Essays on Sears

The company is an integrated retailer that enables shoppers to use both physical and online shopping to meet clients’ shopping needs. The headquarters is in Hoffman, and all the retail stores are located within the United States of America. This report uses financial ratios to provide a general picture of the financial status of the company.

Profitability of the Company

The gross profit margin is one of the main metrics that is used to gauge the company’s ability to transform sales into profit. It indicates the amount of net income realizable out of one dollar of sales revenue. Gross profit margin = net ...

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Management and its philosophy stem from one integrated objective – i.e. how to achieve organizational growth and goals, remain effective and efficient, while helping stakeholders achieve their goals and aspirations. Effectiveness is defined as the organizational goal that management has set and how it goes about achieving them. Efficiency is defined as the best way management uses its resources to help the organization attain its goals. Amazon is the best example of a company which is both very effective and efficient. The aim ...

Introduction

In all spheres of life, one has to constantly make decisions, consciously or not. This means that it is important to analyze how one behaves in difficult situations, not only to make one’s life better, but to see who one is as well. In my case, as a nurse, I have had to work with many difficult patients, as most people in the profession. From difficult patients to tough family members, this is obviously not an easy profession. Nevertheless, I believe that one of the most significant ethical dilemmas was actually in regards to a superior who was ...

Almost every parent in the world has a hard time disciplining their child, and they are forced to hitting and beating their children in order to scare them into obedience. While it may work in preventing them from being disobedient, it is not an effective, long-term solution in teaching them to behave. In my opinion, physical punishment is not the answer to discipline a child rather it is an ineffective and dangerous method of teaching them. Firstly, young children find it hard to understand why they have been hit by their parent and whether it was something restricted to ...

Executive Summary . 3-4

History .. 4-5

Strategic Elements 5-6

Critical Events .. 6-7

Leadership 7-8

Mission and Vision Statement . 8-9 External Assessment 9-13 Analysis of Competitive Position 13 Internal Assessment . 13-17 Current Strategy 18 SWOT Analysis 18-21 BCG Matrix . 21-23 IE Matrix .. 24-25

Possible Strategic Alternatives 25-26

Evaluation of Current Organizational Structure .. 25 Recommendation Changes .. 25-26

Situational Analysis . 26-29

New Turnaround Objective .. 29

Proposed Measures . 29-31

Funding this Turnaround Effort 32-33 Financial Projections 33-34 Conclusion 34

References 35-36

Sears Holdings Corporation Executive Summary Sears Holdings is a major brick-and-mortar retailer in both the United States and Canada. As such, it sells a wide variety of products, including appliances, consumer electronics, apparel, tools, sporting equipment and ...

1.0 Internal Assessment [from Phase 1] The SWOT Analysis, using the Internal Factors Evaluation (IFE), noted Sear’s strengths in the areas of retail network (expansive), strong brand recognition (e.g. Kenmore Home Appliances, Craftsman Tools, etc.), and a strong management team (lots of untapped potential), among others. Conversely, its weakness were also notable: deteriorating debt margin (has exceeded its assets and capital), unreliable revenues (fluctuating), and poor management style (cause of poor strategies), among others. 2.0 Current strategy Supplier and merchandise inventory management: Despite the fact that the fourth quarter only generates not more than 29 percent of its ...

Hit and run homicide

A hit and run are normally defined as being involved in a vehicle accident with either a pedestrian, another vehicle or an object and escaping from the scene without being identified or give any assistance to those in need. It is mostly defined by leaving the scene whether you caused the accident or not. However, if you return to the scene maybe you had gone to access emergency assistance will not be considered as a hit and run. In a hit and run accident, there are several wound and injuries that are common and they assist in reconstructing the ...

Sears, Roebuck and Company commonly known as Sears is an American company that was incorporated in 1886 by Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck. It became a subsidiary of Seers Holding Corporation in 2005 after a merger with Kmart Corporation. Contemporarily, the company is domiciled at Hoffman Estates in Illinoi. The company majorly deals with clothing, electrical appliances, home products and services, automotive repair tools and products and other hardware. It has around 1700 operational stores across the US. It had approximately 300,000 employees in 2011. The company also operates in Mexico and Canada. In Canada, it carries its ...

Abstract

Two options are discussed in the paper in relation to mitigation strategy of economic downturn. One strategy was the cutting of jobs i.e. mass layoffs and other option was to cut salaries. It is observed that in the U.S. (individualist culture), the norm is to adopt mass layoffs strategy and in Japan the strategy of pay cuts is used. However, in the U.S. some big companies used the strategy of pay cuts. Mass layoffs help the companies to increase productivity and morale with high profits by not cutting the salaries and terminating the employees. On the other hand, pays ...

Advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding

Benefits of breastfeeding: It is the most useful product for normal growth and weight gain of baby Breast milk is the source of the immunity for the child, he rarely catches illnesses It is convenient for the mother because the milk is always with her; it is warm, fresh and ready for use around the clock

It is harder for the kid to become overweight

It is easy to calm a crying baby with the help of breast milk The baby vomits less (or doesn’t vomit at all) because smaller amount of air enters the stomach (Melissa Conrad, 2015). Disadvantages of breastfeeding: The breast may lose its ...

Porter’s Five Forces Model in the Sports Industry

This is a discussion of the Porter’s Five Forces model in the retail industry. In this discussion, three companies have been chosen: Walmart, K-mart, and Target.

Walmart

Walmart has operated a retail chain of stores. It is also present online. Walmart operates subsidiaries within US and outside USA market (Walmart, 2016).

Walmart Porter’s Five Forces Model

Threats of New Entrants-High: It is easy for new entrants to join the competition because the cost of setting up a retail store is not very high. Even small new entrants can join the market on the basis of factors such as convenience and customer service. Can implement ...

The Sears Holdings brand is fading. Sears Holding Corporation is a retail company that operates the Kmart and Sears brands in the United States. The company has been struggling in recent years as the revenues have been falling. The company in February announced that it is going to shut down some of its retail stores. One way the company can revitalize its brand is through creating new associations. These connections can be formed by seeking partnership with other companies operating the same business. For example, in this case, Sears can form a partnership with retail giants like Walmart. Instead ...

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Ernest Rutherford One of the contributions of Ernest Rutherford includes the discovery that the Becquerel rays consisted of two different rays (Sears, 2015). The discovery of the two rays came about after Ernest Rutherford focused his attention on actual radiations that are emitted by radioactive substances. The experiment consisted of evaluations of radiations that were emitted from successively layered sheets of aluminum placed over a uranium compound. A distinction made in the two forms of rays was their penetrating power. According to Sears (2015), to be able to distinguish between the two forms of rays, Rutherford named the easily ...

Successful creation of a trendy counterculture is based on exclusivity of products and unique shopping experience in a small store, which a retailer like Urban Outfitters can offer its specific niche of customers. Their customers are people, who try to differentiate and create their own image with the help of products they can find in the store. Moreover, Urban Outfitters’ target market is represented by women, who enjoy shopping and would like to buy something really special and unique to emphasize their own individual uniqueness.

Big box stores like Sears or Wal-mart are mass-market oriented retailers, offering their customers a big choice of ...