Essays on Brands Page 84

Known as Foxconn, a Taiwanese company specializes in electronic manufacturing and has become infamous for its involvement in multiple business controversies. It is regrettable that numerous businesses nowadays persist in unethical practices. When conversing about Foxconn with individuals acquainted with the electronics industry, their attention often shifts from the quality of the company’s products to…

Located near a Walmart in Burtonsville, MD, I chose to write about their Inventory System. Walmart, the dominant wholesale retailer, aimed to create an RFID-based EPC (electronic product code) to enhance their inventory management. This electronic code enables businesses to automatically track shipments and inventory using tags and sensors. It has the potential to replace…

Compare and contrast the strategies adopted by Wal-Mart and Carrefour in the Chinese market Wal-Mart and Carrefour are both the giants in the retailer industry in the world. They both have great economic power and a good reputation. As the economic globalization deepens, the two corporations have already entered into the Chinese market. According to…

Wal-Marts venture into South Korea is yet another example of a company attempting to duplicate its strategies and business model unsuccessfully. Wal-Mart didn’t consider how the vast differences in culture could affect their survival and ultimately let their complacency, conservatism and conceit get in the way. Their continued losses forced them to withdraw their investment…

To build a continuous relationship with customers and achieve their mission, Tesco has decided to implement customer relationship management systems which includes Tesco Loyalty Club Card, online shopping through Tesco.com and Tesco Bank. This will not only increase customer loyalty by giving them multiple service options as well as prompter and better services, but also…

The iPod Nano sixth generation, now features a smaller 1. 54 inch multi-touch screen with a lower resolution of 240×240 pixels but a higher pixel density of 220 pixels per inch, as opposed to the larger 2. 2 inch screen on the iPod Nano 5G. The iPod Nano has 24 hours of music playback on…

Given the demands of today’s competitive and dynamic environment, it is quite challenging to understand strategic issues facing organizations and develop the capability for long term organizational success. Introduction in today’s dynamic and competitive business environment, survival, growth and profitability are the essence goals of all industries. Nowadays, Porter’s Five Forces is currently being adopted…

The most critical shifts in Dell’s contextual factors, including industry dynamics, trends, technology changes and shift of the competitive landscape are following: The industry has changed significantly over the last 20 years. The traditional business model in the PC industry was inside-out, supplying machines based on orders from distribution, resell and retail channels, thus following…

Do you think Walmart could translate its merchandising strategy wholesale to another country and succeed? If not, why not? I think it depends. On one hand, those countries where Walmart achieve its whosale business expansion successfully would like to accept this kind of American shopping style. Otherwise, it could fail due to the different shopping…

General Motors was the world’s largest automaker and, since 1931, the world’s sales leader. In 2001, GM had unit sales of 8. 5 million vehicles and a 15. 1% worldwide market share. Founded in 1908, GM had manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries, and its vehicles were sold in approximately 200 countries. In 2000,…