2011 Annual Report TARGET 2011 ANNUAL REPORT Financial Highlights Total Revenues $69.87B $67‚390 $69‚865 $64‚948 $65‚357 $63‚367 EBIT $5.32B $5‚272 $4‚402 ( Earnings before Interest Expense and Income Taxes ) Net Earnings $2.93B $2‚849 $2‚920 $2‚929 $2‚214 $2‚488 Diluted EPS $4.28 $3.33 $3.30 $4.00 ’10 $5‚252 $5‚322 $4‚673 IN MILLIONS IN MILLIONS ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 IN MILLIONS
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The IKEA vision is "To create a better everyday life for the many people." Our business idea is "To offer a wide range of well designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them." the IKEA concept is based on the market positioning statement. "We do our part" focuses on our commitment to product design‚ consumer value and clever solutions. By using inexpensive materials in a novel way and minimising production‚ distribution
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CONTENTS IKEA HISTORY……………………………………………………………………2 TIME TABLE……………………………………………………………………..2-4 COMPANY INFORMATION………………………………………………………4 SUSTAINABLE GROWTH…………………………………………………………5 Product of IKEA………………………………………………………7-9 Key figures……………………………………………………………...10 REFERENCE……………………………………………………………………….10 IKEA HISTORY -------------How it all began! The following history shows how over six decades IKEA went from the woods of southern Sweden to being a major retail
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detail below with reference made to the global business IKEA. 1 Outline the reasons for global expansion: 1.1 Increase sales and find new markets. In a simple economy there are only so many customers to whom a business can sell its products to. With more than 6 billion potential customers around the world compared to the millions IKEA could sell to in Sweden‚ expansion was crucial to continue their growth. With over 200 stores worldwide IKEA has truly become a global business. 1.2 Acquire
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There have some challenges which affect Target in Singapore Demographics: Singapore has small population and the aging problem become serious. Target’s scope of consumers concentrated on young and middle-aged people while Target’s consumers overall income level is slightly higher than Wal-mart’s level of consumer groups. So relative to the U.S.‚ the number of consumer groups is lower than the United States‚ Target is not conducive to open up new markets in Singapore. Physical infrastructure:
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IKEA in Egypt I. Country Specific Research 1. General Business Egypt‚ Arab Rep. is ranked 18 overall for Starting a Business (cia.gov)‚ 2. Institutions Egypt is facing a transformational economic reform due to its last political revolutions that took place last March. It is facing a large labor movement‚ From revolution to institutions(3)‚ Centre of Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS) formed as independent entities serving the labour movement: The organization provides legal
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Swedish Furniture Giant IKEA Case Study The points of the Porter’s Diamond are described as four broad attributes. And these attributes promote or impede the creation of competitive advantage. These attributes are: •Factor conditions --a nation’s position in factors of production such as skilled labor or the infrastructure necessary to compete in a given industry. •Demand conditions --the nature of home demand for the industry’s product or service. •Relating and supporting industries
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Effective communication at Ikea Communication is the key to a successful business because everything is carried out properly and operates smoothly‚ thus being well organised too. In a business‚ communication not only takes place between the business and their buying customers‚ but also with their suppliers‚ within themselves and all of the stakeholders involved in the business. This includes all of the internal and external customers. Effective communication takes place if the chosen method
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a popular dish for IKEA‚ which sells them hot from the in-store cafeterias and packaged off the shelf. . IKEA was told of the horsemeat discovery by authorities in the Czech Republic and refilled its UK shelves with new stock‚ although the country’s state veterinary administration only announced that it had found evidence of horse during DNA tests on 1kg packs labelled as beef and pork meatballs from IKEA in Brno. The consignment had not been distributed to consumers. But IKEA Malaysia’s range of
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Article: The story of IKEA Kippenberger‚ T Article information: To cite this document: Kippenberger‚ T‚ (1997)‚"The story of IKEA"‚ The Antidote‚ Vol. 2 Iss: 5 pp. 33 - 34 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006435 Downloaded on: 17-02-2013 To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 4331 times since 2005. * Users who downloaded this Article also downloaded: * Kippenberger‚ T‚ (1997)‚"The story of IKEA"‚ The Antidote‚ Vol
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