The present paper focuses on Lowe’s and Home Depot’s value propositions and provides suggestions on improving Home Depots’ value proposition. It examines the concepts and models such as the value creation framework and how this model is applied in the case of Home Depot. Then, it compares Home Depot’s and Lowe’s value propositions and finally it suggests a new value proposition and ways to implement it internally and externally.
Nowadays, the home improvement market faces many challenges such as the weak housing market. Customers spend less in re-modelling their houses, travel less and it is difficult for them to get home equity loans. Consequently, Home Depot and Lowe’s should offer a value proposition that adapts to these modern circumstances.
Issues such as the strategy of the companies and their positioning and differentiation, matter for understanding how consumers make their purchasing decisions. By making use of theories on customer value as well as how changes in positioning and differentiation under the present macroeconomic environment (recession, weak housing market) happen the aim is to understand how Home Depot is able to achieve a differentiated value proposition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Customer Value
3. Home Depot and Lowe’s customers perceived value
3.1 Home Depot and Lowe’s Background
3.1.1 Home Depot
3.1.2 Lowe’s
3.2 Home Improvement Market Key Success Factors
3.3 Positioning and differentiation
3.4 Value Creation Framework
4. Home Depot - Current Value Proposition
4.1 Value Chain
4.2 Value Net
5. Lowe’s Value proposition
6. Comparison Home Depot’s and Lowe’s Value Proposition
6.1 Home Depot’s and Lowe’s Core competences
6.2 Competitive Core Resource Comparison
6.3 Customer Value Map
7. Home Depot – New Value Proposition
7.1 Positioning strategy
7.3 Differentiation strategy
8. Conclusion
Reference List
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