Tesco Analysis

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Strategic Management of TESCO supermarket: PESTLE analysis, Porter 's 5 Forces analysis, Critical success factors, SWOT Analysis, VALUE CHAIN analysis, TESCO 'S strategic options, Core Competences & Cultural Web.

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I INTRODUCTION
The food and drink retail sector represents the largest industry in the UK, providing employment for over three million people in primary production, manufacturing and retailing. In 2003 retail accounted for 9% of gross domestic product (Datamonitor, 2003). In recent years UK supermarkets have come under increased scrutiny over their treatment of suppliers, particularly of own-label products, yet the development of strategic supply networks has been an integral part of most supermarket strategies for the past decade.

The report below provides an insight into the supermarket company, Tesco, with emphasis on its external environment analysis and company 's analysis of resources, competence and culture. Two future strategic options are suggested in regards to the resources based strategies.

Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating around 2,318 stores and employing over 326,000 people. It provides online services through its subsidiary, Tesco.com. The UK is the company 's largest market, where it operates under four banners of Extra, Superstore, Metro and Express. The company sells almost

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