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  • Walmart

    Walmart

    Wal-Mart was started in 1962 when the discount retail industry was in the growth stages. Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and establish a discount retail company. In the beginning the stores were started in the small towns in the south. During that time, it was considered as the least successful; however it has outgrown most of its competition. Sam’s mission was to have an everyday low price discount

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    Essay Length: 341 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: David
  • Comparison of Unilever and P&g Marketing Strategies

    Comparison of Unilever and P&g Marketing Strategies

    Unilever has experienced quite a rollercoaster of marketing success and failure over the last 5 years. Originally its new 5-year strategic plan entitled ‘Path to Growth’ had special promise and forecast for success. The primary objective of this plan was to cull Unilever’s ‘tail’ brands and place extra emphasis on those which were market leaders. Niail Fitzgerald believes that too many brands often confuse the customer and thus lead to poor purchasing decisions. The paradox

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    Essay Length: 1,623 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Janna
  • Earthquake 2005: Impacts and Strategies

    Earthquake 2005: Impacts and Strategies

    Introduction Natural disasters pose a considerable threat to the economic and social structure in the developing countries. Natural disasters destroy decades of human efforts and investments and thereby place new demands on society for reconstruction and rehabilitation. On October 8, 2005, some parts of the NWFP (North West Frontier Province) and Punjab province of Pakistan and AJK (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) were struck by the most devastating earthquake in recent history of the region. The

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    Essay Length: 624 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • Marketing Audit Walmart

    Marketing Audit Walmart

    Running head: MARKETING AUDIT WALMART Marketing Audit: Wal-Mart Jodie Outlaw MKT/551 University of Phoenix Online Daniel Oakland November 18, 2006 Executive Summary Sam Walton’s first venture as a milk boy is when he understood the value of a dollar and the knowledge of how far a dollar could take one in life. From Sam’s first five and dime stores in the 1950’s to his opening of the first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962, no

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    Essay Length: 7,135 Words / 29 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Effective and Efficient Control Systems of Walmart

    Effective and Efficient Control Systems of Walmart

    Thesis The first year of operation for Wal-Mart was 1962. At this time, Sam Walton’s stores in Arkansas and Kansas were already facing competition from regional discount chains, such as K-Mart and Target. Sam traveled the country to study this radical, new retailing concept and was convinced it was the wave of the future. Today, Sam Walton has a global company with more than 1.8 million associates worldwide and nearly 6,500 stores and wholesale clubs

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    Essay Length: 1,290 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Branding Strategies

    Branding Strategies

    Killing Brands Successfully Vital Few and Trivial Many In a paper that seeks to explain why one should kill something that has taken years to build, it is fitting that one talks about the much-used but misnamed Pareto principle. The Pareto principle tells us that 20 percent of something is always responsible for 80 percent of the results. This is a fairly apt way to describe the situation with many multi-brand companies today. Diversifying across

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    Essay Length: 359 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Edward
  • Pest Analysis on Walmart

    Pest Analysis on Walmart

    Political Factors. The political arena has a huge influence upon the regulation of businesses, and the spending power of consumers and other businesses. You must consider issues such as: 1.How stable is the political environment? 2.Will government policy influence laws that regulate or tax your business? 3.What is the government's position on marketing ethics? 4. What is the government's policy on the economy? 5. Does the government have a view on culture and religion? 6.

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    Essay Length: 317 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Strategy for Starting the Business

    Strategy for Starting the Business

    Strategy for Starting the Business Initial Startup Phase ( est. 1 month) · Need to make up some sample parts · Decide what types of parts we want to make and how many for samples · Price out the material and buy it accordingly (we will pay for it between the 2 of us) · Go into the shop on a weekend and make the samples up · Research e-bay on the different ways in

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    Essay Length: 664 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Unilever's Path to Growth Strategy: Is It Working

    Unilever's Path to Growth Strategy: Is It Working

    Unilever's Path to Growth Strategy: Is it Working 1. What are the chief elements of Unilever’s diversification strategy? Is Unilever pursuing a multicountry or a global strategy? What aspects of the strategy do you like? What aspects of the strategy are you skeptical about and why? 2. Did Unilever pay too much to acquire SlimFast? Is there any reason to believe that SlimFast might be a better performer as part of Unilever than it would

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    Essay Length: 355 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Evaluate O’doul’s Positioning Strategy. Is It Wise, Given the Flat Market for the Overall Beer Industry?

