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Highlights PJSC Detsky Mir1 is a Russian company, which is engaged in the children products retail sector. The Company’s Detsky Mir chain comprises of over 570 stores located at the territory of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, as well as of more than 40 ELC stores. The average store size is 1.4 k sqm and has 20-30k SKUs2. Its product portfolio consists of toys, fashion products, newborns goods, stationary, large items and others. We initiate our coverage of Detsky Mir with BUY…

So how well do you know Marketing Myopia now? As previously mentioned, Theodore Levitt coined this term in 1960 for the Harvard Business Review. Not only did he coin the term, but is now considered the grandfather or structure of Marketing Myopia as used today. Born March 1, 1925 in Germany, Levitt who was a then lecturer in business administration at the Harvard Business School (H.B.R. 1960), was also the editor for the Review. His Marketing Myopia article in the paper is still a relevant piece…

“Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the world’s largest bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 632 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states (as of July 29, 2017), and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK Store®”. William Barnes and G. Clifford Noble opened the…

Introduction This report presents answers for two questions. The first question asks about an analysis of external environment impact on retail companies like Circuit City and Wal-Mart. It also discusses the tools and techniques that can help managers to identify and evaluate the external influences on strategy. In second question, I should choose a company and presents its resources and capabilities and the steps the company should take to exploit its strengths and to correct its weaknesses in…

SafeSurf has a diverse mix of distribution channels that currently sell the company’s internet security products. As a result, the company will continue to place approximately 65% of products in our largest retailers Walmart, which has over 5,000 stores in the United States (Walmart, 2016), and Best Buy which has over 1000 (Statista, 2016). The remaining 35% being equally distributed between, Kmart, Target, and HHGregg. The company website has always been a strong source of advertisement and…

Cashbuild hardware is located at Kwantu Shopping Central, McNab Drive Central, Alice, Eastern Cape. Cashbuild is the largest retailer of building materials and associated products, selling directly to cash paying customer. The hardware has been experiencing low level of performance among its employees for the past one year of its operation. After interviewing some of the employees that work there in different unit, I found out that most employees perceive favoritism by their management, bias…

Jake Kosek Economics Hour 4 02-04-16 Is Wal-Mart Bad for America? Wal-Mart is both good and bad for America. However, the negative greatly outweighs the positive. The positives happen occasionally, mainly in the low everyday prices and the ability of having everything you need in one store. The negatives are massive. One, Wal-Mart typically uses overseas outlets to produce their products, which takes away manufacturing and production jobs here in America. They also ignore issues that happen…

The Wall Street Journal “Walmart Surprises with Dim Outlook” In the article “Walmart Surprises with Dim Outlook,” the desperate and concerned tone of the workers show their feelings towards a situation. For the last couple of years everything has been looking well for the worldwide known company. However, everything has turned upside down when they see their sales and profit for this year so far. Due to this event, not only is it affecting Walmart but all the other manufacturers as well. The…

Overview of the Company Dollar Tree, Inc. is operating mainly for the customers with low financial backgrounds for a fixed one dollar price or less. It’s headquarter is in Chesapeake, Virginia and it operates 13,600 stores throughout the US and Canada with a mission of measured and profitable growth. This store was first started in 1954 as Ben franklin variety store which now known as Dollar Tree. The products in Dollar Tree stores include health, cosmetics, food, houseware, glassware,…

The following is an analysis on The Clorox Company. I am currently a fund manager for a well-known investment banking house in New York. I have been tasked with investing/managing a $300 million dollar fund. The type of fund I am managing is a pension/retirement fund. This fund is a long term with low risk of loss of capital and requires a return of five percent per annum. As the fund manager, I will invest $25 million dollars in The Clorox Company which is a long term low risk investment. “The…