Walmart Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest corporations in the world and is known as an organization which changed the way retail industry operated with its phenomenal and path breaking modus operandi based on cost effectiveness.
The success and growth of Wal-Mart is a thing of folklore, however as said in Spiderman ‘With great power’s comes great responsibilities’, and thus Wal-Mart success is testament to the strategic planning and its subsequent execution and keeping in perspective the magnitude of Wal-Mart operations and its efficiency.
However, things seems to have gone sour for Wal-Mart, there are multiple reasons however ...

In 2012, The New York Times published an investigative report on the violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by the top management of the Wal-Mart’s unit in Mexico. It came out that more than $24 million of bribes were paid to the Mexican government officials to obtain the permits for construction of the new stores.
Wal-Mart de Mexico, which controls more than 20% of Wal-Mart’s stores around the world, is a profitable business for the world’s largest retailer. The Wal-Mart’s former executive revealed in September 2005 that many senior managers were handing out bribes ...

Formed in 2005 by Wal-Mart, Global procurement organization owned the Global Certificate Program (GCP). Prior to its renaming, the program managed ethical conduct of the supply chain. It later changed its name to Ethical Standards Program and in 2006; it announced that it had conducted 13,600 factory audits in the previous year. The announcement by the then president of the company also stated that the audit was a collaboration of the supply chain and their suppliers. However, in 2006 an article was published saying that one of the supply chain’s supplier in china fabricated their reports. During the ...

Introduction

The case study will focus on Pankaj et al (2004) and David, B. Y & Renee, K (2013), articles published in Harvard Business School, journal, to review and discuss Wal-Mart’s operations capabilities and way forward.
Wal-Mart as an organization is a story of astonishing success in terms of revenues and the way it has touched lives through its products and services made Forbes declare the company in March 2003, as the largest and most admired American company.

Wal-Mart’s strategy in the discount retailing industry

The strategy of Wal-Mart is affixed on differentiated pricing, cost leadership, strong distribution, inventory management and most importantly in tandem with the technology-based ...

Wal-Mart ranks highest in the list of United States’ private employers and brags of having employed an astonishing 1.4 million workers. It is the nation’s favorite retailer registering about 379 billion dollars of sales revenue in the year that ended on January 31, 2008. It achieved this through lowering costs of operation and low costs made possible by an efficient inventory system.

Ethical Dilemmas Facing Wal-Mart

The ethical dilemma in Wal-Mart arose from the conflict in the organizations strategies and the plight and views of the employees. Wal-Mart’s strategy to lower costs by altering the procedure for scheduling employees’ work shifts ...

1. What are the ethical issues associated with Walmart’s extensive sourcing of low-cost products from China?

There are various ethical issues associated with Walmart's extensive sourcing of low-cost products from China.

The first issue is more of an ethical character and concerns the degrading manufacturing sector in the US. And this issue is more complex that it seems from the first sight. On the surface is lack of patriotism and care for local manufacturers that have to shut down their production or move it to China to avoid bankruptcy. That itself is damaging to the economy of the State as the industry that could otherwise improve country's GDP and decrease the external debt, ...

These are that factors that closely affect the company's ability to serve the customers according to its plans and objectives. (Case, 38). These factors are the competition from Walmart, customer markets, marketing intermediaries, product suppliers and the public. The competitor Walmart had a large impact on the targets microenvironment due to the proximity of the store in many retail centers.
During the recession times, competitors were still raking in profits while target was struggling. This enabled Walmart to provide greater customer value as well as satisfaction than targets group. The media and the public played a big role; their editorial ...

In order to develop the most effective international human resources strategies for Wal-Mart, it is important to understand the company’s competitive advantages. Since its inception, Wal-Mart has been founded on creation ingenious exploitation of the strategic advantages. According to Farhooomand (2006), the company’s success is dependent upon a unique combination of strategy and culture, aggressive price/cost reductions, small towns, supplier partnerships, and an unrivalled distribution network (logistical support). The company has acceptably human resources strategies in the United States, characterized by fairly good compensation (profit-sharing model, personnel empowerment, upward mobility and an egalitarian culture). However, the company appears ...

