Top shop is operating in private sector. It is a Public Limited Company this means they sell their shares on the stock exchange and that it’s available to the public to purchase shares. Every public limited business is regulated by law to include a plc at the end of their brand name. Since top shop is a public limited company it has a limited liability. Limited liability is when the business goes bankrupt; the owner is not responsible for its debt. Top shop is a British chain of clothing stores that operates in more than 20 countries. It is part of the Arcadia Group, which also owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and Wallis. Brand was founded in 1964 by Jessie Pearman (formed within a department store). There are many benefits and drawbacks of the system operating. The major benefit it is easier to generate funds. By selling their shares on the stock exchange they make money; however, due to that they loose control of the business. Another advantage is the corporation tax which is lower comparing to other types of ownership. This is because they have to pay income tax.…
John Lewis, one of subsidiaries of John Lewis Partnership (JLP), launched its first store in London’s Oxford Street in 1864. The company then has implemented the organic grown approach, pursuing a dynamic business and corporate strategy. It has been successful by making the right strategic decisions thorough effective operation (O’Regan and Ghobadian, 2012). By 2012, the firm becomes the largest multichannel department store retailer in the UK, with 30 department stores and 9 John Lewis at home, providing Fashion, Home, Electronic products and Home Technology assortment. It publicised that profit before tax in 2012 was £15.8 million, almost triple of that a decade ago (John Lewis plc interim report, 2012). However, success cannot only be measured in term of finance, but also in term of stakeholders’ happiness. John Lewis achieved Britain’s Favourite Retailer Awards for the fourth consecutive year in 2011 and many other awards.…
Debenhams plc is a British multinational retailer operating under a department store format in the United Kingdom and Ireland with franchise stores in other countries. It sells a range of clothing, household items and furniture and has been known since 1993 for its ‘Designers and Debenhams’ brand range.…
Strategic marketing is the management of the processes for creating, communicating and set of goals that enable products and services to reach the customer profitably.(source)…
According to the Bullring fact sheets, with its £500 million transformation completed in 2003, this leading retail venue has transformed Birmingham and redefined it as a world class shopping destination. Housing one of only 4 Selfridges department stores, the fourth largest Debenhams, the first Forever 21 store in Europe, over 150 new shops, cafés and restaurants, 3,000 car parking spaces, and newly created open spaces.…
Description: Daniel is a nonprofit organization serving at-risk youth from the community through a wide variety of programs. Some of the services offered include: therapeutic foster homes, independent living skills and housing for homeless youth, juvenile dependency intervention, residential treatment, and community based treatment through the dependency court system which is contracted through the Department of Children and Families. The agency also provides counseling, medication management, and behaviorist services to the children it serves.…
The shop is located in Buckingham, and is owned by Robin and......, a couple originally from the town of Oxbridge. It was bought 9 years ago, when the family decided to leave their previous home due the high crime rate and unsuitable living conditions in that area. Previously owned by another couple it was not always…
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Over seventy years ago, William Dillard had a vision to discover the finest quality merchandise available and sell it at great affordable prices. With that he came up with the department store Dillard’s that sells men’s, women’s, juniors, children’s clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories, lingerie, beauty products, and home furnishings. William Dillard believed in the idea that at Dillard’s quality was always the greatest value. Although Dillard’s still upholds to Williams’s idea Dillard’s has more recently began to noticeably lose strength within their organizational structure and culture.…
Increased concentration, globalisation, growth in services and use of multi-channel retailing, increased use of technology and focus on value delivered are all general trends that influence how John Lewis operates as the market leader in the UK department store sector. Consumers today are not afraid to do price-comparison and the idea of choice makes John Lewis' costumers not only buy products, but experience.…
Harrison’s is a multi-line traditional department store which deals mainly with men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing. It is one of the largest privately owned retail stores in Australia. It was founded in Sydney as Harrison Brothers Corporation on September 15, 1898, by Aubrey and William Harrison. Recently, the store has expanded to include household furnishings and other items for the home. The long term goal of the company is to become the leading chain of department stores in NSW, selling moderate to better priced merchandise to middle class, fashion conscious customers. The company is highly decentralised and maintains a very small corporate office.…
Debenhams has 30 international franchise stores in 14 countries outside the UK and Ireland, with 15 franchises scheduled to open by the end of the 2008. Debenhams have increased demand of its market, by technological developments, flexibility and ease of use, along with their strong brand reputations and marketing campaigns, and their strong national presence.…
John Lewis is the biggest department store in England (Hoffert et al, 2002). From 1864, it opened the first shop date in London's Oxford Street; the John Luis's department store has 150 years of history (Campbell, 2003). Now, it has a good performance with enviable high market share. It has branch stores both in Oxford Street business district and shopping mall. Not only the outstanding achievement of John Lewis attracts people's attention, its unique John Lewis model deserving discussion. John Lewis was originally held by the Lewis family, but in 1929, the primary family person planed that he would removed out of the board, but also put the right of controlling the whole company to their employees. Thus, everyone in John Lewis has his own share. Besides this, he also set up a perfect system, that is, even the new employees can get stock of the company quickly, it really realizes the whole employees have stock ownership.…
Good morning, everyone! I’m here to tell you a little about the most famous department store in Britain – Harrods. Let’s look at this picture.…
1. How did De Beers become a monopoly and how did it maintain its monopoly?…