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How has retailing developed into this wide assortment of stores and merchandise, where the consumer can pick and choose the types of store in which they wishes to buy and the kind of merchandise which meets their approval? Retailing has been developing for thousands of years as is evidenced by the earliest written records o mankind. For almost every type of present day retail outlet, there is a counterpart or forerunner in ancient and medieval civilization. Such retail outlets have for…

transnationalization of production. First, global strategic rivalry theory was developed to examine the impact of trade flows arising from global competition between multi-national corporations. For example, Durand and Wrigley (2009) reports that Walmart and Carrefour compete to penetrate into new markets to expand market share. Firms strive to gain the sustainable competitive advantage which it can exploit to dominate the global market place and defend its market position. It includes owning…

businesses needed to down sighting (Prof. Soriaino, 2016). For example, the local groceries in Thailand did not prepare for the big changes and had no information or lack of knowledge of globalization. Also, the hypermarkets like Tesco-Lotus or Carrefour created benefit lower price to consumers; yet, in contrast, some of the local small stores will be terminated from the retailing system or cut back on their expenditures (Tangsupvattana, n.d.). These reveal pros and cons of the globalization…

Strength is defines as the skills and capabilities that give the organizational special competencies and competitive advantages in executing strategies in pursuit of its mission. Metro Cash and Carry (Metro group) have several inherent strengths which can make the company utilise its competitive advantages in the wholesale market. First, strong brand name is one of the major strengths of Metro group. The company has been operating its business for the past 50 years. It has built a reputable…

Abstract This paper explores access to health care in Argentina and Haiti as well as societal impacts. Health care can be analyzed by looking at past improvements implemented by government and foreign assistance agencies. This paper also examines the differences of Argentina and Haiti’s focus in regards to health care. While Argentina’s government focuses on the citizens’ feedback to improve their health care system, Haiti’s government does not prioritize health care as evidenced by their…

Haiti got struck by a devastating magnitude 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 14, 2010 around 4:53pm. Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince which is shown in Figure1, which is about 15 miles from the earthquakes epicenter suffered widespread devastation (history.com). After the earthquake there were 59 aftershocks that were reported to be part of the initial earthquake. The aftershocks were just as devastating as the earthquake itself, ranging anywhere from a 4.2 to 5.9 magnitude in strength.…

Sam Walton and his brother Bud opened the doors to their first Wal-Mart store in 1962. This store was located on Walnut Street in the small town of Rogers, Arkansas. Over the next thirty plus years, Wal-Mart would grow into the biggest and most recognizable names in the US. It was a success story that rivaled any other in US history. Over the next twenty-six years, Wal-Mart grew exponentially and in 1988, Wal-Mart opened its first superstore. Stock in the company skyrocketed as superstores…

Illustrative cases ----Drivers for divestment Tesco Tesco is the third largest retailers all over the world. It was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen from a market stall in London’s East End. Now it operates in 12 countries around the world with over 530,000 employers and serve tens of millions of customers every week (http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=11). The revenue was £70.9bn and profit before tax was £2.3bn in 2013 (http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=71). Tesco enter China in…

kind of scandal has negative impact on the brand image. 1.31 Competition: IKEA expects to gain a good chunk of market share by opening number of stores across the market but it still faces very tough competition by global player like Wal-mart, Carrefour etc but also from local player like in Japan local chain Muji which has more than 100 stores around the nation is famous for its hip but simple design but low prices. IKEA has to be scrupulous in handling competitions especially in countries…

Describe how terrorist groups can make the use of internet to spread terror group messages and recruit new members. Give one or more actual examples of this. Many terror groups, whether Islamists or Marxists, nationalists or separatists, or even racists and anarchists have widely endorsed the use of internet to further their ideologies, raise funds, and in the recruitment of new members- both active jihadists and passive supporters (Weimann, 2014). According to Ressler (2006), most terror groups…