Corporate social responsibility is defined by the European Union as “the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society”. According to the European Union, organizations should strive to unite consumers, human rights, ethical, environmental and social concerns to their fundamental business strategy and operations. Firms should have an objective to optimize the development of shared value for diverse stakeholders and owners and the society as a whole. The next objective of organizations should lie in recognizing, mitigating and preventing perceived negative impacts and strive to optimize societal welfare (European Commission, 2011). This definition of corporate social responsibility is in line ...

Introduction

Walmart, one of the largest retail stores in the world today, was an idea of a guy named Sam Walton who made it into practise in the year 1962. The main aim of coming up with Walmart was to provide quality goods and services to the population at a reasonable and affordable prices to all people of different living standards. To achieve this Walton had to ensure that the cost of factors of production was reduced at the necessary levels possible. Transport, storage and employee satisfaction were some of the things put into consideration to ensure the intended goal is achieved. ...

- How is Wal-Mart’s Website different from Amazon and Office Depot?
The major difference in the website of Walmart and that of the Amazon and Office Depot is in its web design. In the realization of this fact, Walmart acquired a web design company and tasked it with the responsibility of rebuilding the entire website of the company in order to make it more seamless. Additionally, the products that are featured on Walmart’s website are basic products that are needed in everyday life of its consumers, unlike the other two competitors. Walmart’s website is also different ...

Executive Summary

Walmart is considered to be an extremely intentional in regards to their efforts to be able to attract and develop into a diverse secondary population, despite the fact offering an appealing and complete workplace. As Walmart has developed in the U.S. and all over the world, the face of our company has changed to be better able to serve our clients by meeting their exclusive wants and needs. Walmart obligation to diversity and inclusion remains in driving business Walmart officially recognized our Office of Diversity. At the moment, Walmart is celebrating a decade of specific focus on inclusion and diversity and ...

Part 1: Group dynamics3Section 1: Working in groups and team.3

Section 2: Conflict and negotiation.5
Section 3: Management and leadership.6
Part 2: The organization system.7Section 1: Organization structure7
Part 2: The organization system.9Section 1: Organization structure..9

Section 3: HR policies & practices11

Conclusion...12

References13

Introduction
Group dynamics in organizations revolve around the relations between employees and managers and how they interact in groups. These groups and teams may be formal or informal, and they may be set for specific tasks or for general tasks. Group dynamics determine the chances of success of an organization as far as team work is concerned. In this paper, Wal-Mart is the organization for the study. This ...

E-commerce in Walmart

As the biggest retailer in the world, it appears that even e-commerce is in the same scale. With operations in many countries, the retailer uses e-commerce to offer access to premium products at low prices whenever, and wherever they are needed. E-commerce at Walmart is operated in a number of ways. For instance, Walmart has websites in over ten countries where it has operations. Through these websites, its customers can opt to have their products shipped off to a store near them or to their homes. Additionally, this allows online shopping through its website. Products are outlined on their home page ...

Question one: Strategic profit model for Wal-Mart and Tiffany

Figure 1: Strategic Profit Model for Wal-Mart
Figure 2: Strategic Profit model for Tiffany in 2009

Comparison between strategic profit models for the two organizations

Question two:
Gross margin percentage = Gross marginNet sales
Wal-Mart: $95,086$401,200 = 23.7%
Tiffany: $1,530$2,709 = 56.5%
Expenses-to-sales ratio = Total ExpensesNet sales
Wal-Mart: 78461401244 = 0.1955
Tiffany: 11442709 = 0.422
Net profit margin after taxes = Net Profit (After taxes)Net Sales
Wal-Mart: 10939401244 = 2.72%
Tiffany: 2622709 = 9.6%
Inventory turnover = Cost of goods soldAverage inventory
Wal-Mart: 30615834511 = 8.871
Tiffany: 11791427 = 0.8262
Asset turnover = Net Sales Total Assets
Wal-Mart: ...

Part I: Case Study Analysis of Clambake Company

Organizational growth determines the complexity of internal processes. Clambake Company has grown tremendously and with the current headcount of thirty individuals, the company requires robust and coherent control system. It is difficult to evaluate the performance and the impact of the current information systems on organizational activities due to the data limitations. It is evidenced, however, that the projected growth and current setting of the company will benefit from the implementation of a user-friendly and integrated Management Information System (MIS). Given the fact that the company will grow through acquisition and will increase its headcount from current thirty to fifty-four ...

