classroom. Three leaders in the office supply arena are OfficeMax, Staples, and Office Depot. All three of these leaders have also launched their business on the ever expanding Internet. The question becomes whether or not these businesses are successful on the Internet. That question can be answered by looking into the look and feel of these websites and how the websites fit in with the business model of the brick and mortar store. OfficeMax The OfficeMax website is laid out very nicely and is very informative
FTC collected more direct empirical and statistical evidence to prove that the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot can and will raise market price in a profitable way above competitive price level. Firstly, according to Staples own documents mentioned above, Staples management predicted that without this merger, the percentage of three-player markets would increase from 17% to 69% by 2000. More fierce competition will push Staples to lower office supply prices and improve product/service
Merger of Office Depot and Office Max Introduction This paper will discuss the merger of Office Depot and Office Max. The paper will also talk about the advantages of combining the two companies amongst other things. Specifically discussed will be the following: Description of firms, incentives to consolidate, competitive environment within the industry, effect on consumers, market concentration, benefit to firms and benefit to society. This paper will conclude with a summary. Description of firms
number one bookstore chain in the US. The Sports Authority in 1990, 90% stake in OfficeMax and the Borders bookstore in 1992. Also in 1990 Kmart opened its first Kmart Super Center in Medina, Ohio. Whatever was left of the Kresge locations in the US was sold to S.S. Kresge's former partner's store chain McCrory's. Between 1994 and 1995 earnings began to fall for Kmart causing them to sell off their other operations, OfficeMax, The Sports Authority, PACE, Borders and its US automotive service Centers.
pack is “uncool.” If your children insist on having characters on their gear, then use stickers or something else that’s temporary, so you don’t have to buy a new backpack every year. Use Social Media Many stores, such as Walmart, Costco, and OfficeMax will offer special deals to customers that follow them on social media. If you aren’t already following these places on Twitter and Facebook, do so before the season gets into full swing so you can take advantage of any coupons or deals that they
The SWOT analysis is an extremely useful tool for understanding and decision-making for all sorts of situations in business and organizations. SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. STRENGTHS 1. Staples has the second-largest Internet retail revenue in the world This means that it dominates most of the internet retail market 2. Increase in customer satisfaction. 3. Ability to bring differentiating services and programs to market more rapidly and efficiently
Although small businesses are responsible for nearly two-thirds of job growth in the United States economy, the government constantly harms them with new regulations. Not only do these regulations from the federal and state governments stifle the growth of small businesses, but they place the entire free-enterprise system in jeopardy. Small businesses cannot afford to hire lobbyists to fight for their protection, because they are typically operated by sole proprietorships and run on relatively low
The bid was originally announced in February. Office Depot bought OfficeMax two years ago, reducing the Big Three in office supplies to the Big Two, at a time sales were in serious decline as rivals like Amazon.com and Walmart among many others were stealing market share. Staples also fights with the likes of Costco Wholesale
Gambling has long been a debate in the United States, and particularly in Texas. The idea of legalizing gambling in Texas is not a new idea, and has often come up in the legislature for discussion. The split between those for and those against is nearly even. For many reasons, the creation of casinos and legalization of gambling could be very beneficial to the state. Casino gambling should be legalized in Texas because of the possibility of increasing state revenue, decline in illegal activities
Selena Gomez is considered to be a very talented American actress and singer. Gomez is a woman of talent who has contributed to the world of humanities with her creativity, knowledge, and motivation. Many people may be familiar with her because of her successful music career, her role on the Disney show, Wizards of Waverly Place and for dating Justin Bieber. As a young child, Gomez had faced many challenges and has worked hard to overcome those challenges, becoming a successful woman in the music
They may include categorized lists of all their available products and/or services on their website for users to search through, making it easier for customers to find what they are looking for. An example of this type of marketing strategy is the OfficeMax website, where there are several different categories of office supply materials, each with its own products. A B2B site, on the other hand, is based on a consumer based strategy. Because they have to meet the exact needs of a variety of different
K-Mart: The Most Hated Company in America Introduction Company History Over one hundred years ago, an entrepreneur named Sebastian Spering Kresge opens his first retail store in 1899. The store was named Five-and-Dime and was located in downtown Detroit. The store was named Five-and-Dime because everything in the store was priced at either five cents or ten cents. This low price gained him a lot of customers and a lot of publicity. With this new found publicity, in 1912, he opened 85 more stores
Dell Ad Campaign The biggest area of expansion for Dell is the consumer market. In order to develop more sales in this market Dell needs to focus more advertising on the needs and wants of the consumer. Currently Dell promotes its direct model, which is a key factor Dell needs to create a better position for itself in the consumer market. With all of the PCs in the market being more or less equal, Dell needs to focus on what differentiates its products from the competition, namely service and
The total diet market segments served by Medifast is $18 billion. Of that, Medifast has a 2% share of the customer market. This seemingly insignificant percentage of the market is actually quite admirable. The diet industry is a very large one because there are not a lot of requirements to create and market a diet plan. This creates a multitude of companies and individuals competing for Medifast History In 1979, Dr. William Vitale and his son founded Jason Pharmaceuticals in his kitchen as a way