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Curing Addiction To Growth
Curing Addiction To Growth
Curing Addiction To Growth
Presented by:
MIZANUR RAHMAN
MBA (Canada) PhD (Dhaka)
Professor of Marketing
Dhaka University
The Proposition of the Article
Three Reasons
1. ROIC
No body tells
2. Revenue per store
when to switch to
3. Estimated revenue a maturity
added per new strategy
store
WHEN TO STOP?
Diminishing impact on total revenue & ROIC
• Wal-Mart: “We are a growth company; we just
happen to be a large one”
From 2011 through 2015, Finish Line actually Foot Locker’s strategy to improve
grew sales at a higher annual rate than Foot operational performance relied
Locker—9% versus 8%—but most of Finish on leveraging real estate,
Line’s increase came from opening new stores. inventory, and staffing.
• Leverage strategy
̶ Achieve operational improvements