Sam Walton

Established in 1973, Seven-Eleven Japan open its first store in Koto-ku, Tokyo, in May 1974. In 2004 it was owned by the Ito-yokado group, which also managed a chain of super markets in japan and owned a majority share in southland, the company managing seven-eleven in the United States. Seven-Eleven Japan realized a phenomenal growth between the years of 1985 to 2003. The Competitive strategy of Seven Eleven Japan is to provide High-availability of a variety of reasonable products at reasonable…

Costco Wholesale Corporation, which operates as a membership retailer, which specializes in selling quality products at low prices was founded in 1983 by James Senegal and Jeffery Brotman, with both having a background in retailing and established the first warehouse in Seattle, Washington. In 1993, there was a merge between Costco and Price club forming Price Costco causing a double in size in comparison with the parent company, and in 2007 the corporation became the seventh largest global…

Phar-Mor was a drugstore chain that had 310 stores and over 25,000 employees. It was a young company that made prominent success in the span of less than 10 years. With this success, however, came issues that challenged ethical decision making by key stakeholders in the company. The key stakeholders in the case primarily involve Mickey Monus, the COO who made the initial decision begin the trend of fraud within Phar-Mor. His is driven by success – a character driven by ego with internal blinders…

In the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, WA, three dads created what is now known as pickleball in an attempt to entertain their children. Since then, the sport has gained popularity among the US and Canada, as well as European and Asian countries, and is now growing internationally. The sport features a combination of tennis, badminton, ping-pong, and racquetball. It can be played indoors or outdoors on a Pickleball court, or on a tennis or badminton court converted into a…

Jimmy Earl Carter was born January 20, 1977 in the town of Plains, Georgia. Jimmy’s father was a peanut farmer who was the owner of a warehouse and store and Jimmy’s mother was a registered nurse who encountered heath care issues involving racial divides on council black woman. As Jimmy Carter grew up he became involved in local politics later getting into national politics. He later became the President of the United States of America. He used his life before the presidency , political…

Fast casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen is facing a class action lawsuit from blind customers and a Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC). The lawsuit alleges the company failed to make its online ordering platform accessible to blind customers, thereby violating the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The lawsuit alleges that blind customers had repeatedly lodged formal complaints to Sweetgreen over the past year about the lack of accessibility of its online…

Long-run Business Decisions Report Compare the success of Netflix with the failure of Blockbuster discuss how the success of failure is explained due to the quality of management of a macroeconomic factor. Netflix Netflix’s IPO in 2002 was the first public company whose business plan focused on consumer experience and needs. When co-founder Reed Hastings had to pay $40 dollars in late fees for Apollo 13 he came up with a subscription model that removed this negative aspect. Initially operating…

“God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.”This is an quote from John d Rockefeller that explains that if you are blessed to have money do things that will help mankind with that…

The history of World Dairy Expo is pretty elaborate. It all began when a group of Wisconsin dairy leaders wanted to develop a new concept in the dairy world. The prominent dairy leaders of Wisconsin started planning 2 years prior to the coming of the event. In 1965 a group of individuals including, farmers, governmental and educational leaders and agribusiness heads created a corporation called “World Food and Agricultural Foundation” which would later become World Dairy Expo. They created a…

Many times we feel that wine tasting involves long trips to places like Santa Ynez, Paso Robles or Napa and often fail to look in our own backyards. Four Brix is one of those local diamonds in the rough being a part of the Ventura Wine Trail that I have shamefully failed to visit in a long time. Gary and Karen Stewart have been long time friends and supporters of Grape of the Night (GOTN). My last visit to Four Brix was in 2013 with the GOTN group where Gary not only tasted us on their fine…