Question One

The major criticism that has been leveled against McDonalds, the world leading distributor in fast foods has been its insensitivity on the diet they serve. It has been claimed that McDonalds is the main contributing factor to the continued increase in the number of obese children and adolescents in the developed world. This has been a major concern as more and more people continue to die over obesity related problems (Tittle). This is attributed to the unhealthy nature of the fast foods offered which are highly concentrated in fats.
These criticisms are not specific, but rather they are directed ...

In a factory in Bangladesh 112 workers lost their lives in a factory fire because the owner failed to address code violations or provide lack of fire equipment; then they locked the escape doors. In the clean up afterwards products for American stores were found. These included products for Wal-Mart. The American companies spoke out against the factory. Wal-Mart made it particularly clear that it had severed ties with the factory before the fire. However they could not deny that their products were on the premises so they traced the order back through a chain of suppliers to establish how their order ...

As discussed in the Wal-Mart’s case study, some of the key features are addressed below in relation to the case study.
Global competition is evident in the case study as Wal-Mart compares its health benefits with that of its competitors; Home Depot, Macy’s and PepsiCo, claiming its health plans are better. It also goes ahead to claim that their competitors Home Depot does not offer their part-time employees the same health plan they offer their full time employees as opposed to theirs.
Mediation is related to the case study as intervention from the labor unions ...

Introduction

Elasticity of demand is a measure of responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a price change of the said good or service. This responsiveness is usually influenced by several factors, including the availability and price of substitute goods, the price of complimentary goods and nature of the good, the percentage of consumer income used to purchase the goods or services, the necessity of the good and brand loyalty. Following the inverse relationship between price and demand as stipulated by the law of demand, the elasticity of demand is usually negative, and it is only in special cases ...

Section 1

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is world-known multinational corporation, which possesses chains of large-scale department stores, where the majority of goods can be bought at discounted prices. The success of the business model, developed by Wal-Mart, is determined by wide range of factors, which form the combination, which allows Wal-Mart to have competitive advantage in the rivalry with such competitors as Kmart and Target in the USA and CostCo in Canada.
The first and most important factor of corporation’s success is the fact that Wal-Mart makes best possible use of price-based differentiation. Selling products, which are used by great ...

Executive Summary

Wal-Mart has announced its plans to seek approval from the planning commission of Pullman to build a new store. Wal-Mart has maintained that they strive to establish a Store of the Community, with the intention of ensuring that the entire project benefits the local community by creating more than 400 new jobs, creating new tax revenue and acting as a catalyst for economic development. Despite these benefits to the local community, owners of small businesses nearby, and town residents and residents in nearby towns have expressed their discontent by Wal-Mart opening a new store in Pullman. The aim of this memo is to ...

- How Levi achieved business success with application of SCM.
As a result of Levi’s inefficiency in managing its supply chain, the business faced operational and performance challenges that greatly owed to a poor SCM system. However, an update of the system in order to meet the need of having an efficient system as a supplier to Wall mart enhanced performance. In that respect, Levi’s success can be attributed to SCM’s application as follows.
- The business needed to reach and sell to the mass market for its low end brands. This required an upgrade of CSM ...

Background information

Commonly known for its position as the world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has two million employees across the world. The organization, which is a retail business with well over 8500 stores under fifty names, operates in fifteen countries. According to Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc was the third largest corporation in the world in the year 2012. The multinational retailer is headquartered in Benton Ville, Arkansas. The organization is best known for the way in which it treats its employees. The members of staff at Wal-Mart Stores Inc are referred to as associates. This is a unique strategy ...

Industry analysis using Porter’s Five forces

Supplier Power
Most of the suppliers of WalMart include large companies. Having established itself in various locations worldwide, WalMart has been able to reduce the supplier power. This has enabled it to obtain its products at relatively low prices. Suppliers tend to provide more discounts to WalMart in an effort to increase their sales. Furthermore, most of its suppliers are large companies with substantial reputations who have to build their reputations by providing products to WalMart because of its large customer base.

Bargaining Power of Buyers

The bargaining power of buyers is weak. This has been attributed to WalMart low prices compared ...

The list of WalMart suppliers is large. WalMart has suppliers from different industries. Some of major suppliers in the food and beverages industry include Pepsi and Coca-Cola Companies that supply drinks to the company. Some of the food suppliers include Boulder brands and Cal-Mine Foods. Personal care and cleaning products suppliers include the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and The Clorox Company. Helen of Troy Ltd supplies household appliances. One of the suppliers of sleepwear and footwear includes the Hanesbrands Inc.

