in the retail industry I) Retail sales: overview For the period January-April overall retail sales have increased by 0‚7% in 2014 (from HK$172‚3m to HK$173‚ 5m): The small increase in retail sales in mainly due to the 14‚3% growth rate that occurred in January 2014. For three consecutive months retails sales have experienced negative growth with a peak of -9.8% in April 2014 as shown in the graph below. Retail Sales January-April
Premium Retailing Inflation Business
Management Consulting Report The New Zealand Book Retail Industry Analysis | | | | | | | | | |Date: | 27 August 2009 | Executive Summary The aim of this report is to analyse and outline the business perspectives for opening a new independent
Premium Retailing Book Shopping mall
PICS01C Student Number: 7305-272-8 Due Date: 15 March 2011 [pic] a) Five-forces diagram for analysis of the retail car industry in the greater Johannesburg area 1. Competitive Rivalry Competitive rivalry exists between companies with the same or similar products/services and similar markets. Factors to be considered include: • The number and size of competitors • The rate of industry growth • Differentiation and switching costs • Fixed costs or perishable products • Expansion
Premium Lexus Competitor analysis Marketing
P (political) E (economical) S (social) T (technological) ANALYSIS -is used to identify the external forces affecting an organization. * Political Factors * The basic understanding is when the government implement’s laws and or regulations which affect the way a business operate. * Is used to identify the external forces affecting an organization. It can create advantages and opportunities for organizations. Conversely they can place obligations and duties on organizations
Premium Inflation Wage Employment
Introduction in the retail industry it is often taken for granted that goods and services are available for purchase‚ when demand for them has been initiated. The cornucopia that good in a retail store or supermarket are available seldom means that consumers have forgotten how products have been initially supplied. With the emerging e-commerce consumers have come to demand complete availability and home delivery at time suiting their lifestyles‚ consumer tastes and preferences have also altered
Premium Logistics Supply chain management Supply chain
Tesco plc is a British-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. It is one of the largest food retailers in the world; it operates in 14 markets across Europe‚ Asia and North America. According to Tesco’s annual financial report of 2011 the UK is the company’s leading market with 60% of group sales and profits coming from the UK business. Despite Tesco having international growth‚ this means the company is highly dependent on the UK market and this is starting to lead to
Premium Online shopping Unemployment Tesco
Along with the world debut of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan (earlier post) at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show‚ BMW is also presenting the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid—its first combination of a BMW straight-six with electric drive. Integration of BMW ActiveHybrid technology in the new 5 Series model reduces both fuel consumption and emissions by more than 10%. The drive system featured in the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid consists of a straight-six gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo technology
Premium BMW Strategic management Internal combustion engine
PESTAL Analysis of Serena Hotel Political Pakistan has experienced many political upheavals during the last year of a century and the one thing‚ which the country was lacking‚ is political stability. This had a direct effect upon the policies of the businesses especially hotels management. Although tourism growth was affected all over the world after the 9/11 incident‚ and it had a far reaching negative impact on Pakistan’s economy in general and Gilgit Baltistan in particular‚ as its economy
Premium Tourism Heritage tourism Cultural heritage
been built upon the more deeply established commercial vehicle product line. PEST ANALYSIS A PEST analysis is one of them that is merely a framework that categorizes environmental influences as political‚ economic‚ social and technological forces. Sometimes two additional factors‚ environmental and legal‚ will be added to make a PESTEL analysis‚ but these themes can easily be subsumed in the others. The analysis examines the impact of each of these factors on the business. The results can then
Premium Tata Motors Automotive industry Ford Motor Company
HRM Human resource management is a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets – the people working there‚ who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its objectives. Boxall et al(2007) describe HRM as ‘the management of work and people towards desired ends’. John Storey (1989) believes that HRM can be regarded as a ‘set of interrelated policies with an ideological and philosophical underpinning’. He suggests four aspects that
Premium Human resource management