Wholesale Research Papers Samples For Students

A case study of Costco Wholesale Corporation

Background information
This is an American membership-only warehouse that offers an array of products, currently; it is the largest membership-only Corporation in the United States and second largest retailer globally, after Walmart. Its headquarters are in Issaquah Washington in the United States of America. The store started operation in 1938 in Seattle, after that, it merged with Price Club in 1983 to form PriceCostco. However, in 1997, executive members from Price left the merger to venture in different but the related retail store, which led to dropping of the name Price in the PriceCostco as noted by Thompson (2010). ...

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Introduction

The costing processes both before and after the manufacturing process are quite intricate practices. Thanks to the conventional methods of garment-related costing, the industry follows patterns and guidelines already laid out. As such, tracing every cost in the process is quite a daunting task. However, in the modern estimation methods of garment costing, industries follow some standard procedures that take into account all activities pertaining to the manufacture of a garment. Such activities include; cost of raw material, accessories, knitting fabrics, sewing, transport, general overheads, etc.
Foe effective garment costing, companies familiarize themselves with the costs, techniques, benefits ...

Business Analysis

The PESTEL Analysis is a strategic framework designed to analyze the external macro environment of an organization. PESTEL strategic framework stands for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental and Legal. However, in this paper, only the five strategic factors will be analyzed.

Political

Legal issues and government regulations are the two essential factors to determine how an organization will operate in an industry. Costco is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the USA. Regulations applicable to the Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters are primarily related to size and pricing. For example, as per the requirements of some state laws, minimum markups need ...

Executive Summary

This section looks into the inception of Disney Store in South Korea, which is the country of interest. Disney Store is a retail outlet that specializes in sales of merchandise that are unique to Disney. Disney Store traces its roots back in 1987, in Glendale, California. A country analysis of South Korea was done with detailed information being noted as far as population, GDP, per capita income, aesthetics, political system, legal system and the living conditions in the country just to name a few of the areas tackled. This was followed by an economic analysis of South Korea where ...

Dewey, Chetum & Howe Law Firm

John, a former researcher at PharmaCARE, is seeking legal advice regarding PharmaCARE’s use of their drug AD23. AD23 is a PharmaCARE top-selling diabetes drug. After PharmaCARE’s research indicated that the diabetes drug might also help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the company began reformulating the drug in order to maximize its effect. PharmaCARE established a wholly-owned subsidiary, CompCARE, in order to avoid the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration. CompCARE was used as compounding pharmacy in order to sell the new formulation to individuals on a prescription basis. CompCARE is located in a suburban ...

Long Term Borrowings

Long-term debts
As of August 28, 2011, the total long-term debt of Costco Wholesale was $2,153 million1. This included the current portion of 5.3% Senior Notes due March 2012, 5.5% Senior Notes due March 2017, 3.5% Zero Coupon convertible subordinated notes due August 2017, 2.695% Promissory notes due October 2017, 0.35% over Yen TIBOR (6-month) Term Loan due June 2018, and other long-term debt.
The 5.3% Senior Notes due March 2012 was originally issued in February 2007. However, as of the date of reporting, its maturity was less than one year and it was reclassified as ...

Introduction

There are various studies that have been carried out in the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA on the survival of new businesses in the region over a particular period of time. The last study conducted in the USA looked at the businesses formed during the boom period of the 1990’s till 2001. The research results data incorporated information from the Minnesota Department of Economic Security. The department had released a report examining firms that had been formed and survived or exited the industry in the year 1993 to 1995. The study looked at the firms the whole decade, especially ...

Memory is easily one of the most precious facets of any individual’s life. Memory is the culmination of life experiences, both the good and the bad and is unique to every individual alive. For many people there are memories that they would be happy to forget, while there are others who wish they had different memories, or better ones. However, for the average person that concept eliminating bad memories or creating better ones is a matter of wishful thinking and the popular concept of modern science fiction. One such story is "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” ...

Introduction

Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer with more than 4,300 stores in the United States and over 8,000 worldwide, with global sales topping $400 billion in 2009. It is the largest retailer in the U.S., where more than half its revenue comes from grocery sales. This paper considers some of the retail giant’s negative impacts.
Since opening its first store in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1962, Wal-Mart has steadily spread from its base in the South and Midwest to dominate the suburban and rural retail market across the U.S. Wal-Mart is addressing the first obstacle – store ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Survey of Business Owners, the minority-owned firms in the United States were estimated to be 5.8 million in 2007. The report captured an increase in minority-owned firms up from 4.0 million in 2002. The percentage increase has increased by more than twice (17.9% to 45.5%). The receipts of the minority-owned firms indicated transaction of over $1.0 trillion (55% increase) while the business across the entire nation had an increase of 32.9%. In the same year, the U.S had 27.1 million businesses but more than one-fifth (21.35) were the minority-owned firms. Compared to ...

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a leading wholesale and retail chain founded in the US. Today, Wal-Mart has established its stores and business units in all major parts of the world. With “11,000 retail units in 28 countries”, Wal-Mart has expanded globally to be named as the largest retailer in the world (“Our Story”, 2015). The paper examines and analyses the international organizational structure of the company.
Wal-Mart has three business segments viz. Wal-Mart U.S., Wal-Mart International and Sam’s Club. The Wal-mart U.S. and Sam’s Club comprise the company’s operations in ...

1. What is your assessment of Costco’s business model and strategy? How well is Costco’s strategy working?
Costco has a good business strategy and model especially because of the competitive edge the company enjoys with this kind of strategy. Costco’s strategy on ultra-low pricing, low operating costs and its keenness on geographic expansion is greatly responsible for its success. The idea behind the company’s model and strategy is to obtain a high volume of sales by enticing customers with their low prices. Costco’s strategy is working well as depicted from the company’s performance. The ...

