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If you were the CEO of Kmart what strategies would you recommend for the company?

Should Kmart and Sears keep their own identities and have unique competitive strategies, or should they be combined in some way with a new overall corporate competitive strategy? Please defend your answer.

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If you were the CEO of Kmart what strategies would you recommend for the company?

Should Kmart and Sears keep their own identities and have unique competitive strategies, or should they be combined in some way with a new overall corporate competitive strategy? Please defend your answer.

If I were the CEO of Kmart, I would recommend the strategy of cost leadership. Kmart is essentially a discount departmental store. Currently, there is a relatively higher demand for low priced high quality products in the retailing industry. The weakness in the economy ...

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