H M Project

H&M has decided to enter Latvian clothes market. Which strategies and action parameters should company use in connection with the entry into the
Latvian market?

Anna Atgāze

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International Marketing and Sales
4th semester 2012
4mfe0212

Final Thesis
H&M has decided to enter Latvian clothes market. Which strategies and action parameters should company use in connection with the entry into the Latvian market? Author: Anna Atgāze
Supervisor: Morten Friis Frederiksen

Delivery date: 1.06.2012

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About H&M

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