...|Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) |February 25, 2006 | |Hold | |WMT: Competitive and Financial Analysis | |By: Ryan Hummer | Company Profile Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The Company organizes its business into three principal segments: Wal-Mart Stores, SAM'S CLUB and International. The Wal-Mart Stores segment is the largest segment of Wal-Mart's business, accounting for 67.3% sales during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2005 (fiscal 2005). The segment consists of three different retail formats, all of which operate in the United States. The Company's SAM'S CLUB segment consists of membership warehouse clubs that operate in the United States, and accounts for 13% of fiscal 2005 sales. The international segment consists of retail operations in eight countries and Puerto Rico, and generated 19.7% of Wal-Mart's fiscal 2005 sales. In addition, the Company owns an unconsolidated...
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... Gap Analysis of Retail Supply Chain between India and Developed Nations INTRODUCTION IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: ← Supply chain management is a topic of importance among the logistic managers and researchers because it is a Consider with a competitive edge. Supply chain management deals with the management of materials, information and financial flows in a net work consisting of suppliers, manufactures, distributes and customers. ← The supply chain management is logistics aspect of a value delivery chain. It comprises all of the parties that participate in the retail logistics process: Manufacturers, wholesalers, Third Party Specialists like Shippers, Order Fulfilment House etc. and the Retailer. Here, logistics is the total process of planning, implementing and coordinating the physical movement of merchandise from manufacturer to retailer to customer in the most timely, effective and cost efficient manner possible. ← Supply chain enables an organized retailer to move or store products more effectively, efficient logistics management not only prevents needless movement of goods, vehicles transferring products back and forth; but also frees up storage space for more productive use. SOME DEFENITIONS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers (Harland, 1996). Supply chain management...
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... Cons: Figure 1 1 Year Performance MCD vs. S&P 500 Ticker Exchange Industry Sector Classification Market Cap. 52 Week Price range Recent Price Current P/E Projected 2015 P/E Projected 2015 EPS Dividend Yield Debt Rating Beta MCD NYSE Restaurants Consumer Staples Income and Capital Appreciation US $99.3 Billion $83.31 - $99.78 $99.05 18.48 17.5x $7.24 3.10% A 0.34 Recommendation: HOLD Strong brand Economies of scale Cohesive franchisee system International growth opportunities High profit margins Pays a dividend Market share leader Vulnerable to currency exchange Highly competitive industry Obesity propensity Porter’s Five Forces: Threat of Competition: HIGH Threat of New Entrants: LOW Threat of Substitutes: HIGH Power of Suppliers: MODERATE Power of Buyers: MODERATE Brief Overview McDonald’s is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 34,000 local restaurants serving nearly 69 million people in 119 countries. The company operates in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The restaurants offer various food items, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages, as well as breakfast menus. McDonald’s employs 1.8 million people. It also franchises 80% of its restaurants. The company was founded in 1940 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.1 1 Yahoo Finance 1 Portfolio Considerations Equity Holding ...
