BJ’s Wholesale Club Nikki Celso Florida State College of Jacksonville Professor Elizabeth Oppe March 9, 2011 Abstract This research paper will inform you about BJ’s Wholesale Club. You will learn of there mission and vision statements. How this club keeps to its mission and vision statements. How it is involved in our local communities. Maybe you will want to be a part of this company. I have chosen BJ’s Wholesale Club because I am a member and I probably should know a little more
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Tina Korhonen 4/11/2012 Week 2 case 4 Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale Club vs. BJ’s Wholesale Overview Costco and BJ’s are both wholesale stores. They offer a variety of products sold in case lots, furniture, food, household products, clothing, books, DVD’s, and many other bulk products. They limit their products to brand names and store product names. They offer bulk items at a lower cost than a typical grocery store. They are kept in warehouse stores
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The competition in the American Warehouse Club Industry is based on factors such as price, merchandise quality and selection, location, and member service. They also had competition from retail discounters like Wal-Mart and Dollar General, general merchandise chains like Target and Kohl’s, specialty chains like Office Depot and Staples in office supplies and Best Buy in electronics and DVDs, supermarkets, gasoline stations, and Internet retailers. The strongest competitive industry force is competition
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Do all three warehouse club rivals-Costco, Sam’s and BJ’s wholesale – have highly similar strategies? No; What differences intheir strategies are apparent? Costco is providing items in bulk and at low prices; consumers gravitate toward discounting hoping to get the most out of their money. Sam’s is decreasing product costs by buying from low cost labor countries like China and Mexico. BJ’s is focusing on retail shoppers offering more grocery items and smaller quantities of packaged goods. Does
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PROF: BRYNN GESTEWITZ | Assignment 1: Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs Date: 7-08-2012 | 1. Competition like in the North American wholesale club industry: - In North America discount warehouse and whole club segment has $125 billion market shares captured by Costco, Sam’s and BJ’s. There is high competition in the whole club sector, because every firm wants to enter a more profitable market by offering low prices with top quality products to
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Jennifer Wepking-Doeden BADM 482 Case 1 – Costco 7/14/14 Costco Case Analysis INTRODUCTION Costco’s mission statement reads: “The company will continue to pursue its mission of bringing the highest quality goods and services to market at the lowest possible prices while providing excellent customer service and adhering to a strict code of ethics that includes taking care of our employees and members, respecting our suppliers, rewarding our shareholders, and seeking to be responsible corporate
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Competition Among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale vs. Sam’s Club vs. BJ’s Wholesale 11/1/2013 Provide an overview of the company and/or industry and add any pertinent information relevant to the case (5 points) The Warehouse club retail industry was first started back in 1976. It currently consists of 3 main players: Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale club. These no frill, big box retailers offer discounted merchandise including
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SWOT ANALYSIS Group 4: Wholesale Clubs Due Date: April 13th Participants: Chelsea Jensen (Sam’s Club) Caitlin Kavanaugh (BJ’s) Julie Lehrman (Costco, formatted and submitted the document) A SWOT analysis is an analyzation on a situation which is broken up into 4 parts: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. Strengths and weaknesses of a situation are internal factors that can include the development of a company or program, pricing, distribution, brand awareness, promotion
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P. SABLAN, JUSTINE ABIGAIL C. STRAMAN K33 Case 2 – Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs 1. What is competition like in the North American wholesale club industry? Which of the five competitive forces is strongest and why? Competition in North American wholesale club industry is mainly about offering lower prices than other competitors. But with this low price that warehouse clubs are offering, they still have to offer something different in order for them to generate more income
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Strategies Case Study #2 Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs As of 2010 the nearly $215 billion discount warehouse and wholesale club segment within the North American retailing industry consisted of three major competitors (Thompson, C55-73). These competitors included Costco Wholesale, Sam’s Club which is also a Wal-Mart subsidiary, and BJ’s Wholesale Club. All three of these warehouse clubs also competed with a wide range of other types of retailers such as retailer discounters
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