Researching a Business Ex. 3 - Using the company website

1. Visit the Canadian Tire website.
   Follow the link for “Looking for company info?”
   Under Investor and NewsRoom, click on Investor Relations.
   
   
2. ANNUAL REPORT — Find and view the online version of the2007 Annual Report.
   Find 2007 Highlights on page 5.
   Do you expect there to be any substantial difference between these numbers and those given in the TSX Company Snapshot?
   Compare the two numbers.
   
   
3. Go back to the company website and browse other sections of the Corporate Information area (e.g. Investor Relations, Company Profile) to find more useful information.
   • 2 additional sources of information useful to investors
     
   • 2 additional sources of information useful to competitors
     
   • Where can biographies of Canadian Tire executives be found?
     
   • What kind of information is available as webcasts?
   
   
4. BIOGRAPHIES — What kind of information is given here?
   • How many executive biographies are given? (Executive Management, not Board of Directors)
     
   • How many names are female?
     
   • How many appear to be French?
     
   • How many appear to be non-European?
   
   
5. From the navigation bar at the bottom of the page, click on Career Opportunities.
   Spend a few minutes looking around this area of the site to see how it might be used by someone looking for a job.
   • How many full-time jobs are currently available in the Toronto area?