Case Study: The Club War

The industry we have chosen is the department store-retail industry. Within this industry, we have chosen the department stores of JCPenney and Macy’s. We find this industry, as well as these two companies, interesting from a strategic perspective. JCPenney has recently undergone a massive strategic restructuring in regards to its pricing, brand offerings, and store layout, pushing it away from the typical department store strategy of discounts and coupons. Its new strategy has become much closer to Wal-Mart’s strategy of every day low prices. Macy’s, on the other hand, has restructured with a push from the economic

Totalitarian leaders used propaganda to persuade followers to believe that their country would be restored again. Propaganda is when information deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution. This allows people to be pursued by the leaders and gives the leaders the advantages. In document C, poster created by the Nazi government in 1938, encourages Germans to vote for the annexation of Austria. In the poster you can see that their is hands in air showing that Germany is always united. In this poster, you can see that at the top there are some letters, these letter in English means United Germany. At the bottom the word “Ja!” means YES!. This means that the people are proud of their country. In document B, a speech by

The aim of this case study is to provide a detailed account of a patients holistic health care needs from a health promotion perspective utilising the Tannahill Model which will be described. In promoting the health of the patient maintaining individuality within a diverse community will also be discussed by the application of the model to the patient.

When it comes to warehouse-style club stores, there are really only four names out there: Costco, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart and BJ’s. This paper will discuss the Costco and BJ’s. The different type of strategies being utilized by each company, the purpose of the financial statements, their Vertical & Horizontal analysis, how each financial rations ties into the two company’s strategies, Solvency & Performance for each company, a SWOT analysis of each company and finally if the expectations of the stakeholders of each company are being met.

The US warehouse club and superstore industry includes about 20 companies; however the major competitors that Costco faces are Sam 's Club (owned by Wal-Mart), BJ’s Wholesale Club, and Meijer. The club superstore industry is so competitive that these four companies alone hold over 90 percent of sales. These superstores are able to offer competitive pricing because as large companies they can offer a wide selection of products and have purchasing, distribution, marketing, and financing advantages. Due to low margins, the profitability of these individual superstore companies depends on high volume sales and efficient operations. This is where Costco has been able to succeed and set itself aside from the competitors.

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Costco has many competitors with the primary two being Sam’s Club, a warehouse wholesale business being managed by Walmart, and BJ’s warehouse. Sam’s Club is offering the same services as Costco. They offer their customers lower prices than traditional stores and like Costco they sell their products in bulk to keep members interested. What makes them a threat to Costco is the cost of becoming a member to shop at their stores. For Costco’s basic membership, known as a Business membership, a price

The Key Issues to be observed in this case include a look at why Costco has grown to be the discount retail warehousing sales leader and the strategic actions they have taken to achieve this market Position. First, the study will involve an analysis of the industry’s driving forces and the key success factors in the industry in order to obtain an understanding of the discount retail warehousing industry. The study will then perform a SWOT analysis of Costco and its environment with the objective of identifying the opportunities and threats faced by Costco and the strengths it has to help them seize and overcome them. This will allow for an analysis of the company’s strategy for continued growth in the future.

Costco is a wholesale organization that is the second largest retailer in the world. Their mission statement is “To continually provide our members with quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices”, which is strongly understood throughout their organization. Costco’s mission statement shows that their businesses use quality as one of their selling points. Providing quality goods and services allow their members to shop with confidence knowing their purchasing experiences would be worthwhile. The other part of the company’s mission statement involves low prices. This aspect is important because there are many other firms that compete against Costco on the basis of low prices. Because of its high quality goods and services at everyday low prices, this concept becomes attractive to many consumers allowing the business to flourish. The company has taken some blows for having low prices, but in the end, it has benefitted with high inventory turnover leading to a profitable business.

Ambitions can be defined as “a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.” Yet this definition does not go into specifics of how one may work to achieve their ambitions. Ambitions can give an individual a guideline as to what they wish to achieve in their lives such as a grade they wish to obtain or a certain task they wish to master. Though the definition specifies hard work is often required to obtain the goal that had been set, the topic of personal limits are bound to come up.What may appear to be simply working hard to achieve a goal could appear as sabotage to not only oneself but to those around them. When an individual's methods of achieving a goal begin to be questioned by those around them, that ambition turns to blind ambition. Blind ambition is a figurative way of stating that one continues to pursue their own ambitions with no mind to their surrounding and the effects their actions have on others in their lives. Once an individual begins to work towards a goal with no mental and physical limitation

Consumers and small business owners do not have to purchase from warehouse clubs. Multiple options and places are available for consumers to buy the products, including ecommerce organizations. There are notable replacements when Costco’s goods are not under buyer’s purchase radar.

Costco Wholesale is a retail warehouse club with 698 stores in eight countries (Costco Wholesale, n.d.). The modern day Costco began in 1993 when Price Club, founded by Sol Price in 1976, merged with Costco, founded by Jim Sinegal and Jeff Brotman in 1983. When the two companies initially merged they utilized the name PriceCostco, but later reverted back to the name Costco (Costco Wholesale, n.d.). At the time of the merger, Costco had 206 locations and has quickly grown, now servicing over 170 million club members worldwide (Costco Wholesale, n.d.). The following analysis identifies the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats by examining Costco’s organizational environment, leadership strategies and human

Warehouse membership clubs compete with the mainstream retailers on the basis of price. They offer members merchandises that sell in bulk and at highly competitive rates compared to regular retail stores. However, customers must pay a membership fee to become a member in order to enjoy the privilege. The primary contributor to these clubs' profits is the membership fee as opposed to gains on merchandise sales. This allows the clubs to reward their loyal members with products at remarkably low prices. Therefore, it is essential and crucial to retain and increase loyal customers for a long-term growth. This is an interesting finding that warehouse clubs utilising such novel strategy; but the original intention of their strategic leadership convey

Wal-Mart's stance on not allowing unions can also be accredited to their cost leadership approach. When I outline Wal-Mart's business policy at the start of this essay, I suggest that they were a central-control based organisation that tried to ensure it controlled all aspects of the firm. This is linked to cost leadership, by having tight control they know exactly where money is going and where it is coming from which allows for better development of efficiency.