* Market share today: Out of 2,000 big companies Wal-Mart is at 17 with 201.36 billion in market value and in its industry of retail, Wal-Mart is ranked #1 with Home Depot and Target behind. * Profitability of the company compared to the past: Last year Wal-Mart closed with their net sales at $344.992 billion and as Wal-Mart finishes their third quarter their net sales is at $269.8 billion, this is a positive for them and an 8.6% increase on sales. B. Strategic Posture 1. Mission * The company’s current mission objective is to give their customers what they want.
Source: GlobalData I- Competitive structure of Pharmaceutical industry In order to analyse the competitive structure of Pharmaceutical industry, I will proceed to a Porter’s Five Forces analysis. Before starting Porter analysis, I’ll present to you some Key figures from Pharmaceutical Industry. The global market had a total revenue of 808.1bn in 2013 and is expected to exceed 1 trillion for 2014. The growth have been 4 % from 2009 and 2013 according to Market Line report. In terms of geography, Americas represent 43.8% of the total market, followed by Asia-Pacific and Europe (28.7% and 26.2% respectively).
GSK’s prime activities include creation, discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products the world over. GSK operates largely in two segments, Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Healthcare. GSK has more than 36,000 SKU’s manufactured across over 80 manufacturing plants worldwide. GSK has a market share of seven percent in the pharmaceutical business. Year Merger/Acquisition New Company Name 1989 Beecham merged with SmithKline Beckman SmithKline Beecham 1995 Glaxo acquires Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Glaxo Wellcome 2000 Glaxo Wellcome merged with SmithKline Beecham GlaxoSmithKline 2001 GlaxoSmithKline acquires consumer health care company Block Drug Co. GlaxoSmithKline Exhibit 1: Merger and Acquisition activity at GSK The Challenges Post merger Integration Issues With the spate of mergers and acquisitions, GSK faces three major integration challenges: * Integrating the separate identities * Integrating different strategies and * Integrating the packaging and manufacturing operations of Glaxo, Burroughs Wellcome, Beecham, SmithKline Beckman and Block Drug Co. Complex product portfolio Market dynamics and short life expectancy of patients have tilted the demand in favour of specialised drugs.
There are 385 Sephora shops inside JCPenney locations, and specialty menswear is available at Foundry Big & Tall Supply stores (Hoovers.com). In 2012 JCPenny’s total revenue was 17,260,000, 2013 total revenue was 12,990000 and in 2014 the total revenue was 11,860000 (Marketwatch.com). It is clearly seen that the sales/revenue from 2012 to 2014 has a difference of 5400000,which huge decreased in 2 years. The book value per share of the company is, 5.81, current ratio is 1.97 and profit margin is -4.76%. On the other hand, Target sells variety of things such as, groceries, clothing, décor and home goods.
On the other hand, doctors that specialize in a certain field should be paid very high. They are researching a way to treat and cure a disease, like cancer. The way I determine how a person gets compensated for the work they do should be how much time and effort they put into the organization. For instance, a doctor is doing a lot more work than someone helping out a homeless person. Don’t get me wrong, someone helping out a homeless person is still very honorable and compassionate thing to do; however what a doctor is doing could save millions of lives.
Economic advantages of the UK Healthcare system The main advantage of the NHS to the citizens of the UK is that it provides free healthcare to every member of the public. This ensures equality and means that even the poorest of families – the ones who otherwise would not be able to afford healthcare – can still be treated free of charge. The cost free nature of this system however means that all employees, resources and assets that the NHS provide must be paid for by the government, which means in turn it comes out of the taxes that every employed member of the UK must pay. Economically, this leaves the UK with a deficit of over £7bn per year, meaning it is a huge financial burden to the UK. However, the free health care is a massive benefit to society.
Its chains include Foot Locker (and its Kids and Lady Store versions), Footaction USA and Champs Sports, totally 3,500 stores worldwide. It employs around 38,764 employees of whom around 25,493 are part-time. Their headquarters are based in New York. In the financial year ending January 2010 the company recorded revenues of $4,854 billion (FY2010) with the operating profit being $80 million (FY2010) and the net profit being $48 million (FY2010), (Datamonitor plc.2011). Below is a table to indicate Foot Locker Inc placement against its direct competitors for 2009, (Table 1).
With this infusion of capital, our company grew to 276 stores in 11 states by the end of the decade. The 1980s – Walmart comes of age In 1983, the first Sam’s Club members-warehouse store opened. The first Supercenter opened in 1988, featuring a complete grocery, and 36 departments of general merchandise. By 1989, there were 1,402 Walmart stores and 123 Sam’s Club locations. Employment had increased tenfold.
Wal-Mart boasts 2010 sales of $405 billion, and Wal-Mart employs 2.1 million associates worldwide. Being a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Wal-Mart ranked first among retailers in Fortune Magazine’s 2010 Most Admired Companies survey. (www.walmart.com) Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John Pemberton concocted the
India Operations Cotte Taylor conducts its India operations through a subsidiary of the company called Cotte India. The India operations are solely focused on oral care, which includes toothpaste, tooth powder and dental floss. Throughout India they have a distribution network that sells in more than 450,000 retail outlets. India Demographics India is the world’s largest democracy with an area of 1.2 million square miles. In 2009 the population was 1.16 billion people with a median age of 25 and an annual growth rate of 1.4%.