Criteria WalMart uses for its suppliers

WalMart has set standards that suppliers must meet if they are to supply anything for WalMart to sell. The ...

In the year 1986, Ms. Hillary Clinton was appointed as a lawyer to the Wal-Mart board. The board consisted of 15 members. She worked for the corporation for 6 years. Ms. Clinton declined to talk about her Board membership at Wal-Mart posing questions as to whether it will impact negatively, or positively in her quest for the white house.
Her board membership is likely to impact negatively on her race to the White house. During her campaign for the Democratic ticket for the presidency in 2008 elections, her post at Wal-Mart was rarely discussed. She herself avoided the topic ...

Introduction

The research shows that in 1962, a man by the name of Sam Walton discovered Wal-Mart by having a grand opening of the very first one which was located in Rogers, Arkansas. The store was the incorporated on October 31, 1969. When the decade of 1960s had come to an end, Wal-Mart went into a growth spurt to something like 276 stores which is in something like 11 states, in 1972, Wal-Mart went public. Wal-Mart opened its first international store in Mexico City in 1991 and has never looked back. During this year, Wal-Mart has close to 9,000 store and club ...

Introduction

The current case study details about the manner in which Wal-Mart discriminates against women. It provides a plethora of facts and details out the manner in which women are discriminated. This is despite the fact that Wal-Mart’s policies propose equal pay and promotion opportunities for men and women. However, in reality women are denied promotion opportunities and are paid far lesser than their male counterparts in this store. The case study further reveals that compared to its competitors females are not adequately represented in Wal-Mart. The plaintiffs further maintain that the retail chain has continued discrimination against women as a ...

3. Wal-mart’s excessive power in its relationship with its employees is as a result of company’s impact on the national economy. The retail store is acknowledged for its regulation of inflation and provision of discounted products which in turn shields the community from economic problems. On the other hand, the organization is a very big employer, hence provides employment to many Americans. However, the human resource practices in the organization lead to a bad relationship between it and its employees.
4. The allegations by Wal-mart’s employees are a reflection of the changing social contract between companies and employees. Modern ...

Question 1

I think Walmart is doing more than enough to become more sustainable. It is quite evident that the company is very serious about becoming more sustainable in the future. Walmart has set goals since 2005 that it has since made considerable effort to meet. The firm aims at reducing the emission greenhouse gases in all its stores. The company has since achieved a 5% decrease in these emissions, as per 2012. This is a huge step towards its 20% target. Walmart also aims at attaining maximum efficiency in all its stores through design and use of prototypes: a target that it has ...

In a hugely competitive apparel market, Levi Strauss & Co. is struggling to keep up the impressive sales figures. Not only are sales declining, but the available market share is also shrinking, with competition growing. Furthermore, Levi Strauss & Co. also needs to decide on their distribution channels as well as on the types of brands to be marketed within the Denim market, not to mention the type of approach to take when dealing with Wal-Mart, a potentially important partner within the apparel market. The most pressing problem for Levi Strauss & Co. is however, dealing with the rising debts, while at the same ...

Question # 1:

Strategic Groups:
Organizations operating in the same industry tend to form clusters and groups on the basis of the different strategic positions. Different organizations form a cluster or group as they have almost similar strategic position to operate in the industry. It is important to carefully analyze and select the dimensions for the x and y axes for strategic group mapping. The strategic group mapping presents an overview of the different strategic positions in the industry and allows the organization to come up with competitive advantage (Freeman, 2010).

Strategic Group Mapping for Wal-Mart:

The organizations or firms operating in the retail industry of US ...

- Issues for Tom Muccio
Tom Muccio has the responsibility of renegotiating with Wal-Mart for a deal that does not pressurize the retailer to accept large product inventories. The extra inventory would require Proctor and Gamble (P&G) to do advertising and to offer price specials for the goods to move, this is extra expenses for P&G (Sebenius & Knebel 3). Internal letdowns is another issue, whereby P&G lacks the incentive and structure for customer relationship improvement, there were internal conflicts between the new teams approach and the sales people who wanted to handle both sales and customer handling as it ...

