The GAP‚ Inc. The Fiscal year Ended January 28‚ 2012 A. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Financial Statements Included in the Annual Report 2.1. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow 2. Major Competitors of the GAP‚ Inc. American Eagle Outfitters‚ Inc.‚ J. Crew Group‚ Inc.‚ and the TJX Companies‚ Inc. can be shown as the major competitors for the GAP‚ Inc. Based on the data given in annual reports of the companies‚ gross margin % for GAP‚ Inc. is 36%‚ while American Eagle Outfitters
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Strengths Large network of physical stores Gap‚ the company‚ has a large network of physical locations. At the beginning of February 2008‚ the company had 3‚167 stores‚ including 1‚249 in the US and 1‚918 in international locations such as Canada‚ the UK‚ France and Japan. Gap has also entered franchise agreements to operate Gap stores or Gap and Banana Republic stores in Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Kuwait‚ Qatar‚ Bahrain‚ Oman‚ Indonesia‚ and Korea. Comparatively‚ Gap’s competitor
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Social Responsibility Case Study: GAP Inc. Business ethics can be described as the ethical dilemmas that arise within a business setting. GAP Inc.‚ similar to most other multinational corporations (MNCs)‚ has faced numerous ethical issues in the past. Since 1995‚ GAP’s image has been continuously tarnished through allegations of exploitive working conditions‚ cheap labour‚ and hostile environments overseas. One ethical issue surrounding GAP Inc. emerged from the “Made in U.S.A.” labels
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Title : INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT AFFECTS SMART COMMUNICATIONS INC. Contents CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND ...................................................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1 Background of the Study..........................................................................................
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The unique requirements of the additional 3P’s—people‚ physical evidence‚ and process are driven by the particular characteristics of service—intangibility‚ inseparability‚ variability‚ and perish ability. These characteristics also pose more marketing complexities which require different management activities. All services are experiences—some are long in duration and some are short; some are complex and others are simple; some are mundane‚ whereas others are exciting and unique. (Wilson‚ Zeithaml
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The central purpose of writing this Case Study Analyses on The Gap‚ Inc. is to identify and isolate key issues and their underlying implications and offer practical solutions and plans for implementing those solutions. This will be done by highlighting the social influences that influence the Gap‚ Inc. marketing strategy‚ segmentation strategies with respect to distinct retail markets‚ and positioning strategies that can be used or changed in a retail setting‚ as requested in the course assignment
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The marketing communication or the promotion mix Introduction Marketing communications according to Kottler P‚ (2000) is a subset of the overall subject area known as marketing. Marketing has a marketing mix that is made of price‚ place‚ promotion‚ product (known as the four P’s)‚ that includes people‚ processes and physical evidence‚ when marketing services (known as the seven P’s). Kottler P‚ (2000) further asserted that marketing communications has a mix. Elements of the mix are blended in different
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a competitive market‚ a business’s main purpose is to create value for customers‚ because it is basically the consumer who essentially determines what a business is‚ even the future success of a business (Karl‚ 2009). For service marketing‚ which is the form of marketing focuses on processes deeds and performances‚ service quality is only way for customers to evaluate their experiences (Susamoo‚ 2012). Hence‚ the service quality is one of the most important factors that any service organisation should
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Quasar Communications Inc. There are four divisions in this group and every division has different issues. The essential reason is the absence of coordination. The R&D project management has two main issues. The first one is lacking of communications between different divisions. It must work with each division and make the integration and no divisions are independent. The root cause of the problem is that processing program about the project is not systematic. The vice president should project
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Integrated communications Chapter outline Chapter objectives This chapter will help you to: ■ Situate marketing communications in the marketing mix ■ Get an overview of the instruments of the marketing communications mix and the special business-to-business and international marketing communication context ■ Understand what integrated marketing and corporate communications mean‚ and their organisational implications ■ Learn to know the factors leading to integrated communications ■ Get an
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