Hudson's Bay Company Swot Analysis

The apparel and clothing accessories industry, a subgroup within retail, reached sales of $32 billion in 2016. Given the industry’s highly competitive and rapidly evolving nature, Canada Goose Inc. (CG) and Roots Corp. (Roots) must focus on creation of innovative designs to remain relevant. Retail sales are forecasted to decrease, however, the luxury segment of retail stores and e-commerce segments are predicted to expand. This suggests CG and Roots have the capacity to remain competitive due to their high-end product offering and online sales presence.

In many states and towns across the United States Dollar General is a household name. The first Dollar General store opened in Springfield, Ky. on June 1, 1955, as a wholesale business in Kentucky, to dispose of a large quantity of lingerie. Their concept was simple no item in the store would cost more than one dollar. The idea became a huge success for J.L. Turner and his son Cal Turner Sr., other stores were quickly converted. By 1957, annual sales of Dollar General’s 29 stores were $5 million. J.L. passed away in 1964. Dollar General History (n.d.). Four years later, the company Cal Turner Jr. co-founded went public as Dollar General Corporation, posting annual sales of more than $40 million and net income in excess of $1.5 million. In 1977, Cal Turner Jr., the third generation Turner, succeeded his father as president of Dollar General. Cal Turner Jr. directed the company until his retirement in 2002. Today Dollar General is a leading discount retailer now have 13,000 stores in 43 states. The company remains true to their humble ethic of hard work and friendly customer service exemplified by the founding family.

The ‘Fortune 500’ is a list of top 500 companies, with the highest gross revenue in the United States. The list is complied and published on an annual basis by the Fortune magazine, and it includes both publicly and privately held companies arranged in decreasing order of their gross revenue adjusted for excise taxes. The Fortune 500 list was first was published in 1955, and originally included only manufacturing, mining, and energy industries, but now it has been extended to include service companies as well such as life insurance companies, commercial banks, retailers, transportation etc.

Located towards the north of the Vale of York is Northallerton, a market town surrounded by a mix of hilly terrain and rich agricultural flatlands. As the administrative hub for the local District of Hambleton, jobs in Northallerton centre on the public sector, with notable support from the commerce, agriculture and light industries. The town's 17,000 residents enjoy easy access to the picturesque North York Moors and Pennines, where opportunities for relaxing walks, mountain biking and a range of other fun leisure activities are never far away. Properties in Northallerton sell for a similar average price to local Thirsk, at around £200,000 according to rightmove.co.uk.

I would perform a SWOT analysis to know the dynamics of internal and external environment for a new brewery (Book). The strengths I will attain in the new brewery is more distribution to the nation. I will have a good foundation of leaders to promote the mission and our good quality beer. The new technology innovations for low cost material is one of New Belgium best resources. The weaknesses I will face is the product line of beers. My internal operation does not have a tall structure and not many coalitions in the new demographic. Starting off I will have a weak brand image compared to the one on the west coast.

"The Home Depot NYSE: HD, headquartered in Vinings, Georgia, is a home improvement retailer that aims for both the do-it-yourself consumer and the professional in home improvement and construction. It is the second largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart; and the third largest retailer in the world, behind Wal-Mart and French company Carrefour. The Home Depot operates about 1,900 stores across North America. The company operates stores in the United States (including the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands), Canada, and Mexico. The Home Depot also operates EXPO Design Center stores in select U.S. markets, providing high-end home design products and services. Its 2004 sales

Ryder Systems Inc. is a premier provider in the competitive market of commercial transportation, logistics, and supply chain management. Ryder currently operates in two segments: fleet management solutions (FMS) and supply chain solutions (SCS). FMS generates the majority of Ryder’s revenue. This product includes leases, rentals, contract and contract-related maintenance, and fuel services. SCS provides consulting services globally (Nieman, 2013). Over the past 80 years, Ryder has transformed from a model A Ford truck into and industry leading Fortune 500 company. A company which services and values companies throughout North America, Europe, and Asia (Ryder Systems, 2015).

Duke Energy is the largest electric power holding company in the United States, supplying and delivering energy to approximately 7.3 million U.S. customers. Their 2014 operating revenue was $23.9 billion, and as of August 6th 2015 they have $118.5 billion in assets. Duke is a Fortune 250 company, and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol of DUK. The company has roughly 57,500 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Carolinas, the Midwest, and Florida. Duke Energy operates 11 nuclear units at 6 sites in the Carolinas; Brunswick Nuclear Plant, McGuire Nuclear Station, Catawba Nuclear Station, Oconee Nuclear Station, Robinson Nuclear Plant, and Harris Nuclear Plant. The collective generating capability of their Nuclear

3M CO (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing) is a company that manufactures all over the world, introducing new technologies and marketing a wide scope of products. It is present in the markets of healthcare, industrial markets, markets of display and graphics, consumer and office markets, safety, security and protection services, electronics, telecommunications and electrical and transportation. I will make a SWOT analysis of the company, discussing its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats,

The housing market started to rise interest rate and long term rates are under-control.In 2015, the traffic trends started to rise in a consistent growth which appeared to support further gain in key business metrics for 2016. It booked $371 million transactions and still growing more than 4%. The internal corporate management expenses raised in a slower pace than the revenue growth. It's allowing Home Depot expand its margin and improve its profitability. Home Depot has shared its bounty with investors. After sharing it's bounty with investors that boosted its dividend by double digits percentage in 2015. The company believes that in the year of 2016 it will do so again. They expect to pay a better dividend and attract more investors. Their

On February 3, 2017, Francine Kopun wrote an article called “Hudson’s Bay making bid to take over Macy’s”. Hudson’s bay is said to become one of the leading operator of department stores globally if it takes over Macy’s. As of now, Macy’s is a struggling department store that has started to shut down approximately 100 stores in order to cut costs and become profitable. In addition, the shopping habits of customers have been changing to virtual shopping, which reduced mall traffic in the U.S. Also, Arthur Fleishmann said he thinks its more of a real estate play and believes that Hudson’s Bay would not bring Macy’s into the Canadian market as it is one of Hudson’s Bays biggest competitors.

Hudson Bay is a settled Company which has an extremely fruitful legacy and a solid piece of the overall industry. With more than 103 stores crosswise over Canada they have an extensive piece of the overall industry. They reliably hold clients and have sensibly high consumer loyalty. By being a retail establishment they offer a vast scope of retail things which implies that they make benefits in a wide range of business sectors. It is an extremely alluring organization which depicts itself to a privileged business sector which is exceptionally productive. It likewise has numerous  sub-ranges which target individuals from all regions looking at all costs. In 1994 HBC's deals and incomes expanded 7.1% to $5.8 billion and benefits expanded 1.9%

Walmart’s supply chain management has proved to be very effective, which has led the company to success. This case study analyzes the company’s strengths and weaknesses, and factors in what threats they face, as well as what opportunities that they can exploit.

The Wal-Mart spirit is legendary, including things like the cheer ("Gimme a 'W ' …"), however that suits, perhaps, the American mindset better than, for instance, the European.

As a firm, in a competitive industry, it is imperative Savage Industries (fictitious business) outshines competitors. While failure rates may be high in this competitive field of Business 2 Business marketing, partnerships with this firm in particular tend to be beneficial far beyond just the scope of a typical business relationship. All partners of the brand tend to become like family, and the brand truly cares about partners and their success rates. Not only is Savage Industries process unique, but also results far exceed competitors, and the retention rate is well above the industry standard, at nearly 88%. Also the employee retention rate is on the rise, and has been on an upward trend.