    Evaluate O’doul’s Positioning Strategy. Is It Wise, Given the Flat Market for the Overall Beer Industry?

    1. Evaluate O’Doul’s positioning strategy. Is it wise, given the flat market for the overall beer industry? In my opinion O’Doul’s positioning strategy is very good for all beer company around the world and Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc itself. They can distinctive big idea in mind of the target market at the right time and place. The company focuses on customer’s need and wants, at the same time give the priority to legal constraint. In this

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    Essay Length: 721 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Global Versus Localized Marketing Strategies

    Global Versus Localized Marketing Strategies

    Introduction In recent years, considerable attention has been focused on the debate over global versus localized marketing strategies for firms competing in international markets. In this assignment, we are going to analyze the debate over global versus localized marketing from a cross-cultural consumer behavior perspective. We also discuss the type of products or services for which a global marketing and advertising strategy whether is it appropriate or not. We will analyze the logic of the

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    Essay Length: 1,291 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Vika
  • Walmart

    Walmart

    Brittani Robbins Mr. Audler- BUS 409 March 11, 2008 Wal-Mart and It’s Urban Expansion Strategy Problems: 1. Immigration and customs raided Wal-Mart and found many problems 2. Media reported many problems 3. It was named the largest class action lawsuit 4. Activists and Union leaders criticized it for its low wages and low prices that put pressure on competitors/ 5. became a political symbol as Democratic candidates criticized it for health benefits 6. History of

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    Essay Length: 250 Words / 1 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Decision Making Strategies

    Decision Making Strategies

    Strategic thinking is an essential leadership skill. Our learning team has learned to consider our current decision-making strategies, and examine our options for choosing the best strategy for any situation be it one-sided, compromise, collaboration and deciding-by-majority rule. As a learning team we will identify any problem someone on the team may have such as being shy, not very talkative and hesitate about having to stand in front of the class while presenting our presentation.

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    Essay Length: 505 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry and a Critical Analysis of Ranbaxy's Strategies to Build a Global Presence

    The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry and a Critical Analysis of Ranbaxy's Strategies to Build a Global Presence

    THE INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF RANBAXY’S STRATEGIES TO BUILD A GLOBAL PRESENCE (I) THE INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY – A GENERAL INTRODUCTION The pharmaceutical industry is currently acknowledged as one of the leading industries in India. The growth rate has been significant and has recently accelerated substantially due to new products launched in recent years. Almost 3000 new products were launched between 2002 and 2004, with sales estimated at US$280mn.The domestic pharmaceutical

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    Essay Length: 6,402 Words / 26 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • What Strategies Should Adrenaline Air Sports Implement in Order to Stay Competitive in the Region and Ensure the Sustainable Profit Growths?

    What Strategies Should Adrenaline Air Sports Implement in Order to Stay Competitive in the Region and Ensure the Sustainable Profit Growths?

    Executive Summary Problem Statement What strategies should Adrenaline Air Sports implement in order to stay competitive in the region and ensure the sustainable profit growths? Purpose Statement The purpose of this report is to analyze the current market situation of the company and to recommend courses of action to address the question raised above. Alternative Courses of Action 1. Continue the business 2. Discontinue the business Methods of Analysis SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning

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    Essay Length: 1,682 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Max
  • Investment Strategy

    Investment Strategy

    Investment Strategy To maximize optimum performance of our investment portfolio, we placed a certain percentage of equity in different sectors of the stock market. To maximize value with a bearish market, we structured an initial investment strategy that focused on inputting funds into income assets in the form of t-bills and bonds. Roughly, we estimated on contributing between twenty and thirty percent into these low risk funds until the market index increased. Once the stock

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    Essay Length: 1,497 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Walmart Swot Analysis

