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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…

TASK 2C (P2.3) In this task, I will discuss the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanism on the activities of Target Corporation. As mentioned earlier, Target Corporation is one of the most famous discount retail company in the United States. It is affected by the competition policy as dominant across the United States retail industry. Other regulatory mechanisms are also applicable to Target’s performance which will be discussed further. A study of the US retail industry…

1. PEP Stores overview 1.1. Overview PEP is a multinational company which started operating in 1965 and the first store was opened in Northen Cape. PEP stores sells mainly clothing and footwear to its customers. Above that PEP also offers other products such as homeware and cellular phones. PEP also has license for selling airtime for the cellular networks. Over and above the products offering PEP stores also offers a range of services which include cash-backs, credit loans facilities, funeral…

The book, To Serve God and Walmart by Bethany Moreton addresses how the family values of the Ozark region where Wal-Mart was brought up were incorporated into Wal-Mart’s establishment. Values such as opposition to selfishness, community contribution, and support of family were incorporated into Wal-Mart’s culture and this enabled it to succeed in Ozark, Kansas and eventually establish itself as the largest International corporation. In many ways, consumption and excessive material shopping were…

In 1999 Nick Swinmurn founder of Zappos was walking around in a San Francisco shopping mall looking for a certain type of shoe and he wanted it in different colors. He found the shoe in his size but not the color he wanted. One store had the correct style and not the correct color and the other store had the correct color and not the correct size. Nick spent an hour looking for the shoe he wanted but left the mall empty handed. When Nick made it home he decided to look for the shoe online and…

Pestle Analysis for Wal-Mart . Threat of entrants. The threat of new entrants in Wall -Mart grocery and discount in retailer industry is very low. New entrants definitely have to face the strong low-price competition among existing large retail companies likeTarget, Wal-Mart and Costco. New entrants will have to invest large amount of capital to establish their brand recognition, service, and variety of product offerings that Wal-Mart, Target, and others competitors that will continue to…

2.2 Major Challenges Over the Next Five Years (i) Emerging of Strong Competitors A new company, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, is formed as a result of the combination of D.E. Master Blenders and Mondelēz International which originally named Kraft Foods Inc. (Boyle, 2014) Based on data prepared by Bloomberg, it is the largest in an industry that has rapidly consolidated over the past five years, with higher than one hundred deals worth about $23 billion. (Boyle, 2014) Euromonitor showed that the…

embrace. In recent years, colored diamonds have gained cachet thanks to the incredible sums they've commanded at auction (69). "Prices continue to soar because of this great rarity factor" As quoted by Gary Schuler, director of Sotheby's jewelry department (69). Today, a number of processes exist to change the color of white diamonds, from irradiation to flooding them with gases that are absorbed and produce color change (Raden 55). A New York-based investment strategist at Leibish & Co., a gem…

Introduction Victoria Beckham is a relatively new luxury fashion brand, which was founded in 2008. Headquartered in London, the company has approximately 500 stores in 60 countries all over the world (Company profile n.d.). Victoria Beckham has a broad product line, which includes clothes, bags, and eyewear, to mention a few. The company has positioned its brand as modern, bold, and refined, a positioning strategy which is consistent with the wealthy and urban consumer. Being a new business in…

In return company made more than $2.5 million in fees. These fake accounts were noticed first by the help of an investigation report which held by the LA Times. Soon after this report City of Los Angeles and federal regulators involved in the case and Wells Fargo announced that they are paying $185 million to settle the allegations. But it did not help the top management…