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Currently, Nordstrom has 225 retail stores in the U.S. Their largest retail concentration is on the East and West Coasts. In 1993 Nordstrom entered the catalog market. Nordstrom’s chief competitors are Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor, Von Maur, Neiman Marcus and Saks 5th Avenue. ANTICIPATED FUTURE GROWTH The recent downturn of the economy affected all segments of retail however the luxury segment, of which Nordstrom and its competitors are a part, was much more resilient. The worst year appeared to be 2009 with the luxury segment rebounding in 2010 and 2011.
In April 2010, it acquired 258 Duane Reade drug stores in New York Metropolitan area. 2. CVS ranks #2 with market cap of $42.09 Billion, $99.1 Billion in revenue (CVS revenue alone is less than Walgreens if revenue from its Caremark group is taken out), and S&P rating of BBB+. CVS opened its 7000-th store in Little Canada, Minnesota on October 5, 2009 and currently operates 7025 drug stores. 3.
Internal and External Factors Paper Heather Wassell MGT/230 March 3, 2014 University of Phoenix Internal and External Factors Paper Target is one of the best and most popular department stores out there. It covers all four functions of management, leading, organizing, planning and controlling. The Dayton Hudson Corporation was founded in 1902 and the main headquarters were set up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has become the second largest discount retailer in the United States. The first Target store was opened in 1962 and began to grow into the largest division of the Dayton Hudson Corporation. Second only to Wal-Mart, Target has become the most profitable store in the Dayton Hudson Corporation that as of August 2000, Dayton Hudson was renamed Target Corporation.
Internal Analysis: (Firm) -Strengths: Recruited product managers/designers from all across the world including Sweden, Hong Kong, and Italy. New distribution channel through the dealer-owned stores was very successful. -Weakness: Employees laid off at the Winnipeg factory. Downsizing activities such as this often decrease employee morale, impact employees’ perception of job security, and increase turnover rates. Strategic Alternatives A) Maintain status quo (Do not invest
Strengths: Catalog Sale, Internet sales, Email Client Base, Stores are tourist sites Weaknesses: Minimal employee training, employee salaries are low causing high turnover rate, not located in every state Opportunities: expansion across the United States, and expansion into Canada Threats: Competitors Taking shares of the market, bad media stating Bass Pros Shops does not uphold their promises about economic development, Ever changing market in customer needs and wants 2. Can you think of retailers in other categories that might successfully emulate the format and execution of Bass Pro Shops? Some of the top retailers that emulate the format and execution of Brass Shops would be the following: A. Sports Authority, anything and everything for athletic and field sporting needs B. Cabelos, hunting and fishing gea C. Scheels, the newest sporting good featuring a 16-car Ferris wheel rising toward a skylight, a
“T. J. Maxx is the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the United States and worldwide, ranking 119 in the most recent Fortune 500 listings and ranked #1 on The Boston Globe 2010 Globe 100 list” www.tjx.com/aboutus. T. J. Maxx’s competitive advantage of its competitors is really not amongst competitors because the normal stores that a consumer would shop prices in comparison with T. J. Maxx would usually be Marshall’s. Marshalls just happens to be owned by T. J. Maxx, therefore there is a dominant factor in the field of competition because T. J. Maxx has saturated the market that if you one does find a better price at Marshall’s, T. J. Maxx still reaps the harvest of that sale. As mentioned, the bright, colorful décor that T. J. Maxx uses to dress up their stores is a great leap towards attracting consumers.
Eric Allen 6/16/2015 FIN 3400 Professor Rusell MACY’s, Inc. vs Express, Inc. The two stores I decided to compare for my financial ratio analysis was Macys, Inc. and Express, Inc. These are both indeed clothing stores however they entail very different aspects about one another. Express consists of over 600 stores in the United States and renders around $1.8 billion in sales on an annual basis. Macys on the other hand is known on a more international level with 789 department stores and also named the 16th largest retail store in 2012.
Today Barneys holds three standards above all others; Luxury, taste, and Humor. But it has not always been the upscale market Mecca that it is today. Barneys has come a long way from their humble beginnings as a small menswear retailer to a standard in a discerning industry. Barney pressman started the dream in 1923with 500 square feet of retail space and five hundred dollars from the pawning of his wife’s engagement ring. Pressman stocked the store with 40 designer suits, mostly samples and overstocks, and offered his customers prices far less than list.
The largest companies are Shaw Industries, Mohawk Industries and Beaulieu of America; Shaw is currently the worldwide leader in sales. Shaw consumes 22% of the market alone, while Mohawk lags slightly behind at 17%. Some competitors have an advantage by selling their products directly to retailers to cut costs, while others sell through floorcovering wholesalers. Several manufacturers sell other floor coverings other than carpeting,