In “The Hostile Media Phenomenon” by Vallone‚ Ross‚ and Lepper there is a section dedicated to the perception of bias. They wrote about a study conducted about Pro-Israelis and Pro-Arabs and whether or not they perceived news segments as biased‚ and sure enough each
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Interco Summary of the Case Even before we go into the specifics of the case‚ we can point out a few important pieces of information from the case: 1) Interco management and Wall Street analysts believed that the apparel group’s performance would continue to weaken Interco’s overall operations and cause the equity markets to undervalue its common stock. Case Page 4. 2) To deter any unwanted third- party acquisition‚ the board voted on July 11‚ 1988‚ to amend Interco’s shareholder rights plan‚ making
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Interco Case Study Interco’s Business Interco was comprised of four major divisions: Apparel‚ General Retail‚ Footwear‚ and Furniture and Home Furnishings. Each operating division had multiple independent companies that designed‚ manufactured‚ and distributed their products. The apparel group included eleven different companies whose products included private-label sportswear‚ casual apparel‚ and a number of other apparel items. The general retail operation had 201 locations in fifteen states.
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HBS Case Study : Interco 9-291-033 • Started out as shoe company – been around a long time • Business has spread to other consumer products / services through acquisitions • Fairly conservative financially‚ debt level is relatively low • Interco has moved away from apparel and general retail (went from 59% to 40% of total sales) • Placed more emphasis on the footwear division. (acquired Converse in 1986)• • Placed much more emphasis on the furniture division (sales rose from 20-33% of Interco’s
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Interco case Introduction Interco is retail a company with essentially four major operating divisions: Apparel Manufacturing‚ General Retail Merchandising‚ Footwear Manufacturing and Retailing. The business climate in 1988 was questioned; cheap imports hurting the profitability of the Apparel group in the US‚ due to less consumer spending the retail group had to deal with decreasing profits. However‚ the furniture and home furnishing group experienced positive circumstances in demographic developments
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Interco Case Study Interco’s financial performance was moderately successful for the 1988 fiscal year. Interco’s current ratio (3.6 to 1) and debt-to-capitalization rate (19.3%) indicate that the company is financially flexible. Furthermore‚ both overall sales and net income increased from the previous year (1987) due largely to the strong performance of Interco’s furniture and footwear divisions. Sales in 1988 increased by 14.7% in the furniture division and 34.2% in the footwear division.
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1. Assess Interco’s financial performance. Why is the company a target of a hostile takeover attempt? Interco’s overall financial health is relatively healthy. It is highly-liquid as the current ratios are consistently over 3.5‚ showing that it has plenty of cash to cover any of its current liabilities. Its accounts receivable days indicate that in 1987 it took longer to collect on outstanding accounts while this figure would drop in 1988. The same trend follows with its inventory days‚ increasing
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Interco Case Analysis Group 6 2010-10-15 SAIF Interco Case Analysis 1) Company Background Interco was founded as International Shoe Company in 1911 as a footwear manufacturing company. By 1966‚ Interco was a major manufacturer and retailer of consumer products and services. Most of Interco’s growth during this period was through the acquisition of related businesses. In 1988 Interco was made up of 4 main business segments: * Apparel Manufacturing * General Retail Merchandising
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Introduction & Financial performance Interco originally began in 1911 as International Shoe Company and changed to Interco in 1966. It expanded into the consumer goods market mainly through acquisitions. In 1988 too‚ the company was a major manufacture of furniture‚ men’s footwear‚ and apparel‚ owning many American iconic brands such as Ethan Allen‚ London Fog‚ Converse and Florsheim. The firm’s financial goals included: 1. Improve long term sales and earnings growth 2. Improve return of shareholders’
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Grade 9‚0 Corporate Finance II Interco Advanced Valuation Comments from teacher: In question 1‚ why do we use these equitation’s‚ explain and show then‚ i.e. ROE can go up with more leverage. More on comparables. In Q1 assumptions explained‚ that are then used in DCF. Max for question 1 and 2‚ two pages. Must power to put in Q3. Deduct tax in table 3. In DCF‚ show more how calculated and assumption missing about other income and corporate expenses. Table 6 to be fixed (already been done)
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