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest conglomerates in the world. With an annual turnover of over $450 billion in the year 2010, Wal-Mart has since become the biggest retailer in the world. Wal-Mart, which is listed as one of the fortune 500 companies, grew from a small retail outlet established in 1962. The expansion of Wal-Mart to become one of the biggest companies in the world has not been without any hurdles. The organization has faced lawsuits and might continue to do so. The recent lawsuit that Wal-Mart faces has been about an alleged discrimination at the workplace. A local ...

Expectations if Walmart acquired Patagonia

In case Walmart acquired Patagonia, the same results could not have been achieved. This is based on the advancement of the operations of Patagonia. The acquisition could have made Patagonia to lose its dominance on controlling the commercial market affairs. Capitalized on the business codes of operation, Walmart learns more about business practices sustainability. The sustainability emphasized in this article captures both the supply chain and the business inside.
Amongst the many commercial practices involved in the business activity, Walmart learns a lot from Patagonia. The main lesson learned involved the development of sustainable business index for all the ...

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest retail companies in world with international sales exceeding $ 450 billion in the year 2010 . Listed among the fortune 500 companies, Wal-Mart has grown from a small retail outlet established in 1962 to be a chain of super retail stores without any equal. The expansion of Wal-Mart was most phenomenal with a well execute strategy. Local growth in the United States was so rapid that by mid 1990s, local market seemed too small for the company. The company sought international expansion and thus headed for several nations in South America, Asia and Europe. This multinational expansion registered ...

Human Resource Strategy in Walmart

Question 1 How would you describe Walmart’s human resource strategy?

Walmart was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and has grown to become a multinational retailer with 8,500 stores in 15 countries. With a work force of over 2.2 million, the human resource division is one of the imperative pillars of Walmart’s success. Walmart’s human resource strategy is to minimize costs of maintaining a trained and effective work force. Human Resource’s role in Walmart is to ensure continuous learning and development among the staff and to focus on employee empowerment and employee ownership (Bergdahl, 2010). Leadership and ...

I. Summary of Cases

A. FAO Schwarz

The 142-year-old toy company was forced to closed shop on that year after it declared bankruptcy twice in 2003. FAO Schwarz got into financial trouble after it could not keep up with the heavy price discounts offered on toys by Wal-Mart and Target. They were selling toys that were pricier than those also being sold by the two chain store giants.
But the turnaround for the toy firm came when new management came in, making it possible for the reopening of its Manhattan and Las Vegas stores. The new owners attributed their success to ...

Definition of Terms:

Supply chain- The term supply chain is the process where goods are moved from the producer to the consumer. This process has to go through some key stages like the raw materials, supply, production and lastly the distribution stage. This process ensures that goods reach the consumer once they leave the manufacturing industry.

Task environment - Task environment is the external environment in any organization that will affect the business ability to attain its goals at the end of the day. They may include things like competitors, customers and suppliers.
Holistic marketing- This is a term that is used ...

Using Digital Media to Achieve Organizational Goals, a Walmart Case

Using Digital Media to Achieve Organizational Goals, a Walmart Case

Introduction/Synopsis

Digital media types are some of the greatest technological advancements that provide benefits to humans. They can be used in various ways that every individual is able to achieve his or her goals by using different types of digital devices, such as mobile phones and personal computers. Digital media also enables humans to access a wide range of communication to the point that geographical location is no longer an issue just to send and receive messages and information from different parts of the country and around the globe. In ...

Business ethics

Business Ethics

Walmart Stores Inc. is founded on value-based and code of ethics principles. The value based and code of ethics helps the organization’s leadership in making appropriate decisions. The basic beliefs of the Walmart Stores Inc. focus on excellence achievement and code of ethics. The vision of the Walmart Stores Inc. is based on the global ethics in promoting ethical culture to its global stakeholders. Business codes of ethics are essential for an organization in making right decisions and acting with integrity (Kenny, 2007). Walmart Stores has strived in serving its customers with acts of integrity within ...

Walmart Stores, Inc. d/b/a Walmart started its operations in 1962 when it opened its first store in Bentonville, Arkansas. Currently, the company has grown into the position of being the largest retailer in the world and the third largest in terms of the number of employees . The company is now a multi-national giant with operations in 28 countries under 65 banners employing over 2.2 million associates . This essay will perform a SWOT, PEST and financial analysis of Walmart in the following sections.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths
Being the largest retailer in the world, Walmart enjoys significant advantages over the competition like strong ...

