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Porter's Applicability to Retail's Information Technology

of operation of the organization. Thus it "is in these activities that a firm has the opportunity to generate superior valu...

Sustainability Strategy at Wal-Mart

the companys own bottom line. For example, a short-term goal in logistics has been the target to obtain a 25% increase in fuel eff...

Wal-Mart Database

queried in a number of ways in order to provide information for different purposes. The system is into links with Wal-Mart own dat...

Porter's 5 Forces Analysis & Value Chain - Retail Industry

companies. 3. Substitutes Products. Is it possible for a substitute product to capture the market? While it is always possible tha...

PetSmart Finance

(2007) report that Americans spend $41 billion a year on their pets, a figure expected to increase to $52 billion in two years. M...

Wal-Mart Management Effectiveness

the managers of each outlet may not be available, we do know that Wal-Mart has more employee-initiated class-action lawsuits again...

Capital Budgeting at Wal-Mart and Target

there is the need to maximise the use of the resources. These will include capital that is available and also borrowing facilities...

Wal-Mart Competitive Analysis

the largest retailer in both Canada and Mexico (Biesada 2006). Domestically, Wal-Marts direct competitors are K-Mart and Target. K...

Wal-Mart; The Impact of the External Environment - Technology

are made and supplied. The internet and the communications technology have increased the potential to find suppliers in many count...

Wal-Mart 2004 - 2007

This 14 page paper examines Wal-Mart. The paper starts by looking at the history and development of the company before undertaking...

Albertsons and Excel Case Study

the opportunity for impose purchases that can be used to increase sales levels. The technology may also be sued to allow these to ...

Wal Mart and Its Electronic and Print Marketing

the new 30. Hence, marketers are jumping on that bandwagon as they realize that those in that age bracket have money to spend. Cun...

Corporate Initiatives of the Twenty-First Century

consideration nutritional guidelines but the firm also takes education into account (Elan, 2006). They strive to provide variety ...

WAL-MART, FUNCTIONAL AREAS AND DISTRIBUTION

being paid to employees (which is why prices are so low), its actually Wal-Marts tightly controlled supply chain that saves money....

Is Investing In The Stock Market A Good Idea When There Are Turbulent Conditions?

be better alterative investments for short term returns. Figure 1 S&P 500 1 Year performance (Yahoo Finance, 2009) There are st...

On the Cutting Edge of Logistics

shipping and it was called a "colossal" change (DSC, 2007). As the author of this article said, this remix of vendor shipping prog...

Influences on Planning at Wal-Mart

of the world which would otherwise not be available, but with increased pressure from environmental factors this may also change i...

DUKE V. WAL-MART INC: CLASS-ACTION QUESTION

women employed at any Wal-Mart retail store in any capacity since late 1998, who might have been subjected to Wal-Marts "challenge...

Predatory Pricing

companys marginal cost (ICT Regulation Toolkit, 2009). But, the short term marginal cost is very hard to measure. Because of this ...

Spend Less, Live Better - Marketing at Wal-Mart

in small and large ways that can enrich life, from showing a family going on holiday with the money saved to a woman buying ice cr...

The Use of an Information System to Support Business Processes

order to create value within the supply chain. The use of the system started out as a dialing in network which facilitated...

Are Large US Firms Ready to Convert to IFRS?

many major firms is the way that the changes will impact on their accounting policies and potential impact on the way that the res...

STRATEGIC ISSUE COMPARISON: WAL-MART, COSTCO & TARGET

above, are being threatened by the sub-prime fall out (Datamonitor (c), 2008). Costco is in a somewhat different boat, be...

WALMART STORES - THE NEW CHANEL?

U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007 - and its going to be a long while before it goes away....

Transferable Lessons for Retailers Interested in the Asian Markets

into the market, despite the poor factors which were present and the potential profits which were available. The slow expansion in...

WAL-MART, CULTURAL NORMS AND TRANSNATIONALISM

whats going on at its headquarters and what is happening within its stores (especially in the United States). Author Ben J...

Wal-Mart Design

as the emergence of globalization. Simons (2005, p. 17) said that the organizational design must insure accountability. Because of...

Potential Measures for a Balanced Scorecard at Wal-Mart

motivated employees are likely to be more productive than those which are not motivated, as such this may also reflect human resou...

Managing Information at a Large Corporation

they are available to consumers at the right time (W. P. Carey School of Business, 2006). This is no easy accomplishment. Wal-Ma...

Suggestions for Wal-Mart

through to more human relations school processes, metrics that may be used to measure this may include scores in employee satisfac...