K-Mart
Kmart is the #3 discount retailer in the United States behind
Wal-Mart and Target. Kmart sells name brand and private label
merchandise, mostly to low and mid - income families. It has more
than 1,800 stores and currently employs more than 220,000
associates in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands and owns an e-tailer BlueLight.com. As of Jan.30,
2002,Kmart had 124 Kmart Supercenters that combine a full grocery,
deli, bakery, video rental and 24 hour/seven-days-a-week
availability along with the general merchandise selection of a
Kmart discount store.
A core strength for the company continues to be the
expansion of Kmart Exclusive brands such as Martha Stewart
Everyday, Sesame Street, Jaclyn Smith, Kathy Ireland, and
Route 66. These brands-nationally available only at Kmart-
have progressively added to their assortments.
Despite that, the company filed for Chapter 11
Bankruptcy protection on January 22, 2002, after a year in
which its financial performance declined from unimpressive
to bleak. The filing came a day after Kmart's major food
distributor, Fleming Cos., said it had cut off most
shipments to Kmart because the discounter failed to make
its regular weekly payment for deliveries. Fleming said
Kmart, its largest customer, owed $78 million. This
bankruptcy filing let Kmart rid itself of unprofitable
stores and shrink the payroll. The company has closed 284
unprofitable stores and laid off about 22,000 workers to
pare costs. Kmart stores have fallen as consumers have
slowed their spending and as rivals like Wal-Mart Stores
and Target have tried to siphon off Kmart’s customers.
In this paper, I will try to suggest some solutions to
improve Kmart as a company as a whole and help increase
its sales.
First of all, Kmart needs to improve its marketing
technigues. The problem that it’s facing right now is
decreasing sales. What I think it should do is lower the
prices. It will definitely attract more customers. For
example, the reason that one of Kmart’s biggest
competitors, Wal-Mart is doing so well is because Wal-Mart
is known for its very low prices. Also, I think that Kmart
should increase eye-capturing advertising. Not only should
they increase the advertising, but they should try to
appeal to different kind of customers. Kmart should make
sure that its advertisements attract not only middle-aged
population-mostly housewives, but it ought to attract more
hipper/younger consumers. In addition, it needs to provide
better quality of items. One main reason why Target is a
The primary problem would be the structure of the organization. This is due to the fact that there are thirteen departments in total which would lead to the failure of the ability to concentrate on long term viability of the business.
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