Key Resources Of Carrefour

There are 1,250 Gap stores within the domestic U.S; as well as nearly 500 Banana Republic stores and almost 1,000 Old Navy's. The Gap also has an additional 282 stores overseas.

The purpose of this term paper is to discuss the similarities and differences between Talbots Inc. ("Talbots") and Chico's FAS Inc. ("Chico's"). This paper will detail the nature of each company's respective business, past financial performance, and expected future outlook. The paper is divided into two sections. The first section will discuss each company's history, business structure, and future plans independently from each other. The second section will discuss several important financial ratios and provide a detailed analysis comparing the two companies. By the end of this analysis, the reader will have a better understanding of these two retailers and the industry in which they operate.

The objective of this report is to analyse the UK supermarkets industry for John Lewis in order to seek their competitive advantage in the market. This report is to be presented to the Board of Directors of John Lewis Partnership.

* Intangible Resources – Family commitment, networks, organizational culture, reputation, intellectual property rights, trademarks, copyrights

Information gathered to conduct this research came from a variety of websites such as, the Express website, and other websites that leak information about the company and they’re well doing in the retail industry. The five main topics that will be discussed in this

Tangible resources that have physical substance, are used in the operations of the business, and are not intended for sale to customers.

* 218 retail stores in Canada, 4 retail stores in USA (NY) and 9 licensed in the Middle East.

One of the main mergers in the retail industry is the merger of Carrefour and Promodes in France to create the world’s second largest retailer after Wal-mart. One of the main reasons for this merger is that both companies find it difficult to grow organically. Nevertheless the need for growth is not only to boost their financial performance but also to create a major force to fight Wal-mart, which entered the German market and later acquired Asda a major retailer in the UK’s market (The Economist, 1999). Through this Merger Carrefour created instant growth and positive impact on its shareholder value.

The Spanish retail chain Zara has unique supply chain management practices that enable it to gain a competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the industry. Zara’s rapid response time enables the firm to quickly respond to changing fashions while deliberately under producing products. This strategy, which is supported by competencies in logistic management, design and information systems, allows the company to maintain less inventory and higher profit margins and is a key factor to Zara’s success. The firm should continue to add value by seeking new opportunities to expand in the retail market and maintain their sustainable growth.

Ocado, as the world’s largest dedicated online grocery retailer and has been voted as the best online supermarket in the UK since its foundation in early 2000 by Tim Steiner, Jason Gissing and Jonathan Fairman. (Which?, 2014) With rapid expansion of the business, it develops and operates a unique business model which only focuses on customers’ online shopping and emphasises the partnership with Waitrose. There are a range of products offered in Ocado, not only for its own brand groceries from the Waitrose supermarket chain but also there has a selection of name brand groceries and other items, such as flowers, toys and magazines, a range of Carrefour 's products are sold via Ocado website as well. Ocado is aiming at improving the customers’ shopping experience and changing the way people shop for groceries. Aligning the interests of customers, investors and stakeholders to deliver a long term shareholder value, that is the strategic objective of Ocado Group plc. (Ocado, 2014) This report will undertake a detailed analysis using financial ratios from an evaluation of its profitability, financial position and cash flow to formulate an overall view of the company’s financial performance and position from its financial statements.

The purpose of this report is to compare and discuss the performance of Sainsbury and Morrison’s, check their performance as a food retailers and evaluate them on CORE framework analysis. The framework comprises four stages: context, overview, ratios and evaluation together with external and internal analysis which will help evaluate and compare two retail companies.

There are currently 18,875 KFC outlets in 118 countries worldwide and it is the world's second largest fast food restaurant chain. Throughout the years, it has expanded internationally throughout the years.

This report has been prepared to analyze the supply chain management process, design and planning of this particular Domino’s location. Theoretical parts have been used to evaluate the company’s supply chain process in terms of its product and service offering. This report also focuses on the daily operations of this franchise. The focus has been placed on the daily operations processes of the Dominos store located on lakeshore Blvd. (w), Toronto, ON. This report is a result of team research, case study analysis, a store visit, interviews and insights from Dominos existing employees, application of theoretical concepts, models and prior experience. This study shows how Dominos has been able to position itself as a market leader in its segment. Finding various aspects of the company’s processes, provides as an token of appreciation to the company’s efforts to continuously grow in the changing market conditions by taking new product design into consideration and being innovative against its competition.

The aim of this project is show Nike supply chain strategy. Firstly, there are some basic information about Nike, then definition and explanation of supply chain. It can be seen in example of Nike how supply chain works in reality. Secondly there is example of implementing new technologies and software. We can see also explanation of strategic fit and competitive advantage and how Nike achieve it.

Firstly, let us take a look at tangible resources. Under this category, we have financial resources, organizational resources, physical resources and technological resources.