Internal Environment (IFAS Table; See Exhibit 2)
A. Corporate Structure
Domestic Best Buy stores are divided into eight territories.
Retail field officer oversees store performance through the district managers.
Managers meet with store employees on regular basis to discuss operation strategies and domestic operations.
B. Corporate Culture
Best Buy’s mission is to deliver technology on the promise of its customers.
Best Buy wants customers to realize the benefits of technology and to use technology “to make life fun and easy” (22-1)
Every employee needs to have the company’s vision embedded in their service and attitude and also provide customers with knowledge on the products.
C. Corporate Resources
1. Marketing
4 goals in marketing:
Goals in the company are to find the right product for the customer’s particular needs and build a relationship with the customers
IDENTIFIED AND EXAMINED THE NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF CUSTOMERS, COLLEAGUES, STAKEHOLDERS AND RELEVANT OTHERS IN THE WORKPLACE.
Best Buy is a multinational retailer of consumer electronics, computing and mobile phone products, entertainment products, appliances, and related services. The company operates retail stores and call centers and conducts online retail operations under a variety of brand names such as Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, The Carphone Warehouse, Five Star, Future Shop, Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and The Phone House (Bestbuy.com, 4). The domestic segment consists of all operations within the United States, while the international segment includes all operations in Canada, Europe, Mexico, and China. The Best Buy 's success is contingent on the market 's demand for electronics. The company 's strategy is to provide good customer service combined with lower prices (news.cnet.com). Best Buy 's success is directly related to economic conditions, the cost of goods, and other things like fuel prices. The company 's strategy depends upon the ability to offer customers a broad selection of name-brand products; therefore, leading its success to depend upon satisfactory supplier relationships (Bestbuy.com, 8). Best Buy, as it is included in the retail segment, is a seasonal store. Their stronger quarter is the fourth quarter, which they can contribute to the holiday season for their success.
Best Buy Co., Inc. is organized as a Richfield, Minnesota, based US Corporation and operates a multi-business unit structure. Company’s Board of directors consists of nine members with a Chairman and CEO and eight directors. Best Buy Co., Inc.’s operations consists of seven departments whose heads are directly responsible to the Chairman / CEO. The current organizational chart of the Best Buy Co., Inc. is as
This report analyzes the concerns that Best Buy will face, and addresses them from a behavioural and legal perspective. In order to maximize the benefits and limit the risk, our analysis indicates that Best Buy should wind down Future Shop operations and maintain it as an inactive company.
“provides an overview of the previous year of operations and how the company fared in that time period” and will usually also, briefly, discuss the projections for the next year, outline future goals for the company, and briefly address any upcoming projects (Investopedia, n.d.).
In the international segment each of the nine European countries run their operations at a smaller level than the Best Buy branded stores but the rest of the branded stores in those territories run an operating model similar to that used in the U.S. stores. The only differences would be in Canada and China where Best Buy runs and supports two principal brand companies. In Canada the Future Shop stores “Have commissioned sales associates who take a proactive role in assisting customers and driving
Last, there is the lower-level management, which includes the front-line managers and supervisors as well as the associates who report directly to them” (Bateman & Snell, 2009). An additional facet of the organizing function of management is the supporting of the different levels of employees and the available resources to be used to reach common organizational goals. CellCom Inc. is quickly becoming the preferred retail outlet for many of Northeaster cellular consumers. CellCom Inc.’s offers a customer focused approach where a guarantee to the satisfaction and general shopping experience has been noteworthy to the success of CellCom Inc.’s up to today. The CellCom Inc.’s culture follows specific guidelines in regard to their distribution centers and their stores nationwide. These strategies, such as the familiarity between locations and the specific way that things are done at all locations are established through an internal organizational structure. The focus is on the distribution of labor, the comprehension of technology, and the stream of information within the network. Managing necessary assets to bring the organizations goals are done by methods of fashioning structure, building relationships with coworkers and customers, and proving and sharing resources to reach their ultimate goals. With well-organized and successful organization, CellCom Inc.’s plans to strengthen their commitment to their customers and associates. Operational management is
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A- Best Buy Analysis In a Best Buy firm analysis project, it will be identified, analyzed, and evaluated the retailer’s internal environment and external environment elements that impact the corporation both positively and negatively. An internal analysis will identify Best Buy’s strengths and weaknesses, and an external analysis will identify possible opportunities and threats to the store. Many factors influence a store environment such as financial resources, market factors, competitive factors and environmental dynamics. The firm’s strategy, composed by its marketing, merchandise, pricing, structure, will also be included as well as an analysis of its past and current financial situation followed by performance expectations for Best
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Best Buy Inc. is one of the biggest trade companies that specializes in selling electronics within North America, including Mexico and Canada. Besides providing a wide selection of products, they have an advantage over other competitors because of the superior products through differentiation strategy. Best buy increases their customer value by providing something to their customers not provided by their competitors, and that is the Best Buy’s Geek Squad protection which provides 24 hour in home technical assistance. This company has experimented with different strategies from Concept I to Concept IV. For this reason, the following mini case study will demonstrate its strategies developed which led to its success and how its success is shown in its income statement for the fiscal year of 2016.
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