assignment we have been set the task of carrying out a retail evaluation project of Next plc. This has to be done from the point of view from a consultant or analyst. The assignment has been split up into two tasks‚ firstly to analyse and evaluate Next plc‚ then secondly suggest any ways in which their marketing performance can be improved for future success. My first step is to get an overview of Next plc as a company‚ how it started‚ the market sector it operates in and its past and present
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This is the PLC of Titan Most of us are aware of the phrase ‘Product Life Cycle (PLC)’. For the uninitiated‚ I shall give a very brief description before I begin with the main topic. According to the PLC concept‚ a product’s life is divided into 4 major stages: introduction‚ growth‚ maturity and decline. In the growth stage‚ since the category is relatively new‚ promotion is focused on communicating functional benefits‚ generally to a small consumer segment. In the growth stage‚ when a decent
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Next plc designs‚ manufactures‚ and distributes clothing and home furnishing and accessory items to nearly 330 Next retail stores and through the company ’s Next Directory mail order sales catalog. Almost all of Next company-owned stores are located in England and Ireland. After ending a brief international expansion--in 1999 the company closed its seven company-owned foreign stores‚ including its five U.S. retail stores--Next has shifted its international strategy to brand expansion focused on franchising
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eurojournals.com Dividend Policy: A Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence Husam-Aldin Nizar Al-Malkawi Corresponding Author‚ Faculty of Business‚ ALHOSN University P.O. Box 38772 - Abu Dhabi‚ UAE E-mail: h.almalkawi@alhosnu.ae Michael Rafferty Senior Research Analyst‚ WRC‚ University of Sydney‚ Australia E-mail: m.rafferty@econ.usyd.edu.au Rekha Pillai Faculty of Business‚ ALHOSN University‚ Abu Dhabi‚ UAE E-mail: r.pillai@alhosnu.ae Abstract The literature on dividend policy has produced
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Dividend irrelevance theoryRelevance or irrelevance of retention for dividend policy irrelevance Carlo Alberto Magni Department of Economics‚ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia viale Berengario 51‚ 41100 Modena‚ Italy Email: magni@unimo.it Abstract. In an interesting recent paper‚ DeAngelo and DeAngelo (2006) highlight that Miller and Modigliani’s (1961) proof of dividend irrelevance is based on the assumption that the amount of dividends distributed to shareholders is equal or greater than
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205 Page 1 of 6 SECTION 205 DIVIDEND TO BE PAID ONLY OUT OF PROFITS Dividend declared at extraordinary general meeting of company - Whether permissible The query has been raised whether a company is prohibited from declaring a further dividend at a general meeting of a company other than the annual general meeting after a dividend had already been declared at an annual general meeting. Such a situation could arise‚ for example‚ when after declaring a dividend at an annual general meeting‚ the
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Exel plc-Supply Chain Management at Haus Mart Industry Background -Third-party logistics providers traditionally offered one of two services-freight management or contract logistics-with a handful offering both. Exel plc -Exel plc was created in 2000 through the merger of MSAS‚ a freight management company with Exel Logistics‚ a contract logistics company. -This merger enabled it to create end-to-end solutions to appeal to customers. -Services supported by an extensive land transportation network
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The PLC does not have one part that staff should concentrate on. The goal of the PLC formation is that it should be always changing. The eighth element is that educators should know that this is a non-linear process. Once staff has fully embraced the PLC‚ the goals and vision of the school becomes real and staff can focus and attain the set goal (Reynolds‚ 2008). The ninth element is based on what the school and staff does‚ not what it’s called. A successful PLC should build a culture in which
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Burkinshaw Plc. 1) The Chinese department store’s order would require significant communication with the UK based research and development centre which would take time to develop new ideas for products and cost money as well. The factory is also running at high levels of capacity with capacity utilisation of 95% which is 30% more than the UK factory. Since the factory is running at a higher capacity utilisation level it means that the number of defective products has raised as well as the care for
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Case study on sports connection plc 1. Introduction There are five different Sports Connection clubs in the Liverpool. In order to attract more customers‚ these clubs provide variable offers and frequently change their strategy to the customers at every month. For these reasons‚ as the chain of the health club operating‚ the sport connection plc recently evaluates the effects of various elements of their marketing strategy and gives four questions to answer. According to the Sports connection
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