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What makes the particular features of a selected sales environment suitable for effective retailing? Associated Dairies also known as ASDA is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food  

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Unit 33 Effective Retailing 24/10/05 Task one: What makes the particular features of a selected sales environment suitable for effective retailing? Associated Dairies also known as ASDA is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom offering food, clothing and general merchandise products. A group of farmers from Yorkshire founded the company in 1965 and then later became apart of the Wal-Mart chain on the 26th July 1999. Wal-Mart Stores founded by Sam Walton in 1962, is a large retailer and the for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2005, Wal-Mart reported net income of US $10.3 billion on US $285 billion of sales revenue (3.6% profit margin). It is the largest private employer in the United States, Mexico and Canada. It holds an 8.9 percent retail store market share which is equivalent to $8.90 out of every $100 spent in U.S. retail stores is spent at Wal-Mart. (information found at www.asda.co.uk- accessed...

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