Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Little Short Stop: Creating Strategy for a Shifting Industry
Meredith Woodwark; Karin Schnarr; Gerry BesCase IVEY-9B20M076-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2019, the general manager of Little Short Stop Stores, a chain of local, family-owned convenience stores in southwestern Ontario, Canada, was projecting a loss for that year. The loss was due in part to a provincial minimum wage increase to CA$14.00 that came into effect on January 1, 2018, increased from $11.60 in 2017 and $11.40 in 2016. Before this change, the store chain had been exceeding the average industry growth rate by 5 per ce...Starting at €8.20
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Foxcore Retail (B): Database Implementation
Derrick Neufeld; Liam Corrigan; Michael GencarelliCase IVEY-9B18E017-EInformation TechnologiesSupplement for product 9B18E016.Starting at €5.74
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Foxcore Retail (A): Designing a Database
Derrick Neufeld; Liam Corrigan; Michael GencarelliCase IVEY-9B18E016-EInformation TechnologiesOn April 2, 2017, the two founders of Foxcore Retail were preparing for a third summer managing their small retail business in Ontario, Canada. They had spent the weekend reviewing budgeting, staffing schedules, and inventory planning for their biggest exStarting at €8.20