Executive Summary In this report, we analyzed Woolworths Financial Report; it focuses on its 2002 operating performance. By means of calculating and analyzing the major financial ratios in profitability, asset utilization, liquidity and debt utilization, and comparing them with those in the previous years as well as three other retailer companies in the same industry: Coles Myer, Walmartstores and J.C. Penney Company Inc. From 2003 report of Career One Pty Limited, Coles Myes is the biggest …showed first 75 words of 1899 total…

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