Programme Bsc. Professional Accounting Module name Commercial Awareness Schedule Term September 2013 Student Reference Number (SRN) 1037800 Report/Assignment Title Business Plan Date of Submission 08/01/2014 Declaration of Original Work: I hereby declare that I have read and understood BPP’s on plagiarism and that this is my original work‚ researched‚ undertaken‚ completed and submitted in accordance with the requirements of BPP Business School. The word count‚ excluding contents table‚ bibliography
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Subject: Identify‚ analyze and discuss Strategic issues for Costa according to the Resource based view (RBV) and its core competences. Because the past decades have witnessed the rise of ultra-competitive markets‚ companies have strived to find efficient ways to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Consequently‚ a growing interest was granted as to how firm resources should be managed in order to achieve temporary competitive advantage and even sustained competitive advantage.
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STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY Company Background Since opening its first store in Pike Place Market‚ Seattle‚ Washington (USA) in 1971‚ Starbucks has established itself as the world’s leading retailer‚ roaster and brand of speciality coffee with over 13‚000 outlets in 39 countries (Starbucks Corporation 2007a‚ b)1. The company‚ which ranks amongst the world’s top 100 global brands (Interbrand 2006)2‚ has an impressive record of sales and profit growth (See Table 1). In FY2006 Starbucks achieved
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Costa Coffee Costa Coffee was formed by the Costa Brothers‚ Sergio and Bruno in 1971 in London as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and coffee shops. In 1978‚ the Costa Brothers opened the first store in London and growth expanded rapidly. BACK GROUND: The role of coffee in Latin America ( http://dev.ico.org/event_pdfs/paiva.pdf) PESTLE Political Economic Social Costa Coffee has announced a ban on smoking in its 370 UK outlets. The aim was to protect customers
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It divides the market into six principle categories by type of food: sandwiches‚ burgers‚ pizza‚ fish and chips‚ chicken‚ and other fast food or takeaway. The segment for sandwiches is the largest subsector and accounted for 31.3% of the market in 2011‚ followed by the burgers sector (23%). In 2011‚ the share of the fish and chips sector stood at 10.5%‚ while the share of the pizza stood at 11.6%. Although the smallest sector overall‚ chicken has undergone the fastest growth since 2007‚ increasing
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London Population 7.5 million Currency British pounds‚ £1 = 100 pence Opening hours Monday-Saturday 9.00-17.30. Many department stores stay July 27th 2012 marked the beginning of the 30th Summer Olympic Game. All the world’s spotlight
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Costa Coffee Targeting Costa Coffee: • While evaluating their consumer market the conclusion was that the ideal consumer’s economic profile will be – Upper Middle Class – Privileged Class • While the age demographics will be: – Students and Youngsters – Professionals – Families – Mature Consumers • Gender and Ethnic/Religious Background was researched to have minimal or no effect on the choices concerning coffee made by consumers and their patronage of coffee houses. “THE
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goal of the paper Illy Caffe is one of the ten best companies in the coffee industry in Europe. It was founded in1933 by Francesco Illy‚ and in 1994 was given over to Andrea Illy. Since its formation‚ Illy Caffe’s main goal was to deliver the best quality coffee to its customers. Th e company wascareful when choosing its suppliers and always made sure it receives the best quality coffeebeans. However‚ after the last CEO has joined the company in 1994‚ Illy Caffe decided to changeits strategy
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Executive Summary Following a victorious decade‚ Starbuck UK has suffered a disposition in the customer’s perception. In order to restore its strategic success‚ Starbucks UK had to utilize its developed brand and robust financial resources to reap out the best benefits of reducing pub market segments and new lucrative customer markets. There was a need to conduct customer‚ market‚ trend and competitor analysis which could reveal the tactics. Also‚ there was a need to shift the customer back to
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