S.W.O.T for our competition- American Apparel Strengths: Their profitable idea is the plain T-shirt which never goes out of style and is something everyone has or wants. This makes their store have a wide range for many different demographics making it appeal to a huge amount of customers. They also have a very creative mission statement and are a very loyal brand. Weaknesses: They have a very young CEO who has already been accused of sexual-harassment within the company numerous amount of
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR CORPORATE RETAIL INDUSTRY IN INDIA-A CASE STUDY OF RETAIL SCENARIO IN HYDERABAD AND SECUNDERABAD SYNOPSIS I INTRODUCTION: (1) Retail Industry in India The Indian retail industry is the largest among all the industries‚ accounting for over 10 per cent of the country’s GDP and around 8 per cent of the employment. The retail industry in India has come forth as one of the most dynamic and fast paced industries with several players entering the market. But all
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Financial Institutions Center Innovation in Retail Banking by Frances X. Frei Patrick T. Harker Larry W. Hunter 97-48-B THE WHARTON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CENTER The Wharton Financial Institutions Center provides a multi-disciplinary research approach to the problems and opportunities facing the financial services industry in its search for competitive excellence. The Center ’s research focuses on the issues related to managing risk at the firm level as well as ways to improve productivity
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The genre of the ‘texts’ being analysed are ‘American Apparel’ print advertisements. The actual audiences of these advertisements are teenagers and young adults. Their target/implied audience‚ however‚ are adults that are older than 18 years of age. They tend to steer away from people under the age of 18‚ as the clothes are quite expensive and people within the ages of 18-25 normally have ‘entry-level jobs.’ However‚ the models’ ages range from 18-35‚ there are a few anomalies where they used a 62-year-old
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Executive Brief “C&F Apparel‚ Inc.” C&F Apparel faced constant challenges of developing good forecasts and maintaining product availability. The main question for Bill Smith‚ director of business planning for C&F Apparel‚ was whether or not adopting similar approaches such as “fast fashion” apparel makers Zara could work for his company. Either way‚ the assumptions in this case is that although it keeps cost low‚ is outsourcing most of its products from material and assembly plants
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Introduction The report revolves around the Retail Industry. As it is a very generic industry we have taken the Coffee Retail Market as the highlight of scrutiny. Our scope of study is focused taking in consideration only India as the geographic segment.We broadly look at the Porter’s Five Forces of the industry specifically. Also the complementors are observed and how they affect the retail business of coffee houses. The major players identified in the industry are Starbucks‚ Cafe Coffee Day‚ Barista
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Japan is a large market for bookselling industry. According to the case‚ Japanese retail bookselling industry has an annual sale of nearly 8 billion dollars. Even though there seem to be a big opportunity for the retail bookselling company to entry Japan‚ there are things that need to be considered‚ especially a law of Resale Price Maintenance System or Saihan System. Since 1953 Japanese publications must be sold at fix price due to the Saihan system. It has a huge impact on the publication business
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Ancient History Comes Alive With Greek Apparel By Sachin Kumar Gupta Jul 22‚ 2012 Plans for college frequently involve pledging to a sorority or fraternity. Greek apparel is an ideal way to celebrate acceptance‚ as it emphasizes allegiance while providing the letters on useful items like hoodies and tote bags. Regardless of where the educational institution of choice is located‚ there is a garment or accessory appropriate for almost any day or event in the life of a college student‚ from freshman
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National Institute Of Retail Management MARKS: 80 . COURSE: MBA SUB: Retail Management. N.B.: 1) Attempt any Four Questions 2 All questions carries equal marks. CASE 1: BOBCAT Bobcat India Limited revolutionized footwear selling in India. The company hit upon the idea of reaching customers through exclusive retail stores way back in 1932 and set up its own outlets‚ which numbered around 1‚200. it was no mean task setting up such a large network of retail outlets‚ especially
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Passion and Innovation for the Apparel Industry. That’s American Apparel. CONSUMER PROFILE Maddison Kain 25/03/2013 CONSUMER PROFILE Maddison Kain 25/03/2013 AMERICAN APPAREL CONSUMER PROFILE DEMOGRAPHIC American Apparel is a relatively “young” fashion line that caters for the 20-30 age bracket‚ with a largely female skew‚ however they have a diverse range that caters for the growing male market—who are becoming more and more “fashion conscious” in an age where merchandise rules who’s
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