    Walmart Swot Analysis

    Running Head: TELECOMMUTING Telecommuting as an Human Resource Management Policy Rajesh Hemnani Baker College Center for Graduate Studies Abstract Rapid advances in computer, telecommunications, computer networks, Internet and electronic mail have widened the choice of workplace for workers so they can work wherever these tools are available, that is, telecommute. The trend towards telecommuting in work is a very attractive for today's workforce because it offers greater flexibility, reduces costs and allows more individuals to

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    Essay Length: 3,558 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Victor
  • Ipod - Place & Promotion Strategy

    Ipod - Place & Promotion Strategy

    Part 1 Product: Apple iPod - 80GB PLACE: The Apple iPod doesn’t fall specifically under a direct or indirect channel of distribution. Instead, Apple uses a variety of direct and indirect distribution channels. (Channels of distribution - Perreault & McCarthy, p. 248-251) Apple sells its product not only through their own online stores and retail stores but they also sell their product through their direct sales force, and third party wholesalers and resellers. Asides from

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    Essay Length: 1,445 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Max
  • The Merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq: Strategy and Value

    The Merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq: Strategy and Value

    The Merger of HP and Compaq: Strategy. When a major merger is announced, like the one between HP and Compaq, investors try to understand where the stock value is going to come from and whether the companies have a plan to achieve that value. Deals are often brought to market with one big synergy number and a statement that the deal will be accretive to earnings. Many acquisitions and some large strategic investments are often

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    Essay Length: 2,193 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Strategy and the Internet

    Strategy and the Internet

    Brief Summary Companies must distinguish themselves through the strategy to survive, especially those involved in e-commerce. Many will argue that the internet technology has rendered strategy obsolete, but Porter argues that it is just the approach that has changed. He says “the time has come to step back and take a clearer view of the internet,” he calls that marketers return to the basics of business. Porter claims that the internet has not brought any

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    Essay Length: 251 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: regina
  • A Strategic Management Paper on Walmart

    A Strategic Management Paper on Walmart

    A strategic management paper on Wal-mart Abstract Sam Walton, a leader with an innovative vision, started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. Through his savvy, and sometimes unusual, business practices, he and his associates led the company forward for thirty years. Today, four years after his death, the company is still growing steadily. Wal-Mart executives continue to rely on many of the traditional goals and

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    Essay Length: 3,366 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Fatih
  • My Travel Marketing Strategy

    My Travel Marketing Strategy

    Introduction There are many elements to developing a marketing strategy. However, each element of a marketing strategy should in essence add customer value to the products or services being offered. Indeed the main purpose of marketing management is to bridge the gap between the multiple divisions of an organization and the internal and external business environment. The marketing management is accountable for various activities such as product development, promotion, pricing and distribution decisions, as well

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    Essay Length: 668 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Anna
  • Critical Appraisal of Amazon.Com Current E-Business Strategy and Activities

    Critical Appraisal of Amazon.Com Current E-Business Strategy and Activities

    Business strategies and activities play a very crucial role in the future development of the organization. These strategies become more important, in case of e-business organization such as Amazon. Every organization uses different business strategies in order to remain in business. Some adopt customer- centric strategies; some uses strategies to maximize their profit. For a long time, many organizations have made quality as their selling point. The goal of this report is to analyze the

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    Essay Length: 1,477 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Mike
  • Pricing Strategies - Dell

    Pricing Strategies - Dell

    1. Introduction Pricing strategies usually change as the product passes through its life cycle, because there is constrains on the company’s freedom to price a product at different stage. The purpose of this report is to determine and elaborate the elements in pricing strategies of Dell’s notebook. 2. Key Objectives Price is the amount of money changed for a product or service, or the sum of the values consumers exchange for the benefits of having

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    Essay Length: 2,227 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Strategy: Kudler Fine Foods

    Strategy: Kudler Fine Foods

    Strategy: Kudler Fine Foods Changes in technology have created business opportunities for Kudler by using IT as a part of a strategic system. Kudler’s use of Retail Management System application has assisted in the maintenance of accounting and financial aspects of the business. Kudler is creating a system to integrate tracking customer’s purchase behavior over time to that will help the company create customer intimacy, thereby; ultimately faster response to customer needs. IT has also

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    Essay Length: 797 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Fonta