Kohl's Company Analysis

(External view) Kohl’s has an effective communication to employees and customers. Also, it has strong management team and market share leadership.

Kohl’s is a family-focused, value-oriented department store and website. Kohl’s mission: “To be the leading family-focused, value-oriented specialty department store offering quality exclusive and national brand merchandise to the customer in an environment that is convenient, friendly, and exciting.”1 In fact, the last fifteen years Kohl’s has remained true to their mission of operating as a family oriented department store featuring quality, name brand merchandise at an excellent value to its customers.2 By opening other stores throughout the U.S. during years 2000–2010 Kohl’s sales grew by leaps and bounds. Kohl’s strategy again, was simple and true to its core mission: affordable clothing, great customer service, easy to navigate stores

In 2003, they excess inventory that was “built up based on previous years of strong sales” (pg. 9). Their sales decreased by 1.6% which indicated that their expansion slightly bottomed out. After this, Kohl’s decided to start a new line of clothing to compete with the likes of Banana Republic and Perry Ellis. Their Apt. 9 brand was designed to appeal the middle class customer. In 2007, Kohl’s decided to offer more products online that were “not generally available in its stores” (pg. 9); these products include many home furnishings, dinnerware, electronics, and children’s toys. Later in the year, Kohl’s expanded its athletic department striking a deal with Fila. This agreement led to an exclusive deal to sell athletic “apparel, footwear, and accessories for women, men, and children” (pg. 9). Also, this deal is special as it gives Kohl’s a large amount of control over the Fila product line. The main part of this deal consists of Fila controlling only the manufacturing of its footwear and consists of Kohl’s controlling “the manufacturing, production, distribution, sales, and marketing of the FILA SPORT apparel and accessories” (pg. 9).

The Kohl 's Innovation Center is a demonstration to their commitment to waste reduction efforts. In the spirit of “let’s leave the planet a little better than we found it, Kohl creates opportunities to reduce waste. The innovation centers boast green features including solar trees, electric vehicle charging stations, LED lighting and several waste-reduction efforts. Competitors

Kohl’s Corporation (Kohl’s) is the second largest specialty department store. It sells private la-bels, national brand items, footwear, accessories, beauty and home products. It even has many of their own labels. The company operates 1,162 department stores in 49 states of the U.S. It has a web site www.kohls.com where you can buy the same items they sell in the store or their online exclusives. It also operates a nationwide loyalty program called Yes2You rewards. Throughout the year it has promotions of percentages off and Kohl’s cash. Their headquarters is located in Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

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In the ever-evolving world of manufacturing and marketing, companies are required to adapt to maintain relevancy or remain competitive. Adaptation techniques in business includes inventing a completely new product, revolutionizing an already existing product, or merging with an existing powerhouse company to extend the reach of one’s services and/or products to a larger customer based globally or domestically. Kohl’s has stood the test of time for over 70 years and has maintained relevancy with its customers by consistently reinventing itself to keep up with the needs of the consumers.

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