Strengths and Weaknesses of using financial ratio analysis..........................................pg. 5 Reference List ...............................................................................................................pg. 9 Appendix 1 (Financial Ratio Calculations)......................................................... ...........pg. 10 Executive summary Established in 1856‚ Burberry Group Plc ‚ hereinafter referred to as ’Burberry’‚ is a holding company producing
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Project on Financial Performance Analysis Finance is the life-blood of business. It is rightly termed as the science of money. Finance is very essential for the smooth running of the business. Finance controls the policies‚ activities and decision of every business. “Finance is that business activity which is concerned with the organization and conversation of capital funds in meeting financial needs and overall objectives of a business enterprise.”- Wheeler Financial management is that managerial
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Global Marketing Assignment: Burberry need to scan their market segments in order to gain the most competitive advantage. Pestle analysis looks at the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental factors that affect an organisation providing a ‘comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of strategies’ (Johnson‚ Whittington‚ Scholes‚ 2011). However‚ the three main changes that focused on in this essay are Economic‚ Social and Environmental factors
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2012 Financial Analysis Report Prepared for Microsoft Corporation By Yifei Fu October 9‚ 2012 This report provides information about the operating results and performance of the Microsoft Corporation in the fiscal year of 2012. According to their financial statement‚ there are some concerns listed below that people should pay attention to: 1. Across the entire financial statement‚ there are some significant changes in income statement. Compared with the 2011 fiscal year‚ 2012 net
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Burberry’s non-current assets Question 1 (a) Ratio of land‚ buildings and equipment to sales H&M: (420+222+7134) / 78346 = 9.9% Burberry: (58.2+99.2) / 995.4 = 15.8% (b) Ratio of depreciation to sales H&M: (14+1750) / 78346 = 2.25% Burberry: (1.9+27)/ 995.4 = 2.9% The above ratios can be used to measure the efficiency of a firm’s investment policy. Burberry has a higher land‚ buildings and equipment to sales ratio as well as a higher depreciation to sales ratio. The higher the ratio of
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Why or why not? Burberry has positioned its brand in the minds of consumers to be “functional luxury.” Burberry maintains a product line with great width and depth consisting of many products. Their products fall into one of two main categories: fashion or continuity. Fashion products are designed to be responsive to fashion trends and are introduced on a collection-by-collection basis. Continuity products have life cycles that are expected to last for a number of years. Burberry also has three primary
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On Burberry… The brand‚ the business & luxury branding #1: Brand Identity PART 1: BURBERRY’S BACKGROUND Brand Heritage Thomas Burberry was an 21 year old apprentice to the country drape when he decided to open his own store. Burberry was thus founded in 1856‚ in Basingstoke‚ Hampshire‚ England. Business thrived and by 1870 Burberry became known for it’s outdoorwear. In 1879‚ Thomas Burberry invented gabardine – a breathable fabric made using an innovative process whereby the yarn was waterproofed
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BURBERRY Introduction Rose Marie Bravo‚ CEO for Burberry from 1997 until now (2003). Changed company from “heavily reliant on licensing and distribution ”(1997) to “leading luxury brand”(2003) Revenue increase: £225 million in 2000 almost £600 million in 2003. She has been able to successfully steer the company through an initial public offering of 22.5% in 2002. History: Founded in 1856 by 21 year old Thomas Burberry‚ who opened a draper’s shop and soon invented gabardine‚ a waterproof and
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Progress Report (09 September 2008) Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 ABOUT MARUTI SUZUKI 3 SWOT ANALYSIS 4 FUTURE OUTLOOK 4 AUDITOR’S VIEW 5 DIRECTOR’S REPORT’S INTERPRETATION 5 REVENUE RECOGNITION POLICY 6 INVENTORY VALUATION POLICY 7 DEPRECIATION POLICY 8 ACCOUNTING POLICY FOR VALUATION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS 9 CLAUSE 49 AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION AT MARUTI 10 BALANCE SHEET 13 INCOME STATEMENT 13 RATIO ANALYSIS 14 CASH FLOW STATEMENT ANALYSIS 24 INTER COMPANY ANALYSIS 25
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the last four years‚ and assuming recent trends continue‚ the company will have spent more than $1 billion on research and development alone‚ trying to make better products for its customers and higher profits for shareholders. As its 2011 annual report put it: "At Colgate‚ developing innovative new products is a key driver of profitable growth. With the huge number of workforce‚ about 25% of its workers have been with the company for over 20 years. Some of the common themes they cite are great benefits
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