Contents 1 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………….2 2 How M&S does business: “Plan A”……………………………………………………………...2 3 M&S performance………………...………………………………………………………………3 3.1 Group operating profits………………………………………………………………………3 3.2 Food market performance……………………………………………………………………4 4 Three C’s…………………………………………………………………………………………..5 4.1 Customers……………………………………………………………………………………...6 4.2 Competitors……………………………………………………………………………………7 4.2.1 Competitors Analysis Framework……………………………………………………….8
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in the market. With regard to Marks & Spencer‚ we can categorise them as follows: External Internal -Fast changing market and tough trading conditions -Poor management - failure to recognize and react to changing market trends -Consumers’ change of taste -Decentralised marketing function: inconsistent brand image -War in Iraq - slower economy -The versus the Euro - imports/exports -Increased competition locally and from foreign companies Marks & Spencer - SWOT Analysis. What follows is
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Introduction Per Una believe they “deliver high quality style for the modern woman.” This objective drives the company resulting in a turnover of more than £423.5 million in 2006/2007. Per Una was detrimental to the revival of Marks and Spencer and it accounted for one quarter of their total women’s wear sales last year. Born from George Davis in 2001‚ the label tries to replicate the Italian catwalk trends through “safe fashion” that is “trendy and stylish.” With this in mind is Per Una achieving
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MEASURE: Gearing Ratio: Marks and Spencer: Gearing ratio of Marks and Spencer was stable for three years from 1999 to 2001. Fall in 2001 has forced it to revert to old policy whereby it proposed group structuring and capital restructuring strategy which required funds. "To funds these cost‚ it entered into structured Sale and lease back agreement‚ sold its 78 freehold and leasehold stores across UK for cash consideration of £348 million to Top land Group". (www.marksandspencer.com‚ 03/03/2004)
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ⅠCompany Introduction & Background Marks and Spencer is one of the UK ’s leading retailers. It has four operating divisions‚ UK retail‚ international retail‚ financial services and ventures. UK retail is further divided into women ’s wear‚ menswear‚ lingerie; children ’s wear‚ home‚ beauty and food. It is the largest clothing retailer in the UK by turnover. Sir Richard Green Bury was the chairman and chief-executive of the British retailing giant Marks and Spencer from 1988 to 1999. During his
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interested to see if this affected the company that I work for‚ Marks and Spencer. So as we know Marks and Spencer is one the most well known retailers in the uk with over 450 stores and in turn employees over 65000 people. But over the last few years it has faced more compaction in the retail sector‚ so with that a new strategy had to be developed to meet their customers need and expectations and to keep them ahead‚ so Marks and Spencer developed the promotional campaign based on it new slogan
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MARKS AND SPENCER (a) MARKS AND SPENCER’s SUCCESS This question is answered in relation to the success achieved before the downturn in performance in the late 1990’s. • The strategic intent was to have a simple pricing policy and the use of the ST MICHAEL LOGO as a sign of quality. • Had structured formula for all its stores whereby a set of principles were held as core to the organisation • The value chain was well managed suppliers been local and control could be exercised over suppliers
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Report - Marks and Spencer’s History In 1884 Michael Marks‚ a Russian born Polish refugee opened a stall at Leeds Kirkgate market. Since then‚ Marks and Spencer was born‚ opening over 300 stores worldwide and also being the UK’s largest clothing retailer. In 1999‚ online shopping was introduced to their website for customers to enjoy in the comfort of their own home. The internet had just started to become known and more and more people were staring to use it‚ so Marks and Spencer took this
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With close to 400 shops‚ 11 million customers a week and 66‚000 workers‚ Marks and Spencer is a respected organization and one of the High Street’s most recognized brands. Nevertheless the days when M&S was uncontested have long gone as clothing sales have come under stress from other high street brands like Topman and River Island and food revenue has been hit by Tesco. Over the last 15 years‚ Marks and Spencer have experienced a succession of changes in management and organizational culture following
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presents two companies‚ Marks & Spencer and Zara‚ which are active in the apparel industry‚ and examines supply chains and the product-process linkages of both companies. Marks & Spencer‚ originally named Penny Bazaars‚ was founded by Michael Marks in 1884 in Northern England as a clothing sales company. Ten years after its startup‚ Thomas Spencer joined Michael Marks and became co-owner of the company. From 1894‚ the company has continued to work under the name of “Marks & Spencer (M&S).” Influenced
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