Problem Set 1 1. Solution: (a) Inventory build-up diagram: !"#$%&’(#)*$)$+’)‚*(&) %#" %!" $#" $!" #" !" &’(!" &’)#" *’!!" *’$#" *’(!" *’)#" $!’!!" $!’$#" $!’(!" $!’)#" $$’!!" $$’$#" $$’(!" (b) The average number of customers in the system is 12.95. Probably the easiest way to calculate this number is by calculating the area under the graph and then by dividing by
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ordinary people" and hence displayed a Participative leadership style as per the case. Walton spent much time in stores with his associates freely exchanging ideas. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS-WALMART. Potential competitors: Sears‚ Roebuck & Co.‚ Kmart. E.J.Korvette‚ W.T.Grant‚ Atlantic Mills‚ Arlans‚ Federals‚ Zayre‚ Heck’s‚ Ames‚ Home Depot‚ Local Merchants‚ Regional Discount Stores. Rivalry: Several formerly successful firms like‚ E.J.Korvette‚ W.T.Grant‚ Atlantic Mills‚ Arlans‚ Federals
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What is the company’s product or service? Sears is a retail department store which carries brands like Dockers‚ Lee‚ Levis‚ Covington‚ Laura Scott and many more in the apparel department. Along with women‚ men and children’s clothing‚ Sears also has departments of tools‚ lawn and garden‚ home fashion‚ appliances and electronics. Beside these entire departments‚ Land’s End and Two Heart maternity are two department brands rented inside of Sears. Besides hard line and soft line‚ Sears also has
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establishing a discount club called Sam’s Club that offers bulk products at a discount rate. Discounting products contributes to a competitive advantage Wal-Mart tries to establish. Remaining competitive in an industry with competitors like Target and Kmart proves to be challenging for Walmart. Keeping cost lower than the amount customers are willing to pay helps build higher profit than their competitors. As the largest retailer in the United States and one of the top two largest employers. With sales
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WAL-MART’S MARKETING STRATEGY Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton‚ the first Wal-Mart store opened in Rogers‚ Arkansas‚ in 1962. Seventeen years later‚ annual sales toped $1 billion. By the end of January 2002‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. was the world’s largest retailer with $218 billion in sales. Wal-Mart’s winning strategy in the U.S. was based on selling branded products at low cost‚ which enables the lower class and middle class consumers to shop for products and save. Due to the advances in
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The first Wal-Mart store was opened on July 2nd 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas by Sam Walton‚ who believed that the future of retailing lay in discounting. To avoid competing head on with companies like Sears and Woolworths which dominated big cities‚ Walton opened stores in less populated areas that was ignored by other retailers. The stores aimed to serve customers who‚ up until then‚ had to travel long distances to save money‚ and to purchase daily household goods. Now they could buy the same goods
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Strengths State-of-the-art information system gives edge to the Wal-mart to control and monitor supplier relations and inventories more competently than its competitors; it ultimately gives Wal-mart a price advantage. According to the Global 500 and Fortune’s 500 lists‚ Wal-Mart Stores sustain its top position for two consecutive years. And it makes Wal-mart one of the largest company in the world. Wal-mart is the world’s largest retailer
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