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Woolworths
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 2
Strength .................................................................................................................................. 4
weakness................................................................................................................................. 4
opportunities ........................................................................................................................... 5
threatened .............................................................................................................................. 5
Technological ........................................................................................................................... 6
Legal ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Environmental ......................................................................................................................... 8
Social ....................................................................................................................................... 8
conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 9
presented by the market to ensure that they remain afloat and generate
Company Overview
that sell liquor, food, fuel, home improvement goods and services and
Woolworths operates both in Australia and New Zealand. Apart from the
retail stores, the firm also operates hotels that have dining, bar, venue
hire and gaming operations facilities. The company has close to 197000
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statements, there was a decline in revenues by approximately 12
symbol, WOW.
Internal analysis
The corporation focuses most of its efforts on the Australian liquor and
food business market (Recker et al. 2014). The focus is evident by the
revenue comes from the local market. For example, in the financial year
2015, 90.7 percent of the income came from Australia. The New
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Strength
Weakness
seek advice from relevant people as mean to drive the innovation ideas.
Innovation will only work if the organization is open to new ideas and can
strategic plan to ensure that the ideas are wholly fulfilled. The
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Opportunities
2015). In the long run, the firm can adapt and growth in the marketplace.
Threatened
the prices offered by their most preferred brand are expensive. The
(Afcha, 2012).
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External analysis
Woolworths should ensure that the innovative culture has been created
in the organization to make it easy for them to drive the practices (Harris,
start with them. Practices such as crowd sourcing will guarantee that the
Technological
improve its strength in the Australian market (AFN, 2015). The online
Woolworths. Categorizing the goods would ease the time spent on the
site looking for them. It should be noted that customers prefer a place
where they can get their products without much struggle. Moreover,
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there should be a click and collect feature on the site to shorten the time
base.
the time it is simple to reach the wide customer base through the online
Legal
The competitors such as Coles will take more time to fill the gap that has
Limited SWOT Analysis, 2016). For example, they are located in the
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Customers will be inclined to visit Woolworths stores because they have
the opportunity to air their complaints pertaining the goods and services
Environmental
website will require the permission of the senior management as the first
Social
performance.
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conclusion
employees such that they quickly accept any change without much
insistence from the management. On the other hand, the online retailing