Exchange-Traded Funds: An Introduction The iShares definition of ETF is as follows: “An exchange traded fund (ETF) is an investment vehicle that combines key features of traditional mutual funds and individual stocks. Like index mutual funds‚ ETFs represent diversified portfolios of securities that track specific indexes. Like stocks‚ they can be bought and sold (long or short) on an exchange throughout the trading day. In addition to trading flexibility‚ key ETF benefits include instant diversification
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January 2013 Markets‚ Marketing and Strategy Report MMS Report‚ 1 January 2013 Markets Marketing and Strategy Report Executiv summary : This report provides an analysis and evaluation of Chanel’s marketing strategies and of its place in the Luxury market today. Methods of analysis include three theorical models that help to understand the complexity of Chanel business environment and its main resources. Those three models are: PESTEL‚ SWOT and 5 Porter’s forces. In this
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Louis Vuitton look. BACKGROUND: The Louis Vuitton Company (more commonly known simply as Louis Vuitton) is a luxury French fashion and leather goods brand and company‚ headquartered in Paris‚ France. It is a division of the French holding company‚ LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy S.A. The company is named after its founder Louis Vuitton (August 4‚ 1821-February 27‚ 1892)‚ who designed and manufactured luggage‚ as
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LVMH Discussion Materials November 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 02 03 04 Company Snapshot – LVMH Industry Analysis Internal Analysis Business Strategy Slide 2 LVMH • Merger of Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy • French holding company for luxury goods • Owns more than 60 companies • Revenue 24 billion EUR • Net income 3 billion EUR • Over 3000 stores • More than 100 thousand employees Slide 3 Current Strategy • To represent the most refined qualities Western "Art de Vivre“ around
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PESTEL Analysis on Doing Business in Canada Political Canada has a very strong democratic government since the 19th century when all of the Canadian Provinces were allowed to be self-governed. Though the 20th century the country was ruled by a collaboration of the Liberal and Conservative parties‚ but after WWII it was ruled by either Liberal or Conservative. The stability of the country can be measured by the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators‚ ranking Canada a few marks below 94
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P4 - Examine the ethical concerns of the communities in which Primark operates. M3 - Explain the ethical concerns of the communities in which Primark operates and suggest measures that could be taken to improve corporate responsibility. As Primark is a multi-national company there are many communities around them that will be concerned with the way that Primark operates and if they are being ethical or not because Primark brings jobs to local and regional communities meaning that they are important
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Do you think compensation packages negotiated through collective bargaining agreements are a major cause of our inability to compete in many sectors of the international market? Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain using relevant organizational examples. Start with the compensation package. Compensation-packages Along with salary and wages‚ many employers offer added incentives in what is known as a compensation package. This package is
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LUXURY MARKET OVERVIEW Luxury goods have more than the ordinary and necessary characteristics compared to other products of their category. Their characteristics can be divided into 6 parts Symbolism‚ Price‚ Extraordinariness‚ Rarity‚ Aesthetics and Quality. The global market size for the industry has been at a growth rate of 9% per annum. This trend has been seen in the market since 1995 till 2000. The luxury market took a hit from 2000 to 2004 when incidents like the September 11 and SARS epidemic
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Waterford Wedgwood forward.” The challenge facing its management was how best to reshape a loss-making group that owned a range of branded glassware and chinaware into a profitable concern. Other luxury goods conglomerates such as Richemont‚ PPR/Gucci and LVMH were doing well but could a quite different brand portfolio be made similarly profitable? The Company The company of Waterford was first established in 1783 in the Irish harbour town of Waterford. Its founders were two brothers‚ William and George
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sales‚ but it paled in comparison with its other in-house brand. The trend hit other well-known brands particularly hard. Burberry Group PLC (BBRYF)‚ purveyor of the easily identifiable classic check trenchcoat‚ issued a profit warning in September. LVMH (LVMHF) Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton‚ the world’s largest luxury goods group and owner of the famed LV brand‚ reported its slowest quarterly growth since 2009 this summer. Each company cited China as a reason for its weakness. Analysts are already taking
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