{"id":448,"date":"2019-08-28T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecrs.org\/?p=448"},"modified":"2019-10-28T13:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T13:27:43","slug":"2019-student-case-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecrs.org\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"2019 Student Case Competition Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> <\/strong>The Council for Retail and Sales is taking the \u201cShark Tank\u201d television show concept and applying it to a regional collegiate competition in retailing and sales.&nbsp; Undergraduate teams from two- and four-year colleges are eligible.&nbsp; Each team is tasked to solve a significant business opportunity for a company.&nbsp; This year the sponsor for the competition is Walmart.<strong>&nbsp; <\/strong>The focus of the competition will be on helping Walmart grow their eCommerce business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top team will get $1,000 to be\ndivided by team members and a traveling trophy that will be housed at the\nwinner\u2019s school.&nbsp; The second-place team\nwill be awarded $400 to be divided by the team.&nbsp;\nThe competition culminates in team presentations in front of a judge\u2019s\npanel at Penn State Lehigh Valley. <a>The competition is\njudged on the written executive summary and the presentation.&nbsp; <br>\n<\/a><br>\nThe competition will be held on October 17, 2019, at the Lehigh Valley campus in\nCenter Valley, Pennsylvania.&nbsp; The\ndeadline to register is September 30.&nbsp; For more\ninformation, contact Denise Ogden at dto2@psu.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br> <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Timeline:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 30, 2019 \u2013 Deadline for intent\nto participate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 11, 2019 \u2013 Executive summary\ndue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 17, 2019 \u2013 Team presentations\nat PSU-LV <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council for Retail and Sales is taking the \u201cShark Tank\u201d television show concept and applying it to a regional collegiate competition in retailing and sales.&nbsp; 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