Individual Analyzing Internet Sources Week 2 What did you learn? I learned more than I expected from the Pearson student lab activities. In the first activity I knew most of the information presented, but in the second activity I learned quite a bit about researching a topic. I did not know that the URL .org is no longer limited to a non-profit or research organization; which makes it harder to use that as a reliable resource but it can still be useful. I learned it is important to look for non-bias
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PESTEL analysis – Political Factors • Increasing globalization, presents a challenge as well as an opportunity to Sainsbury's. The challenge will be to compete against unknown forces and to source the best quality/financially viable products from world over. Sainsbury's can enter the markets of emerging companies through joint ventures or partnerships to explore these new markets, although it does not have any plans on the horizon to do so. Development to the non-domestic market, means towards
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One of the largest companies in the Fortune 500 is Walmart. This company is able to offer a wide selection of goods at a strong competitive price. Their size allows them to gain discounts from suppliers and pass those savings onto the customers. Their expansion into other countries and partnership formations have made them a more profitable organization. They have opened up thousands of job opportunities globally. They can continue to expand into convenient stores or open up an internet base store
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Exhibit 2 – Peer Comparison * Tesco, Asda (which is a subsidiary of Walmart, based in US in UK), Sanisbury’s and Morrison are the top 4 major players in the UK food retail sector, with market shares of 30.45, 17.45, 16.1% and 11.5% respectively. Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrison are based in UK. * When compared with Sainsbury’s and Morrison, Tesco has more number of stores worldwide. Sole in UK, Tesco has 2,715 stores. * In terms of turnover, Tesco recorded GBP60,931 mio in FY2/2011
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Reflection #2: Fighting the System at Wal*Mart and how it backfired, -costing me my Job. Back in the summer of 2009, I was working the overnight shift at Wal-Mart as an electronics stock associate. My normal duties included, inventory accounting, expediting nightly freight, shelf stocking, and department cleanup. However, for several prior months leading up to July of that year; ever since our Management had changed, my list of nightly chores had expanded, too include coverage of three adjacent
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But on the other hand “SUPERMARKETS led the way in announcing tens of thousands of new jobs at a growth summit hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street”. Furthermore “Tesco expects to hire another 9,000 staff, the Co-op 1,000 and Asda 15,000 retail apprenticeships”, which is very ethical. Moreover to be ethical, Tesco’s must deliver and create jobs for “9,000” people as stated. This will help people who are jobless, as well as who have lost their jobs and hopefully “lead to an increase
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Wal-Mart’s Promotion Mix and Integrated Marketing Communications Wal-Mart is a top ranked company with high financial performance. The giant is a none other-than a retailer of general and consumable goods. They are an envied company that seem to do everything right. As a company, they position themselves to address the needs of customers by operating retail stores around the world focusing saving people money so people so can have additional financial resources for other things. Combined efforts
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Business Strategy Module Lecturer Kashif Ali Prepared by M. Sohail Malik Index Introduction ................................................................... 1 Business Environment Analysis ................................. 2 A) Tesco Micro Environment (PESTEL Analysis) ..... 3 B) Tesco Macro Environment (Five forces Analysis) . 6 3. Impact of Globalisation ............................................ 8 A) Opportunities ......................
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Tesco Tesco is the largest British multinational retailing store headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. It is the second largest retailer in the world (just behind Wal-Mart which is a multinational retail store as well – but it’s American) and the third largest retailer in the world if measured by revenues only. It lags just behind Wal-Mart (again!) and Carrefour which is a European multinational retail as well. David Reid is the chairman and Philip Clarke. Tesco
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Running head: Internal and External Factors Internal and External Factors Team D – November 9, 2009 Thomas Johnson University of Phoenix Internal and External Factors When Wal-Mart first opened in 1962 the store was not the retail giant that it has grown to be in the past few years. Today Wal-Mart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,159 retail units. Wal-Mart employs over 2.1 million associates worldwide and had sales of
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