UCLA EXTENSION - STRATEGIC MARKETING Homework Assignment #1 Prepared by Basak Alemdag WALMART RETAIL ANALYSIS Business description Walmart is an American retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores in various countries. It is currently the largest retailer in US and in the world and also the world's third largest public corporation according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012. Today, Walmart operates in 15 countries with a total of 8500 stores. It
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allowing the consumer to bring coupons from other stores that may be lower in price and will honor these lower prices to gain a sale. Because of the type of business Wal-Mart has become, there are many buyers and sellers similar to this, example, Costco. Costco offers same or similar products as well as automotive department that offer oil changes and
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illness in the United States? (Share resource or in-text citation. Review the Writing Handbook.) There was a very recent outbreak of hepatitis A linked to frozen berries that sickened 118 people in 8 states. In one case, a woman received a call from Costco telling her that the frozen berries she bought there were linked to the outbreak. As a diligent person, she called her pediatrician to ensure that her children were properly immunized and she and her husband were both tested and the results were negative
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Attitudes Toward Shopping Considerable research has been done on people's attitudes toward shopping. Such attitudes have a big impact on the ways in which people act in a retail setting. Retailers must strive to turn around some negative perceptions that now exist. Let us highlight some research findings. Shopping Enjoyment: In general, people do not enjoy shopping as much as in the past. So, what does foster a pleasurable shopping experience--a challenge that retailers must address? Many shoppers
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2011 when they had a sluggish 1.16 revenue growth for the 2011 fiscal year. Although two of their major competitors shut down due to the recession, several more emerged and proved to be threats to the electronic superstore giant. Wal-Mart, Amazon, Costco, and Radio Shack all have proven to be threats to Best Buy for numerous reasons. Each of these competitors distinguish themselves enough from Best Buy to be able to compete with each other. From Costco’s wholesale, Amazon being able to get past
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that they haven’t reached (13/50 States) * Gain higher market share through more stores in more populous states * Gain higher ranking in the U.S. furniture retailers Threats (External) * Low end Competition (Wal-Mart, Office Depot and Costco) * High end Competition (Ethan Allen, Thomasville and Jordan’s Furniture) * Almost
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Student: Thong Nguyen ID : 863621 Case study. WAL-MART Store, Inc. I. Summary. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. Wal-Mart is also the largest grocery retailer in the United States. In 2009, it generated 51% of its US$258 billion sales in the U.S. from grocery business.[4] It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses in
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quick ratio of .20, and as of January 2010 it had a ratio of .22 (Daily finance, 2010). Both the current ratio and quick ratio are a measure of liquidity (Ross, Westerfield, & Jordan, 2008). Wal-Mart is not as liquid as its competitors such as Costco or Family Dollar Stores Inc. I believe the reason why Wal-Mart is not too liquid is because they are heavily investing their
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13 CHAPTER CONTRACTS AND SALES: PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIES TRUE/FALSE 1. A contract with a minor is voidable at the minor's option. ANS: T NAT: AACSB: Analytic TOP: capacity 2. A contract with a party who has been declared incompetent is voidable. ANS: F NAT: AACSB: Analytic TOP: capacity 3. The contracts of a person who has been declared legally incompetent are void. ANS: T NAT: AACSB: Analytic TOP: capacity 4. Minors are liable for the reasonable value of necessaries. ANS: T NAT: AACSB: Analytic
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segment's online retail operations, samsclub.com. During fiscal 2010, Sam's Club accounted for 11.5% of its net sales. Wal Mart v/s Competitors Market cap Wal Mart Stores Inc $196.1B Target Corp $39.5B \ Costco Wholesale Corp $27.8B Dollar General Corp $9.8B Ratio Analysis: Examining Wal-Mart's annual financial reports gives an optimistic position on Wal-Mart's financial wellbeing. After a systematic examination of the detailed ratios
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