Study Case Wal*mart Stores‚ Inc 1. Sources of Wal*Mart’s competitive advantages in discount retailing After a detailed analysis of Wal*Mart’s main departments it is obvious that they have many competitive advantages in comparison with their business rivals. Wal*Mart has developed to a leading and fast growing company with a huge market value of $ 57.5 billion. Their average 20 year return on equity is 33% and their compound average sales growth amounts to 35%. Sales per foot² is nearly $ 300
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business scope; specifically‚ Best Buy and the once flourishing‚ Circuit City. Portions of this report will touch on the economical reasons that both had placed the blame for their decision to downsize. Another aspect that was reviewed as a reason for downsizing is the lack of innovation. Being that‚ both companies failed to adapt to the fast-evolving electronics industry and online retail competition. Our reasons will expose why Circuit City folded and why Best Buy will more than likely follow. We will
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Overlook Video Stores Inc. (OVS) To: Ms. Alice Hartford‚ Partner From: CA‚ Audit Senior Re: Planning for the year end 2009 of OVS and requested control deficiency information Engagement Overview The purpose of this memo is to document the planning of the financial statement audit st engagement of our client Overlook Video Stores Inc. (OVS) for the year ended December 31 ‚ 2009. OVS has been our client since its inception in 1998. This year’s audit will commence January‚ 2010‚ th
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Tire City‚ Inc. (TCI) is a rising distributor of automotive tires in northeastern United States. Their distribution centers arelocated throughout eastern Massachusetts. Their tires are sold as on-demand bases with chain of 10 shops located all throughout eastern Massachusetts with a central warehouse outside Massachusetts. Due to this proximity of warehouse‚ TCI stores enjoyed just-in-time delivery with only 24 hours of lag time. Tire City‚ Inc. sales have grown at compounded annual rate in excess
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Tire City‚ Inc. Analysis As a lender‚ I would have no problem giving a loan to Tire City‚ Inc to help finance their growth for the following reasons. The first thing that is apparent is the annual revenue growth. It is expected to steadily increase by 5% in the coming years. This means that Tire City has strong operating cash flows to fund its day-to-day operations. Additionally‚ Tire City‚ Inc has improved in total asset turnover over the years‚ suggesting that they are indeed growing their
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Tire City Incorporated Tire City‚ Inc. is a rapidly growing retail distributor of automotive tires. Although they have 10 shops located throughout the Northeast region‚ the bulk of TCI’s inventory is managed at a central warehouse. During the last three years‚ sales have been growing at a compound annual rate in excess of 20%. With such a great reflection of their excellent service and customer satisfaction in their net income‚ TCI’s central warehouse is “bulging at the seams”. TCI has decided
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Hop-In Food Stores Inc. Hop-In Foods Stores has historically been able to rely on internal financing and long term debt in order to continue its growth. The continued growth is attributed to acquisitions of already established stores. Hop-In management has predominantly stayed away from starting up new stores from scratch due to high start up costs. They had found out that it was easier and more cost effective to buy up smaller stores in good locations. As of 1976 all of Hop-In’s expansion was
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Case Summary Circuit Board Fabricators‚ Inc. is a small manufacturer of circuit boards located in California. (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ and Aquilano‚ 2004) Large computer companies such as Apple and Hewlett-Packard hire Circuit Board Fabricators to "make boards for prototypes of new products." (Chase‚ et al.‚ 2004) The case study suggests that Circuit Board Fabricators has a good business plan established within the organization. CBF has implemented a largely automated process using industry standard
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Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. 1) Please describe the sources of Wal-Mart’s Competitive Advantage in discount retailing! The global player Wal-Mart operates in 14 different markets all around the world‚ serving 176 million customers every week. Today‚ the second biggest company of the world‚ concerning turnover which amounts to 312‚427 million US-$‚ categorizes its operational facilities into five divisions. Among those divisions are the Wal-Mart discount stores‚ offering convenience and low-priced
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Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Timothy M McDonald Webster University: HRMG 5700 QA Spring II‚ 2015 Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. Case Summary Pam Huber sustained a permanent injury that would not allow her to perform the essential functions of her position as an order filler. Huber asked for a reasonable accommodation in the form of taking a vacant position as a router. Both Huber and Wal-Mart agreed that the position was vacant and equivalent. Wal-Mart did not automatically assign Huber to
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