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Introduction:Tesco is supermarket chain based in UK and is also known as the largest British retailer both:global sale and, domestic market share.
Tesco is also known for being fourth largest retailer in the world (The Home Depot- USA, Wal-MartUSA and Carrefour- France). For the companies growth tesco's has a long term strategy which is based on four parts:the very first key is growth in the core UK business, the second and again important is to expand business internationally or world wide; to be as strong in non-food as in food and to follow customers into new retailing services.
Tesco was found by a person named Jack cohen. He was son of a Polish Jewish tailor. Jack cohen started tesco as one man business in London's East End. In 1919 he started his first business as a grocery shop in east end. In 1924 tesco launched as a brand. Jack Cohen bought a large shipment of tea of T.E. Stockwell, formerly messers Torring and Stockwell of Mincing Lane. “Tesco” name was derived after a shipments were bought, he made new labels by using the first three letters of a supplier's name “TES” and the first two letters of his surname “CO” forming the word as “TESCO”.
“Tesco” had there branches into numerous nation such as: in year 1994 it was first open in Hungary, in year 1995 in Poland, in 1996 in two places Slovakia and Czech republic, in 1997 in Ireland and in 1998 in Thailand, in year 1999 and 2000 it opened its branches in South Korea and Taiwan, later on in year
2001, 2003 and 2004 new stores opened in Malaysia, turkey & Japan, china respectively.
Tesco is known as a biggest food retailer who also offers a variety of services for food and non food products such as insurance, entertainment, electrical good and many more.
In 2005 tesco's announced the annual turnover of £2 billion and in year 2006 tesco's said it was on tract to open