Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe

This paper describes the rise of DCK Supermarket from humble beginnings in 2004 to a visible and active player on the Zimbabwe retail landscape now operating five grocery retail outlets and 3 wholesale outlets in Harare, Gweru, Kadoma and Sanyati. Case data was collected using a mixture of interv...

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Main Author: Mlambo, Sephath
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Language:English
Published: Midlands State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/693
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description This paper describes the rise of DCK Supermarket from humble beginnings in 2004 to a visible and active player on the Zimbabwe retail landscape now operating five grocery retail outlets and 3 wholesale outlets in Harare, Gweru, Kadoma and Sanyati. Case data was collected using a mixture of interviews, questionnaires, observation and documentary data. The paper examines issues of retail growth and strategy formulation in the context of a small or medium enterprise and using concepts from family business enterprises and also describes the critical decisions made by the founders to sustain growth. Key challenges include the development of the human resource base.
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spelling ir-11408-6932022-06-27T13:49:06Z Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe Mlambo, Sephath DCK Supermarket, retail strategy family firm. Small and Medium Enterprises [SMEs] This paper describes the rise of DCK Supermarket from humble beginnings in 2004 to a visible and active player on the Zimbabwe retail landscape now operating five grocery retail outlets and 3 wholesale outlets in Harare, Gweru, Kadoma and Sanyati. Case data was collected using a mixture of interviews, questionnaires, observation and documentary data. The paper examines issues of retail growth and strategy formulation in the context of a small or medium enterprise and using concepts from family business enterprises and also describes the critical decisions made by the founders to sustain growth. Key challenges include the development of the human resource base. 2015-10-02T12:53:19Z 2015-10-02T12:53:19Z 2014 Article 1815-9036 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/693 en The Dyke;Vol. 8, No. 3; p. 108-132 open Midlands State University
spellingShingle DCK Supermarket, retail strategy family firm.
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Mlambo, Sephath
Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe
title Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe
title_full Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe
title_fullStr Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe
title_full_unstemmed Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe
title_short Retail strategy and growth- DCK Supermarket of Zimbabwe
title_sort retail strategy and growth- dck supermarket of zimbabwe
topic DCK Supermarket, retail strategy family firm.
Small and Medium Enterprises [SMEs]
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