Big-Mart Case Study

Case Study 1: Walmart Stores in Canada Question 1: What were the rights of Walmart, the employer, during these two organizing drives? Walmart has the right to describe about the current benefits and job security they offer to their employees. They can also explain employees about how they are better than

people worldwide. Entering its 42nd year of operations, Wal-Mart continued to draw price-conscious shoppers with everyday low prices and convenient store hours; over 100 million customers visited Wal-Mart stores each week.1 Nonetheless, competition remained vigorous, with direct competitors Target and Costco fighting for market share in discount merchandise; Home Depot dominating in home-renovation materials; and a newer breed of specialty discounters, including Best Buy and Wal-Mart hoped that the superior tracking capability of RFID chips would reduce shrinkage and other forms of loss by up

Value Propositions for Publix, Aldi, and Walmart Supermarkets are one of the many components that contribute to the expansion of the U.S. economy. There are several chains of supermarkets in almost every state, but they cannot be all considered the same. For instance, Publix, Aldi, and Walmart are three of the most popular supermarkets in the U.S., and each one of them has something that its respective consumers value the most, which makes it unique and favorable for the competitors. Therefore, choosing value propositions that will differentiate them from the competitors are a major factor to consider in marketing. This is crucial for the growth of any business because the development of all enterprises lies solely on the effectiveness of its

Big Lots, INC. can be directly impacted by the health of the economy. For example, declines in general economic conditions, disposable income levels, and other conditions could lead to reduced consumer demand for the company’s merchandise, thus affecting their revenues and gross margin. Other Current and future economic conditions that can affect the industry are consumer financing, unemployment levels, interest rates, recession, and inflation. Specifically, when disposable income is negatively impacted, the Soft Home, Hard Home, Home Décor & Furniture, and Seasonal

The Case for Wal-Mart Is Wal-mart the ideal store to shop it? Austrian economic and business professional Karen De Coster and banker Brad Edmonds believe that Wal-mart improves the lives of people in rural areas because it gives them access to a lifestyle that they would not have if Wal-mart did not exist.

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Steven Kruid 005311499 Wal-Mart Case Assignment What impresses you about the company? What accounts for Wal-Mart’s success over the past 25+ years? Is it a great strategy, superb strategy implementation and execution, or great leadership? What aspects of Wal-Mart do you find unimpressive? Which of the five generic strategies is Wal-Mart employing? What are the chief elements

Case Study - Dollar General Institutional Affiliation Mission statement The Dollar General is an American wholesale company that was first initiated in Scottsville, Tennessee by Turner and Cal Turner. Its headquarters are located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The mission statement of the Dollar General is "Serving Others." This mission statement helps to bring out the innate requests and intentions of the company in the United States of America and other countries in the world. The company has a vision that describes how it manages to cater for four different types of people. These four groups of people include the customers, the community, employees, and shareholders. Within these categories of people, Dollar General aspires to serve others through deliver of price quality and terrific prices for customers, opportunity, and respect for employees, a superior return for shareholders and a better life for the communities.

Why do you buy groceries at the place you buy groceries at? Is it because of the price? Is it the location? Or is there something else that grocery stores use to draw you in and keep you shopping there? I recently shopped at the newly opened Trader Joes that opened up in Oklahoma City and I found some interesting methods of changing the atmosphere of the store to improve sales. The exterior embellishments drew my attention, the interior lay out of the store was different then I have seen before, and the location chosen for the store all combined together to make what seems to me to be a thought out plan for success. When you walk into the store, Trader Joes has made a conscious effort to keep you there and help you to purchase as many of their products as possible.

Some may claim a Walmarts’ arrival in a community is helpful to improve the growth and development in the community, but others tell a different story. Many claim that a Walmart is great way to create new jobs in the community. They are partially right, between construction and development, plenty of jobs are created. Also, about 300 retail jobs are created based on the amount needed to run a Walmart super center twenty fours a day, seven days a week. However, Kenneth Stone, a professor of economics at Iowa State University, conducted a study in which two Super Walmart centers in two different states were evaluated. The study lasted about two years and showed that for every one job Walmart had created, 1.4 jobs were lost in local communities (Davidson 1). Walmarts’ low prices come with additional costs that we are

Selling CFLs at Wal-Mart Executive Summary: Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) were introduced in 1980 with the purpose of saving energy. They initially were very expensive and consumers were aware of many flaws that made them hesitant to purchase the bulbs and bring them into their homes. The positive effects of switching from alternative bulbs to CFLs were overshadowed by media attention highlighting the issues that remained unresolved. Wal-Mart pushed promotional programs in 2007 that were very successful. They introduced a private label at a lower price, offered online ordering, posititioned the products well, installed interactive displays and engaged with new partners to promote energy efficiency. In 2009 the CFLs were redesigned and

Wal-Mart 1. What is the ethical dilemma facing Wal-Mart in this case ? Do Wal-Mart’s associates also face an ethical dilemma? If so, what is it ?

Ragan Fretwell - Case 23: Walmart: But We Do Give Them a 10% Employee Discount

1. To what extent is Wal-Mart’s performance attributable to industry attractiveness and to what extent to competitive advantage? Wal-Mart is a company which operates in the service sector, more specifically in the “Discount, Variety Stores/Retail” industry. The company’s superior performance is demonstrated through the fact that it was America’s largest company (in terms of revenue) in 2002, and the reputation of the company is reflected in the opinion of “Fortune” who have identified Wal-Mart as one of the world’s most admired companies. In 2004 Wal-Mart had been hiring 1.4 million employees – making it the largest corporation in the world. Wal-Mart’s share prices have also been stable at time of stock market volatility. There are

1. Why do customers patronize Wal-Mart China stores? A. Wal-Mart realized through third party studies and internal research that the Chinese customer were significantly more cost-sensitive than those in other countries and that there existed a strong, established culture of frequently shopping around to find the absolute lowest prices. Through these studies, Wal-Mart also realized that customer satisfaction level greatly influenced customer loyalty in China. The greatest determinant of this satisfaction was made up of perceived value. The perceived value is composed of three sub factors: (1) Product price, (2) Relative price and (3) Promotion. The other factors for customer satisfaction in descending order of its importance are Image,