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...Name : KHATRI DIXITA VISHALKUMAR (Student ID No. : 0909BHC214) CLACC – ‘C’ (PGD) Unit Title : Strategic Marketing Management Course Study Report On Marketing strategy for Pagoda resturant BLAKE HALL COLLEGE | | | | (Front sheet for PGD- (B-Tech-Level-7) [Sept-Dec.-2010] assessment in Business) Front Cover sheet BTEC – Level -7, Advanced Professional Diploma in Management Studies Unit Tile: Strategic Marketing Management – unit 17 (Submitted to –Mr. Sumesh S Dadwal) LEARNER’S BRIEF ------------------------------------------------- Learner’s Name: DIXITA VISHALKUMAR KHATRI ------------------------------------------------- ID :- 0909BHC214…………………………………………….. ------------------------------------------------- Class (Course)……PGDBM…………………………………….. ------------------------------------------------- Section ………C…………………………………. ------------------------------------------------- Unit title…Strategic Marketing Management ------------------------------------------------- Date assessment details issued…27th sep 2010…………….. ------------------------------------------------- Date handed in …8th December 2010……………………………. ------------------------------------------------- Words Count: …2901……………………………. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...strategies plans and tactics Product range Market segmentation Target market Positioning SWOT analysis PEST analysis 4 P¶s of marketing CRM and CPM at Reliance fresh Innovative approaches and new age marketing Recommendations and suggestions I have been given an assignment to develop various marketing aspects of a company on my own which is not more than 5 yrs old therefore the company I have selected is Reliance Fresh which was incorporated on 30th Oct 2006 Reliance fresh Company overview: Reliance Fresh is the convenience store format which forms part of the retail business of Reliance Industries of India which is headed by Mukesh Ambani. Reliance plans to invest in excess of Rs 25000 crores in the next 4 years in their retail division. The company already has in excess of 560 reliance fresh outlets across the country. These stores sell fresh fruits and vegetables, staples, groceries, fresh juice bars and dairy products. A typical Reliance Fresh store is approximately 3000-4000 square feet and caters to a catchment area of 2±3 km. Reliance Fresh was the first foray into retailing by the $25 billion behemoth known as Reliance Industries Limited. There were three basic reasons for Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) choosing foods and vegetables for entering into retailing First, it wanted to go after the very core of the great Indian retail Opportunity. Food accounted for over two-thirds of the $200 billion Indian Retail market and yet, it had seen hardly...
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...OF FOOD BAZAAR [pic] IILM INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION GURGAON IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN RETAIL MANAGEMENT SUBMITTED BY DEEPAK KUMAR PGPRM 2006-08 CATCHMENT STUDY OF FOOD BAZAAR [pic] DECLARATION This project is my original work done on behalf of IILM INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION under the guidance of Mr.Amit kumar, Food bazaar category head north zone and college mentors Mrs. Swaran Kanta and Mrs. Smita shelly, Faculty IILM. As well as with the great help of Food bazaar category team north zone. The material provided in this report is original and has not been submitted anywhere for any other diploma or degree. This data is completely confidential, hence the findings and analysis would not be shared in this document and outside too . so should not be share with any other places or organization. Signature of student Name : Deepak Kumar Date PREFACE I am Deepak Kumar doing post graduate program in retail management (PGPRM) student of Integrated Institute of Learning Management (IILM), Gurgaon, Haryana. undergone summer training program at Zonal office (North Zone) with Future group in Gurgaon. I have been assigned a task to do the ‘CATCHMENT STUDY OF FOOD BAZAARS IN NORTH ZONE”. In this topic there were three main objectives which I did for each Food bazaar...
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...where the products and brands are categorized into elements that are used by the companies for promoting their products and services. Brand and product hierarchy is used by the companies for the purpose of increasing the branding and product relationships with their customers. Depending on the availability of brand elements, the companies categorize their products for representing their brands in the market. Within this study, five different industry sectors with each example company will be taken into consideration where researcher has conducted a hierarchical analysis for those company brands and products. On the other hand, the study even explores the information about the classes, categories, forms and brands of every company. A critical competitor analysis for those company brands will be carried out and finally the study draws a conclusion about their core competencies Hierarchical Analysis SECTOR1: CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY- RETAIL SECTOR- WALMART For the consumer discretionary industry the retail sector has been selected where again the world’s popular retailer company called Wal-Mart was selected as Example Company. According to the report of Wal-Mart (2011), Wal-mart is one of the world’s famous retailer companies which is based in USA that offers wider range of consumer products and goods to the customers across the world. Wal-Mart has different products range which has substitute product offerings like grocery products, consumer goods, electronics...
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...------------------------------------------------- Sector Consumer Staples ------------------------------------------------- Industry Retail Staples ------------------------------------------------- Recommendation Buy ------------------------------------------------- Current Price $5.68 ------------------------------------------------- Target Price $6.00 ------------------------------------------------- Market capitalization 5.268 B ------------------------------------------------- Shares outstanding 9.16 M ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Company Statistics ------------------------------------------------- Company Rite Aid ------------------------------------------------- Exchange NYSE ------------------------------------------------- Ticker RAD ------------------------------------------------- Sector Consumer Staples ------------------------------------------------- Industry Retail Staples ------------------------------------------------- Recommendation Buy ------------------------------------------------- Current Price $5.68 ------------------------------------------------- Target Price $6.00 ------------------------------------------------- Market capitalization 5.268 B ------------------------------------------------- Shares outstanding 9.16 M ------------------------------------------------- Company Overview Rite Aid is the third largest retail drug store chain in the United States based...
