Conn's Inc: Strategic Corporate Assessment

Introduction

Conn's proposes to open seven to ten new stores in the fiscal year 2009. Conn's intends to increase its retail floor space by 10% every year. These new stores would be located in both existing and new markets. Such store development activities would enable Conn's to enhance its reach, cater to a wider customer base.

Scope

• Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis
• Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors
• Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies

Highlights

• Conn's financial alternatives act as catalysts to consumption within the company's retail stores. The company offers a range of credit products including interest-free programs for the highest credit quality customers. Conn's also provides a secondary portfolio for credit challenged customers, which does not include promotional credit programs.
• Conn's operates in the three segments of the retail value chain: wholesale (procurement of stock), operations and distributions (warehousing and transportation), and sales (physical store operations and online sales).
• Conn's is dependent upon a selected group of suppliers. The top six suppliers of the company represented 54.8% of the total purchases in the fiscal year 2008. The mentioned percentage includes 13.1%, 13% and 9.1% of the total inventory sourced from Whirlpool, Samsung and Electrolux, respectively.

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