Introduction

The return on asset ratio shows the profitability of the company in relation to its total assets (Gibson). It also indicates how efficient management is employing the total assets of the company to generate profits. Therefore, the higher the ratio, the higher the return on assets ratio, the more there will be an efficient utilization of the asset base of the company. This ratio is generated by making a comparison between the net income and the average of the total assets in a percentage form. For instance, in the case of a capital intensive company such as Walmart with ...

The Case of Walmart Stores Inc. (Article Review)

This paper attempts to study the case of Walmart Stores Inc. from the author’s perspective in her article ‘Walmart Stores, Inc. in 2013’. The purpose of the article is to analyze the strategies considered by Walmart to retain the sustainable competitive advantage over its rivals in the retailing sector which has become quite challenging with the establishment of One Stop Stores, heavy discounting and online selling. The purpose although not stated specifically can be interpreted easily from the situation depicted in the article concerning Walmart’s position in the retail sector.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS & INFORMATION

The key research question stated by the ...

Instituational Affiliation

Walmart’s business model is built on being the cost leader, in being able to provide the lowest possible prices to consumers. In exchange for slim margins, it produces its profits by generating huge volumes of sales, which produces economies of scale which reduces costs. The large volumes of materials and products required allows Walmart to dictate terms when it is negotiating with suppliers.
All of these makes Walmart’s business viable as long as operations are working smoothly without interruption. One day of lost sales means a large proportion of profits lost. This is the reason why Walmart ...

Problem

Walmart, the largest discount store in the United States, has had a very unique run. Since its establishment in 1969, the establishment has succeeded in surging ahead of its rival discounter – K-mart. But it was only after the 1980’s that the company succeeded in expanding in an unprecedented, yet successful manner. With its expansion, however, the company also took care to develop a robust purchasing and distribution network. In addition, the management actively focused on store operations and related marketing. Its Human Resources and Administration policies made sure that even the top management got involved in any ‘people issues’ that ...

Introduction

Business organizations today are committed to form a business strategy that will eventually bring them success through competitive advantage and appropriate marketing strategy. The question arises as to how many business organizations have topped the game by adopting such a strategy? The answer is obvious as not many businesses tend to succeed in topping the industry with the help of business strategy based on competitive advantage, supply chain system, and other product related systems. This implies that the business are making mistake in formulating their business strategy somewhere, which does not let them reap the benefits of a potentially ...

Johannie Hobbs, executive vice president of logistics at Wal-Mart pondered how to keep the company’s supply chain successful which was having a competitive advantage over other firms.
Wal-Mart is one of the leading retailers of the world operating in 15 countries with excellent supply chain system. The company is having self-distribution system, tight relationship with suppliers, cross-docking of products, back-haul revenue, low cost priced and quality products to satisfy customers. In recent years, the company is facing tough competition from retailers like Amazon, Dollar store etc. (Lu, 2017)
The problem occurred at Walmart when there was rise in ...

Walmart Stores v. Cockrell (2001)

Issue: Does the shopkeeper's privilege protect Walmart from the liability under the circumstances of the case?

Rule of Law: Given the notion of the shopkeeper'e privilege, this rule allows the supermarkets to detain, stop or conduct the investigation of the shoplifters in case of any suspicion exists. In this case the supermarket does not responsible for such false imprisonment if there are reasonable grounds for the denetion of such a kind, within reasonable time, while the investigations of reasonable person is provided in reasonable manner (Cheeseman, 2014. p.88).
Analysis: At first, the Court considered the elements of false imprisonment. It stated that Cockrell was detained by the officer of Walmart ...

Wal-mart is one of the largest companies in the United States and its’ neighborhood. With diverse economic activities across the world, it has managed to overcome the many impediments that are always associated with smooth running of large corporations. The company is among the top firms holding the economy of most cities across the world. In business, one has to implement ways of survival and competing successfully with other investors. For this regards one of the major strategic plans that can give you an upper hand in this field is lowering prices of your products and services. this made ...

Describe the transactional and transformational leadership characteristics that Don Green and Michael Budman possess.