Walmart was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, in Arkansas, U.S. The company was incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in 1969 and has become more commonly known as – Walmart. It was founded on the premise of providing products to the consumers at a discounted price. Serving the discount retail industry, Walmart thrived during the recent recession and emerged as the largest retail company during 2008-2009. Today Walmart operates in 15 different countries under 60 different brands with more than 9029 retail stores. It recorded sales worth $405 billion by the end of fiscal year 2010 (Walmartstores.com, 2010.).

Walmart’s primary ...

In 2008, the Thames River was a polluted mess. There were many untreated sewage, industrial waste, and garbage deposits which made the river not only an environmental nightmare, but a risk to public health. The primary souce of the pollution in the Thames river was caused by thousands of gallons of untreated raw sewage, which overflowed into the river from the overwhelmed sewage treatment infrastructure in London during storms and periods of heavy rainfall. Due to inadequate funding for and development of infrastructure necessary to prevent ecological disasters like the mass expulsion of waste water into the Thames, the ...

The purpose of this project is to develop a recruitment and hiring plan for a sale representative position. We will be developing a plan for a position in a pharmaceutical company. Firstly, we will perform a job analysis and then discuss the requirements for the job. Next, we will develop a competency model for the sales representative position. After that, we will discuss the current labor market situation for this job. Then we will discuss the details of the selection or the screening process. Lastly, we will identify three ideal candidates for the position from a list of 20 ...

Introduction

Costco Wholesale Corporation formed their corporate sustainability and energy group in 2007 to spearhead the creation and implementation of the sustainably sourced strategies for products and energy policy. Their energy policy included a program for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with the implementation of measures for energy efficiency. In 2007, Costco discovered that 85 percent of their carbon footprint was coming from purchased electricity. Their energy program placed emphasis on energy efficient operations and building designs. Costco also started working to reduce their deliveries by consolidation of freight at their distribution centers and increasing the load of every truck ...

Capstone Project Chapter One: Implementing a Behavior-Based Food Safety Program in a Food Service Organization

I. Introduction
Food safety is increasingly important as businesses expand into new realms of food production: many companies are processing more food than ever before, and there is an increasing risk of cross-contamination and other problems that are sometimes associated with food handling (Fone, 2007). Most companies in the food service and food production industry recognize that food safety is of paramount importance: however, merely recognizing the importance of food safety is not enough to develop a cohesive and coherent food safety program.
One of the most significant problems for many large-scale food service organizations is the problem of ...

Trade management is done by trade managers. There are different types of trade managers who include; retail trade managers, wholesale trade managers, and international trade managers among other managers. Most business associations create career paths in trade management in order to align the career paths of individuals with that of the business. It is for this reason that a business entity or an organization may come up with various levels of trade managers. Business entities have trade managers, assistant trade managers and senior trade managers among other levels. This is to cater for career progression needs of individuals working for a ...

Management

Introduction
The oil and gas sector of the United States of America supplies around 65 percent of U.S. energy. This sector includes petroleum refining and gas and oil extraction industry. Globally, the United States of America accounts for more than 500,000 producing wells for petroleum and has around 4000 natural gas and oil platforms. It is the third largest producer of petroleum in the world. In total, this country has around 144 refineries which produce crude oil of more than 17 million barrels daily (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).
There have been several factors like alternative fuels, ...

Inflation

Inflation is a term that means the general increase in the prices of the goods and services compared to a specific and standard purchasing power of the people. The most common indicator of the inflation is CPI known as “Consumer price Index”, which figures out the consumer prices. The second is the GDP Deflator. This interprets the domestic economy of the country as a whole. The Indian Inflation is analyzed with the help of the graphs and tables. As can be seen in the graphs that the rippling of inflation is because of the destabilization and the inflation could be high. This ...

Research paper

Introduction
The economy is a complicated apparatus that subordinates all of the major aspects of our present life, and as every system, might be experiencing different states, its ups and downs. This research paper will uncover such unpleasant states of the economy as recession, and depression. In such conditions the economy will slow abruptly, with trade and financial flows shrinking, while the overall output and employment losses will mount. When the recession or a depression hits the credit markets remain frozen for some time, which postpones the improvement of the financial health.

Economic cycles

Prior to the explanation of these two economic ...

MARKET SEGMENTATION

Abstract
For a new product launch it is imperative that the stakeholders scan the environment for the feasibility of the product success and acceptability in the eyes of the prospective consumers. The reason intent of every product or service is to induce trial in the target market by leveraging the brand’s key assets i.e. the unique shape, taste, variety etc.
It is important to achieve an emotional connection with the primary target market with the claim and thus eventual credibility in the minds of the consumers and thus develop the brand’s equity by building a brand identity ...

Management at Sprint

Management at SPRINT
Introduction
Sprint Nextel Corporation is a based in the United States and it is engaged in telecommunication business. Sprint Nextel Corporation was founded in the year 1899, by Jason Brown and Cleyson Brown. The corporation has been operating as Sprint Corporation until the year 2005when it underwent branding to Sprint Nextel Corporation. The corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and it mainly specialises in the provision of both wire line and wireless communications networks.
Management comprises of the following various function, which include organising, directing, staffing, planning, controlling and leading. All ...

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Abstract

Federal milk marketing orders (FMMO) hoist prices of fluid milk produce and decrease the values of manufactured dairy goods for example cheese and ice cream. What consequences do the prices alterations have on the welfare of a variety of groups of customers? Do the milk marketing orders favour the wealthy over the unfortunate? To vividly answer these questions it is better to have an understanding of the effect of Federal Milk marketing orders on possible Farm Milk Processing. This paper gives an overview of facts about the milk marketing orders presenting an understanding of it effects.

Introduction

Farmers and ...