RULES

Overall:

A$.$ This assignment is a group activity.

B$.$ A maximum of $4$ members per group.

C$.$ No individual submissions accepted.

D$.$ One submission is required per group.

E$.$ No late assignments accepted.

F$.$ No alternate accommodations made.

TO START TASK

Starting on

Monday March $11$th

On a first come $$ first served basis

Post $($one member of group$)$ to the FP discussion group:

$$ List of group members $($max $4)$

$$ Read the previous submissions $($if any$)$ to see if your

desired company has already been chosen

$$ Include the desired company in the title of your post

One company per group will be confirmed in the discussion

Once confirmed you are ready to start working on project

i$.$ Input

ii$.$ Output

iii. Productivity

$3.$ Merchandise Flow

a$.$ Describe the merchandise flow for the company.

b$.$ Make one $(1)$ recommendation about changing the merchandise flow.

$4.$ Category Management

a$.$ For the purpose of this section $($category management$)$ identify one $(1)$ category

that the company sells.

b$.$ What type of merchandise does this category represent?

c$.$ Where is the category in its$$ life cycle?

d$.$ Develop an assortment plan for the category. Justify the choices you are making.

$5.$ Branding Strategies

a$.$ Debate the mix of national brands and private label brands sold by the company.

b$.$ Determine if the company should expand or contract the number of private label

brands available. Justify your decision.

c$.$ Determine the private brand strategy the company is following. Make a

recommendation on whether to continue with this strategy or to change to another

private brand strategy. Provide an example and justify the recommendation.

$6.$ Pricing Strategies

a$.$ When setting prices, describe how the company takes into account

i$.$ Cost

ii$.$ Demand

iii. Competition

iv$.$ Legal considerations

b$.$ Make two $(2)$ recommendations on how setting prices could change.

c$.$ What price adjustments does the company engage in$?$

d$.$ Make two $(2)$ recommendation on possible price adjustments.

e$.$ What pricing strategy is the company following?

f$.$ Make one $(1)$ recommendation on changing the pricing strategy used.

g$.$ How does the company currently use pricing $($apart from pricing adjustments$)$ to

stimulate sales?

h$.$ Make two $(2)$ recommendation on how the company can stimulate sales. These are

recommendations you have NOT made before in this section.

$7.$ Summary

a$.$ Provided a summary of the analysis and recommendations you have compiled.

b$.$ Express an opinion on the future success of the company.