According to the available literature, some assumptions are held regarding the transactional leadership. Transactional leadership style believes that leaders are motivated by the reward and punishment the satisfaction of such leaders is on seeing the company excelling (Kurland, Peretz and Hertz-Lazarowitz 8). They also believe that social network works best with a clear and defined chains of command from the top. Again, they believe that the primary purpose of the subordinates in the organization is doing what they are instructed to do. Transactional leadership involves a situation where leader works by creating a clear structure of what should be ...

Overview:

Best Buy, currently fighting to be the number one consumer electronics retailer title in the United States, began quite humbly indeed. The company started as a single location car and home stereo store in 1966. In North America alone, Best Buy has some 1400 locations, while the figure goes up to 2600 in Europe and China. Industry analysts believe that Best Buy has certainly improved its standing in recent times, and this is backed by the demise of two of the company's major competitors, Circuit City, and CompUSA. Best Buy was pushed on by a strong market share, healthy stock prices, and a ...

Wal-Mart Class Action Case

In June, 2011, the Supreme Court came up with a ruling that would restrict the ability of employees to band together and bring a class action against their employers on basis of discrimination. This is a landmark ruling that would affect the nature and ruling of future class actions brought before judges. The ruling delivered on June, 2011 threw out a class action against the Wal-Mart company that had been presented by 1.5 million employees. The plaintiffs stated that the company’s policies and practices promoted discrimination against women when it came to pay and promotions.
The judges threw out the case ...

- What are the current brand and pricing strategies H.E.B is using for (a) its overall brands (Own Brands (HEB, HCF and National) in general and (b) its water brands in particular?
Based on the information of the case study, the following points can be noted for HEB’s brand and pricing strategies for its own brands and national brands.

Strategy for HEB Own Brands Basket

HEB currently has three principal categories of own brands – HEB, Hill Country Fare (HCF) and the generic brands.
HEB: this is positioned as a premium private label brand and is used as the flagship brand for the retail chain. HEB ...

Within any customer base, there are two things that differentiate customers. One is how they contribute to the business profitability and revenue and the costs and expenses that a business incurs while satisfying their respective customers. These differences developed the need of grouping all customers in different segments where their needs are satisfied according to the rules of customer’s profitability analysis. However, customer’s satisfaction varies according to the different segments that all customers fall under (E.porter 23-34.). Customer’s profitability analysis uses a table that helps categories the customers according to their contribution to the business.

CPA table

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Nordstrom Company is an upscale departmental store situated in the United States, which is retail in nature, which initially dealt with shoe products. Currently, the company has expanded its retail business and is dealing with clothing, ornaments, jewelry, electronic accessories, cosmetics, and in some locations house equipments. Their main headquarters and the flagship chain stores situated in Downtown Seattle, Washington. Like other retailers, the company focuses mainly on meeting the customers’ needs. The company’s management believes that the great asset of the company is the customer. The company has put in place the strategies, which aim at sustaining ...

Business Law Case Study

Business Law Case Study

Issue

Is Walmart vicariously liable for the personally motivated acts of its cashier?

“A principal (employer) is not liable for the intentional torts of agents and employees that bare committed outside the principal’s scope of business; however, a principal (employer) is liable under the doctrine of vicarious liability for the intentional torts of agents and employees committed within the agent’s scope of employment” (p. 448).
Two main tests are normally applied by the courts: the motivational and work-related test. “Under the motivation test, if the agent’s (or employee’s) motivation in committing an ...

Management Audit: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Introduction

Management audit is conducted to monitor and keep track of the management through a systematic, comprehensive and extensive evaluation of an organization . The goal of a management audit is to identify the weakness and potential challenges that confronts the organization . This is in pursuit of trying to address and resolve whatever problem is identified in the management as part of the risk management program that organizations typically employ. However, management audit is specifically targeted on a particular managerial aspect. Among the areas of concern that management audit are directed on involve the organization’s policies, procedures, programs and performance . A ...

The competitive market position of JC Penney

The competitive market position helps the company to deliver more value and satisfaction to target customers. JC Penney has the competitive market position. First, JC Penney conducted an advertising campaign under the banner, Fair and Square, for their products. This is attributed to their boldness against the competition in the market. Secondly, the company had adopted the traditional sales tactics to win over the other competitors. Their advertising mode was associated to be creatively jarring especially the “No!” spots. Further, JC Penny carried a ridiculously promotion although was confusing on his Forbes, “Done in By, Reverse False Advertising”.

The market strategy

A company ...