H&M’s value chain: The value chain‚ made by Michael Porter‚ is really important to see how a company structure is created. The value chain is constituted by two parts: support activities (firm infrastructure‚ human resource management‚ technology development‚ procurement) and primary activities (inbound logistic‚ operations‚ outbound logistic‚ marketing and sales‚ service). (Johnson et al. 2011‚ p.97-99) Support activities: * Firm infrastructure: H&M is present in 44 markets in the
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1-2 1.0 Company Background 1.1 H&M History 1.2 Products‚ Strategy‚ Vision and Mission Statement 2-3 2.0 Strategy Planning 2.1 Establishment & Effectiveness of Vision‚ Mission and Goals 2.2 External Analysis 2.2.1 Opportunities 2.2.2 Threats 2.3 Internal Analysis 2.3.1 Strengths 2.3.2 Weaknesses 2.4 SWOT Analysis 2.5 Benchmarking 2.6 Hierarchy of strategy 2.7 BCG Matrix 4-9 3.0 Conclusion 3.1 Advice 3.2 Future Plan Reference History of H&M H&M were established in Vasteras
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Personal development and methodology The motivation within H&M 08-10-2012 Picture 1 (www.facebook.com) Tabel of content Tabel of content 2 1.1 Introduction 3 2.1 Problem statement 3 2.2Delimitation/interpretation: 3 3.1 Methodology section 4 3.2 Reviewing theories and models: 5 4.1 Analysis 6 4.2 Motivation to reach the financial goals within H&M 6 4.3 Motivation within the CSR and the environment 8 4.4 Structure 10 5.1 Discussion 12 6.1 Conclusion 13 Appendix
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economy: TAX: Since 99% of H&M´s garments are produced outside of Sweden‚ and they claim that “H&M sees tax as an important part of its social responsibility”‚ it´s hard to understand why the company does not redistribute any profit to the producing countries. H&M avoid paying income tax in sourcing markets by coordinating all their procurement orders through representative (procurement) offices in the producing countries. According to Erik Knijnenburg‚ the Global Tax Manager of H&M‚ there is no commercial
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Enclosure 1 10 Introduction In 2009 H&M and Zara were accused of using child labour (www.ilo.org). Even though H&M is a huge company the scandal damaged the reputation of H&M and without the right recovering strategy the damages might have been fatal. Since the scandal H&M has worked towards a better image by implementing CSR and taking a clear stand towards social responsibility. We have chosen to make a marketing audit on the company H&M‚ their use of CSR‚ and the consequences
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H&M is one of the largest suppliers of fashion clothes on the Danish market‚ along with Bestseller and IC Company. The Danish fashion market is a Monopolistic Competition market‚ and according to the theory‚ there is free entry barriers (new firms are free to set up a new business‚ if they wanted to). This is not the case in real life though‚ since the initial capital can be an issue for some people‚ the manager simply doesn’t have enough money to set up their company‚ which can be a barrier. H&M
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FASHION MARKETING & COMMUNICATION General Overview General Overview H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish global retail-clothing company‚ known for its fast-fashion. 2‚500 stores are spread across 44 markets. Germany is H&M’s largest market‚ followed by the US‚ France and the UK. H&M has more than 20 country offices that are responsible for the various departments in each sales country. local H&M production offices managing contacts with approximately 700 independent
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SWOT Analysis: H&M Megan Davis-Dhuyvetter Marketing Tues. 12:30 Strengths: The nearest H&M store is in Tacoma‚ Washington. That makes the commute from Olympia about 30 minutes. Many people make the trip to Tacoma purely for the shopping experience. The population in Olympia grew 12.2% from 2000 to 2012 and was projected to continue growing. The surrounding zip codes of the Olympia shopping mall have: $50k to $75k as the most common yearly income Ages 21 to 34 the largest age
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Apart from Spain’s Zara‚ the Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) differentiates itself from most apparel chains for its idiom “treat fashion as if it were perishable produce.” In Europe‚ H&M is considered to be an industry leader because it offers the “on-trend” look at an extremely lower price. In 2000‚ it decided to begin to establish a predatory marketing strategy of expansion within the US. The strengths of H&M are that it is a well-known company worldwide; it responds quickly to trends
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Presentation on CORPORATION : H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) Introduction. Products of H & M. Analysis of Current Position. Porter’s 5 Forces Industrial Analysis. SWOT Analysis. Advantages. Disadvantages. Summery & Conclusion. Fashion and quality at the best price Introduce H&M A Swedish retail-clothing company Established in 1947 by Erling Persson in Västerås‚ Sweden Firstly known as Hennes which only sold women’s cloth In 1968‚ it added men’s cloth and known as H&M (Hennes & Mauritz).
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