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franchise operators easier than would be the case for an unknown brand. Voted as the number one franchise opportunity by Entrepren...

more than 550 stores in 48 states and Canada, with large concentrations in the Midwest, Texas, California and Florida (Hoovers Bus...

Because of this, these pioneers end up entrenched in their markets, which makes it difficult for other competitors to shake them u...

first tried negotiation, then threats, the Soviets continued arms buildup in the tiny island nation. Things finally came to a head...

bigger - 121,000 square feet on average, compared with 109,000 for Home Depot - and its older stores do better repeat business" (U...

be seen as influencing the economic conditions. Economic The economy is relatively buoyant. In much of the US and Europe o...

string marketing message that supports a single brand image. The image is of value, giving the customers good value for money. Thi...

new Photonics business (Fiber Optics Weekly Update, 2003). * Recently launched the External Equipment Provider Alliance, which is ...

Smith, 2003). This had given the company a good financial foundation and this was being built upon. There are also other investme...

even though there may be weak performance the finical foundation are strong with 409 million in long term assets and no long term ...

addressing the ever-changing needs of commercial interchange, with team learning representing one of the most widespread formulas ...

companies and then analyze their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Overview WHY THE ACQUISITION Perhaps un...

approach, first by telephone and then adding the Internet (Gateway, 2004; Dell, 2004). Since these were the only two computer comp...

at the same time different plants have been established to gain economies from different areas, such as seen with the plant in Sou...

as a distribution channel, but in terms of management, such as radio frequency identification (RFID), a technology Wal-Mart is now...

processed, but also in terms of the culture where employees feel appreciated. They are paid more than the average wage, on top of ...

(MM Group, 2004). To examine this large and diverse company we can use a PESTLE and a SWOT analysis. In PESTLE analysis there i...

Strengths. One huge strength that Best Buy should be applauded for is its Customer Centricity, which was developed to help jump st...

with the development of an opticians division with both stand alone stores as well as opticians branches in stores. Boots is als...

Verizon "serves nine out of the top 10 U.S. markets and 67 out of the top 100"; its systems are found in over a third of the "Fort...

despite having been through bankruptcy, and its impossible to underestimate how important this intangible quality is. Despite t...

sponsored surfers on the boards, that is an advertisement for the company as well. At Channel Islands Surfboards web site there a...

The Capitol name, therefore, is a large draw. Musicians from all walks of life are thrilled to be signed to the Capitol...

completed, will be located seven miles north of the Naval Air Station (Patuxent Business Park, 2004). In addition, the campus is a...

decline, as there has been global stagnation, making many markets more price sensitive and allowing lower cost competition to ente...

chicken salad, no problem. They simply hop in the car, and go down to the local YUM! multi-branded unit (with KFC, Pizza Hut and T...

are left to choose based on price alone. Large businesses can risk competing on price, because the volume of business they ...

competitors and will enable SUBWAY to compete successfully in Jordan. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths * SUBWAY Corporation is a very profi...

fourth quarter of 2004. * Some product lines-such as insoles and apparel-have underperformed. This is troubling and may be indicat...

systems. For instance, ObjectVideo teamed up with ATEME from France "to provide intelligent video analysis based on ATEMEs new ref...