Executive Summary
Statement of the Problem
How can Kmart Corporation remain competitive in the retail market?
Objectives
- To determine Kmart's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
- To identify Kmart's customers, suppliers, competitors, new competitors and substitutes.
- To make a financial analysis on Kmart.
Recommendations/ Implementations
Kmart's technology has improved over the years however the high quality of technology today could make their world an entirely different place if they would invest. They could use it to account for all the products that are sold and instead of ordering the items themselves they could be directly connected to their suppliers. This would enable the supplier to know when a certain product is purchased. This in turn will allow them to send another one out to the store so the inventory of products is what the customer wants. This could cure the issues they are having with the product needed not available on the shelves.
Shoppers World (former Kmart) in Toledo, Ohio
Former Kmart in South Point, Ohio
Kmart at the Parkway Center Mall in Pittsburgh, PAThey could also create self checkout lanes to enable more workers to be on the floor and answer questions. This could improve their customer service. There are so many ways Kmart could improve their stores by updating the technology.
Kmart has done quite a bit research to find out what needs to be done to win back their customers and if they would work on fulfilling these results they would be a better company. Not only would the company be able to solve their inventory problems but they would be able to satisfy their customers. Kmart has been going down hill for a period of time and with Wal-Mart and Target being such hard competition Kmart would be able to improve their stores and make consumers visits more pleasurable which in turn would make them want to come back again and would make Kmart more...