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Ross stores Inc. is headquartered in California and is the largest discount retail chain in the country. Ross operates under the names Ross Dress For Less and Discount D together the two brands operate a total of 1,350 stores across the United States. Ross attributes its success to being able to attract and retain quality employees and being very selective in the location of its stores. Ross has also average same sales growth at 5% a year. Same Sales is used in retail to describe sales over a…

notice I didn’t have shoes on and a couple of them, once they passed by me, had a weird look on their face, but didn’t look at me too long. Another reason they probably didn’t think anything of it was because nowadays people come to grocery stores, or stores in general, not dressed presentable, maybe wearing pajamas and slippers. So, they probably thought I was one of those types of people. Most people at least have shoes on whether they are slippers or not, so that’s probably why I got the…

It was around 3:00 a.m. on a thursday night when my friend Trey turned from the T.V. and looked at me with awe on his face. “Dude.” he took a long pause, “I just figured out the answer to everything.” I was a bit confused and suprised by the randomness of his apparent realization, but I was intreagued, “Um, you did? What is it?” “Just because. Thats the answer to everything, just because.” He then proceeded to tell me how any question could be traced back to the answer “just because”. Why do…

The Best Tasting Burger in America Waiting in line is definitely worth the wait. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast food chain restaurant focused on serving the best hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, french fries, and milkshakes in the States. The PR Newswire reports, “The Habit whose motto is "Respect the Burger," was founded in 1969 in Santa Barbara” (PR Newswire, 2014) and is headquartered in Irvine, California. The expansion of the chain includes 109 locations. The Habit is a great place for…

Have you ever wondered how Apple Inc. has become so successful? On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak founded Apple. Steven Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California. He was put up for adoption and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. His passion for electronics started as a young child when he would work on small projects with his dad. He was able to take an electronics class in high school and get a job at an HP factory in the summer. His passion for…

Yuriko Martel Macy’s Inc. is a well-known company and #1 department store chain. It is one of the nation’s premier Omni channel retailers, with fiscal 2013 sales of $27.9 billion. With about 840 stores in 45 states, the district the Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. Macy’s is different from other retailers, because Macy’s embraces customers and strives them to provide quality experience transcending ordinary shopping. Macy’s provide to customers the most unique and interesting fashion merchandise…

the most simplest terms Apple’s strategic capabilities can be divided in two forms i.e. Tangible and Intangible resources. Apple’s tangible resources include the CEO, Tim Cook, employees, the integrated system of software and hardware, its retail store all across the world. Whereas, some of the intangible resources include its brand name, unique design, cash In hand and a loyal customer database. Tim Cook Tim Cook has proved himself to be a good leader despite the criticism that no one can…

They have the shortest operating cycle of its industry. By adding the inventory conversion period and receivable conversion period, one would get the operating cycle. Wal-Mart had 49.36 days for its operating cycle as of January 2008. A very similar computation of Wal-Mart’s bottom line is its cash conversion cycle. It is calculated by subtracting the days of payable deferral period from the operating cycle. The number of days for Wal-Mart to turn its resource inputs into cash is about…

Among those include the Internet, free guides contained within Sunday newspapers and daily edition capsules, as well interactive cable menus with television listings. Competition also extends into the advertising world, where advertisers now have more magazines, as well as television alternatives, at their disposal (SAS, 2005). Despite these changes, TV Guide has continued to thrive and plans to. The profile for television listing guide customers consists of the following geographic,…

As defined by Perrault, Cannon, and McCarthy (2014), the product of life cycle is a four step process that discusses the stages a product experiences from the beginning to the end (p. 235). A product first begins with the market introduction. This is where the new product is introduced to the market, therefore sales tend to be low considering consumers are unaware of what product is being offered. During this stage it is essential to develop and invest in the marketing mix, however this results…