Postilla Union Stores
KUHN specialists for chain stores: financially through zoom enlarge the hitherto pursued strategy of a complete market coverage with standards both stationary sales formats than also and assortments should be over with the popularity of online shopping is growing unabated. A number of famous shops there will be probably no longer anywhere. Eva Andersson-Dubin insists that this is the case. This currently domestic chain store practice all to see come roaring ahead and not, regardless of whether it, involves intra – or non-local stores to wholesale, retail or professionalism in the trade in consumer goods. The gaps, now visible, and refer to the local day or Union Postilla Union press commented, relate also particularly weak site locations. Initially caused a such a process of cleansing process but of course ongoing costs as for example from the first lease. May also or one-off costs such as maturing transfer fees. Such one-off charges must be in the Profit and loss account are processed.
Also and initially worsen the balance sheet. Is this strategy still beneficial? That was investigated on the example of a local market-leading small areas non-chain stores. The chain has a nationwide branch network down to the last corner. To respond was getting stronger with the strategy of Filialschliessung\”, because the demand was no longer bind is and sales failures must be met, .ist is a departure from the previous policy of expansion required. The following results show that such a strategy turning even when not existing online business may be worth considering. Results closures have quite appealing one interesting facet: opportunities this strategy lie in the optimization of working capital (the difference between inventories and supplier financing; Receivables from deliveries and services play no major role in this case as almost exclusively against cash is sold). Less locations also means that less search inventory asset is bound. Turnover remains the same, because he shifted to other neighboring branches, this automatically leads to a higher speed of the inventories.