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...FMCG company on Forbes Global 2000 ranking. * ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Branded Apparel, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Greeting Cards and other FMCG products * ITC's diversified status originates from its corporate strategy aimed at creating multiple drivers of growth anchored on its time-tested core competencies: unmatched distribution reach, superior brand-building capabilities, effective supply chain management and acknowledged service skills in hoteliering. * ITC's FMCG businesses have one of the largest retail networks in the country, consisting of over 2 million retailers. ITC employs over 31,000 people at more than 60 locations across India * ITC has powerful brands like Wills, John Players, Hotel Grand Maratha, Sunfeast. * ITC have a very successful CRS activity called ‘e-choupal’ VISION ANA MISSION STATEMENT OF ITC VISION » Sustain ITC's position as one of India's most valuable corporations through world class performance, creating growing value for the Indian economy and the Company's stakeholders MISSION » To enhance the wealth generating capability of the enterprise in a globalising environment, delivering superior and sustainable stakeholder value...
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...Corporation Costco Wholesale Corporation - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Reference Code: GDRT28577FSA Publication Date: 10-Oct-2014 Company Snapshot Company Overview Key Information Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) is membership warehouses chain operator. The company's product portfolio includes sundries, hardlines, food, softlines, fresh food and ancillary. It offers two types of memberships, namely, business and gold star to its customers. Costco operates gasoline stations in the US and Canada. Costco offers its products online through websites including costco.com in the US and costco.ca in Canada. The company carries out the manufacture of products through Costco Wholesale Industries and operates about 663 warehouses. Geographically, the company operates in various countries including Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, Australia, the UK, Canada and Japan. Costco Wholesale Corporation, Key Information Web Address www.costco.com Financial year-end September Number of Employees 103,000 NASD COST Source : GlobalData Key Ratios Costco Wholesale Corporation, Key Ratios P/E 27.81 EV/EBITDA 18.25 Return on Equity (%) 18.82 SWOT Analysis Debt/Equity 0.48 Costco Wholesale Corporation, SWOT Analysis Strengths Weaknesses Operating profit margin (%) 2.90 Diverse Product Mix Dividend Yield 0.01 Dependence on the North American Market Value-Added Services Note: Above ratios are based on share price...
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...General analysis of the retailing industry in Indian Indian had the eighth largest retail market in 1995. The traditional retail was dominating the industry. In 1993, 82% of Indian’s retail sales were from traditional outlets. There was only 0.4% of Indian’s retail sales come from the modern, organized retail. Traditional outlets were like small, local and family business stores which employees few than 4 people and sold staples and household items. And also there were other retailers in open-air markets selling goods from stalls and handcarts. This traditional outlet mode was widely accepted by most Indian household because of the convenience and low price advantage. Modern, organized retail was like the supermarket, hypermarket and department stores. There were two kinds of modern retailing in India: value and lifestyle retailing. Value retail format was like hypermarket, food supermarket, discount stores which focused on offering low prices. Lifestyle retail format consisted of department stores and single brand outlets. Although the proportion of modern retail was low right now, it was growing rapidly. An analyst predicted the share of the model retail in India would grow to 10%-12% of a projected $300 billion market in 2010. The growth was mainly triggered by three reasons. First, the new shopping experience modern retailers provided, like the improved ambience, displays and facilities may attract some customers. Second, consumers were increasingly influenced...
