Daiso Case Study

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In today’s times, when majority of the retail stores are failing to build on high profits. Japan’s leading retailer Daiso has been able to deliver year after year. Founded in the year 1977 by Hirotake Yano, Daiso entered the Japanese market where factors like cost, caliber and design of the products are very important. By the year 1983, Daiso was able to build up their capital to 50 million, which was a historical figure as very few companies were able to achieve such figures over a short span of time.

Daiso followed a very simple strategy which turned out to be a trendsetter amongst many dollar stores all over the world. The three characteristics which turned out to be the pillars of their achievement are Quality, Variety and Uniqueness.
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The model for economic development these countries rely on is vastly varied from developed countries which have made them come in the limelight in the world economy. The BRICS rely on economic growth on basis of rich mineral resources, low cost labour & rise in technological innovation.

The goal of the BRICS is as follows:

• Push for reform in the ‘International Monetary Fund’
• Gain collective bargaining influence as opposed to developed country rivals
• More economic balance

Issues the BRICS face:

• Where should the headquarter be situated
• How much fund would each country invest
• Who is the leader
• Differing interests of countries

Facts & Figures:

• 40% of world’s population is in the BRICS which is approximately around 3 billion people
• BRICS have a combined nominal GDP of US$16.039 trillion (20% world GDP) and an estimated US$4 trillion in combined foreign reserves
• As of 2014, the BRICS nations represented 18 percent of the world economy
• 25% of world’s land
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It has an annual growth rate of over 5% making it one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. In the year 2009, its GDP was estimated to be
R$ 3.143 trillion. Economists predict that in the next decade, Brazil could become the one of the five largest economies in the world (1).

It was predicted that in the year 2014, economic growth in Brazil is most likely to disappoint. This is evident from the fact that creation of jobs started to slowdown. Banks are likely to tighten credit facilities by increasing interest rates, which intern would delay several major projects. It cannot be argued that Brazil has abundant resources and diversified industry, but the country is held back from exposure to development due to lack of appropriate infrastructures and qualified labor (1).

Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area

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