Retailing

Thankful for the opportunity to work as an intern with Amazon Inc. and summarizing in this memo history and executives, culture, financial performance, other e-commerce companies, industry globalization, lawsuits, recent changes and trends, Amazon and technology as one of the largest online retail websites in the world. This information will allow you to evaluate my understanding of the company as an intern. Amazon history and executives Amazon takes pride of being the first largest online…

As we enter this holiday season we’re once again being bombarded with advertisements upon advertisements promoting sales, deals, and more between November 24th and December 25th (with some even extending past that into “New Years Savings” as well). It’s Christmas time again, which means it’s time to buy gifts to hold over your friends and family until next year's sales start up. But why do we do this? What has spurred us to spend this holiday and others like it not with those close to us, but…

When Best Buy got the new name in 1983 and then went public in 1985, the company raised $8 million through an IPO, and in 1987 Best Buy gained a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Over the years in the New York Stock exchange, Best Buy has done good and bad like any other company. The new Concept stores ideas has helped Best Buy to be financially okay, and also having good services like the Geek Squad. Best Buy has also tried to grow internationally, but it has failed, they were forced to…

It is noted that, in early 2000s Best Buy was a magnet for shoppers. The customers thronged and unflinchingly bought at Best Buy. Fast forward to 2012, and Best Buy is seemingly no longer a favorite among consumers. However, despite the troubles, Best Buy still remains a top-of-mind reference among electronics shoppers. Almost a third of the more than 8,000 consumers monthly indicate they shop most often at Best Buy for electronics ahead of Wal-Mart (commanding 20%) as well as rival Amazon.com…

Being that I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which is considered to be a big city there are a lot of supermarket chains around the area. I decided to choose three chains that I felt have different business level strategies in order to gain a better grasp on the three questions. First, I chose King Soopers because it is considered to be the local supermarket or something the general population doesn’t consider to be a huge chain, but it in all actuality one can find it all over the nation.…

As uncle Joe stuffs the last crumb of pie into this gravy covered face, across the table, your mom is making awkward conversation with your grandfather’s new mistress. Meanwhile, you are thinking about the 65" Curved - Ultra HD TV sitting in the backroom of your neighborhood Best Buy, just begging to be in your living room. This is Black Friday-a holiday celebrating capitalism, consumerism, and materialism, all culminating to brew a scene out of Jurassic park. Yet, it is a serious money making…

Athleisure wear refers to the type of clothes worn by athletes as they participate in various sporting events. The type of clothing has gained popularity over the years among athletes as well as non-athletes due to their comfortable nature. Most of the clothing people wear tend to be tight thus obstruct proper locomotion. Athleisure wear have an advantage over most forms of clothing in that they enable an individual move freely and comfortably. Canada Goose tapped into this idea and have opted…

Haitham Khalil Writing Assignment 04: Global Strategies Wal-Mart is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and warehouse stores. It has over 11,000 stores in 27 countries, under a total 71 banners. The company operates under the Wal-Mart name in the United States and Puerto Rico as Wal-Mart de Mexico y Centroamerica in Mexico, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as Seiyu in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has wholly owned operations in…

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…

The American Products Corporation focuses on a decentralized form of organization with each manager of the decentralized investment center focusing on the concepts of profit margin, market penetration, and return on investment. However, one day a survey reveals that the managers of American Products Corporation had failed to follow the ethical standards of their company. One example could be managers at certain plant locations failing to check for unsafe products. Another example could be sales…