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...3. Is the firm more stakeholder or shareholder focused? Wal-Mart is the world largest retailer and successful retailer in US market that offer low prices to customer. Wal-Mart is a company that focuses on it shareholder. Wal-Mart most definitely makes shareholder money. Since the establishment, Wal-Mart has served the public interest by creating wealth, primarily by selling worthwhile goods and services for a profit. This encourages Wal-Mart expand their business to international markets. Today, Wal-Mart’s customer base no longer targets only low income customers and has expanded into targeting African-Americans, the affluent, empty-nesters, Hispanics, suburbanites, and rural residents. As such, Wal-Mart took a holistic approach to changing its mission statement to “we save people money so they can live better” to appeal to a broader customer base. By expanding the target customer base, the retail giant has strategized to appeal to a mixed demographic which out performs other rivals. Wal-Mart’s net sales over the last 3 years have increased consistently with an increase in 2012 of 5.9% year over year. Wal-Mart’s performance and shareholders are inter-related, shareholders are concern about company performance because it will affect shareholders interests if company not doing well in their business. Wal-Mart main focus is to uphold and maintain it responsibilities to shareholders and follows free the market libertarianism model. Milton Friedman model was that...
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...Proposed Merger Between Staples and Office Depot Leads to Concerns of Higher Prices Michael Baye and Patrick Scholten prepared this case to serve as the basis for classroom discussion rather than to represent economic or legal fact. The case is a condensed and slightly modified version of the public copy of the FTC's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot dated April 10, 1997. No 1:97CV00701. OFFICE SUPPLY SUPERSTORE MARKET Staples and Office Depot pioneered the office superstore concept within months of each other in 1986. Over the next ten years, they and a number of other firms seized on the same strategy of providing a convenient, reliable and economical source of office supplies for small businesses and individuals with home offices. These firms competed aggressively, developing office superstores as a one-step destination, carrying a full line of consumable office supply items as well as assorted other products. Staples and Office Depot have been immensely successful: today, Staples has almost 500 stores and Office Depot has more than 500 stores nationwide; they compete head-to-head in 42 metropolitan areas across the country. On September 4, 1996, Staples and Office Depot entered into an agreement whereby Staples would acquire the stock and assets of Office Depot for $4 billion. The merged company would have combined annual sales that exceed $10 billion. Absent the merger, both...
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...John’s. Today, there are over 2,500 locations across the North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. While Papa John’s has done a very good job with their forward thinking strategies, there are still some avenues to be explored to keep them competing as one of the world’s best pizza chains. During the first year of the company’s inception, John was able to grow his business from one store to eight, and generate $500,000 in revenue. While Papa John’s may not have had true first movers advantage (Pizza Hut opened in 1958), they did have a distinct advantage when it came to product differentiation. Papa John’s prided themselves on “better ingredients” making a better pizza, which is something they stand by to this day. This selling point is what gave them an advantage over the likes of Pizza Hut, or Dominoes (est. 1967), and made it possible for them to enter the market. One of the early strategic moves made by John was to implement a hub-and-spoke type “commissary” (or quality control center) that was responsible for delivering ingredients, supplies, and dough to a number of stores in the surrounding geographic location. This allowed John to ensure the quality of the food being served. These centers were key to early expenditure and quality control, but would be hard to sustain in future expansion due to numerous stores in more widespread locations. In 2007, Papa John’s was third in sales of pizza among the five major companies (see figure 1). The top five sellers...
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...INDIA PROJECT TITLE : COLD CHAIN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA INDEX Sr. No. | Title | Page No. | 1 | Abstract | 3 | 2 | Cold Storage Classification | 4 | 3 | Demand-Supply | 4 | 4 | Cold Storage Overview | 5 | 5 | Distribution in India | 8 | 6 | Demand Analysis in India | 10 | 7 | Government Sentiments | 14 | 8 | Thrust Scheme | 17 | 9 | Warehouse Types and Selection | 20 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * ABSTRACT COLD CHAIN is now recognized as a sunrise sector in India. It is true that in a country which ranks first in milk production in the world, is number 2 in fruits & vegetables production and has substantial production of marine, meat & poultry products, the country needed a fully developed cold chain sector. However the current scenario reveals that there is a tremendous scope for the development of cold chain facilities. The cold storage sector is undergoing a major metamorphosis, with the Government focusing on food preservation. A lot of stress is being laid on energy efficiency as the cold stores are energy intensive. With the advent of newer materials / equipments, every part of a cold chain renders itself amenable for improvement. As a result type of construction, insulation, refrigeration equipment, type of controls – all of them are witnessing changes. Realizing the significance of the cold chain industry, it is heartening to note that the Govt has taken initiatives...
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