press release Issued: 22nd May 2012 MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC FULL YEAR RESULTS 2011/12 - 52 WEEKS ENDED 31 MARCH 2012 Marks & Spencer performed well in a challenging economic environment and made good progress in delivering our strategy Final results: • • • • • • • • • Group sales up 2.0% at £9.9bn Total UK sales +1.5%: Food +3.9%; General Merchandise -0.9% (Clothing +0.2%‚ Home -10.0%) Like-for-like UK sales +0.3%: Food +2.1%; General Merchandise -1.8% International sales +5.8% Multi-channel
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MARKS & SPENCER (Individual Analysis) Words Count:2064(excluding tables) [pic] Introduction: Marks and Spencer plc is a UK-based company. The business is known best as a retailer. There are over 622 Marks & Spencer stores throughout the UK that sell clothing‚ food and household goods. The core of its retailing business is clothing‚ particularly women’s. What market segments do the three different product ranges serve? Assume that the Perfect and Classic ranges serve essentially the same segment
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Business Environment pest analysis on M&S Introduction In this report I will be doing a PESTEL analysis on the market place for Marks and Spencer’s (M&S). I have chosen to do a PESTEL analysis on the market place of M&S because I believe that this would be the best way to make recommendations to M&S on how they can improve their company and what they can do to make sure that they are keeping up with the times. PESTEL Analysis on M&S Political Environment The environment issues are
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. POSITIONING Suppose we are asked‚ ‘who makes the best instant coffee?’ Next ‚ we are asked‚ “who makes the next best?’ there can be a number of brands which are next best‚ but only one brand that is the best. In a number of product categories like TVs‚ cars‚ personal computers‚ paints‚ razorblades‚ soaps and so on‚ we have our favourite brands or marketer. The top slot achieved by the brand in our mind is called its Positioning. It entered our mind on account of communication through advertising
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conditions of employment as possible. Thus‚ the company provides several benefits that cover many stages of people’s lives: maternity/adoption leave Pension Taking time out to study Help to start a career “Some of the ways in which Marks & Spencer can support you in making the best decisions are as follows. Flexible working: Including a range of options: part time working‚ job sharing‚ term time working. Career leave: Once you have completed two years’ continuous service‚ you
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------------------- Brand Positioning Case Study* | The choice of a university as a place to study is as much to do with emotion as it is to do with logic. Therefore the brand positioning of the University is a key driver in the choice. However‚ not many universities have actively managed their brands. Their brands have just grown rather than been shaped or managed.B2B International was commissioned by one of the UK’s largest universities to show how it could develop its brand to gain a sustainable
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the need-to-know marketing ideas and insights that help build brands and increase sales. Sign up for free Brandeo Newsletter Top of Form Get Email‚ Twitter or IM Updates See sample newsletter Bottom of Form Recent blog posts Video: St.Patrick’s Ad With Kinda Creepy Interpretation of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" Are QR Codes a Fad? RadioShack Recommits to Core Customers: Do-It-Yourselfers Krispy Kreme Takes Hands-Off Approach to Brand Building Retail Trends: How the World Shops Online
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and add value to a brand. Building a strong brand takes time commitment and hard work. The identity of the brand‚ from the perspective of the consumers‚ is the foundation of a good brand-building program. Effective brand management that encompasses brand personality is of major importance in reaching the company goals of satisfaction‚ loyalty and profitability. Building a powerful brand requires determining the substantial characteristics of the offerings that carry the brand name and the psychological
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Mr Bolland said there has been a “gradual improvement” in the performance of M&S’s clothing business. The company “sold through” 80pc of the clothing advertised in its high-profile ’Leading Ladies’ campaign within six weeks. However‚ if M&S is to put its clothing arm on a permanently firmer footing‚ it could still learn lessons from the extraordinary success of its upstart rival Primark. The discount retailer Primark only arrived in the UK in 1973‚ 89 years after M&S‚ but if present trends
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Chapter 1 Related Theory Discussion 1.1 Brand: The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name‚ term‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies one seller ’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers." A brand can take many forms‚ including a name‚ sign‚ symbol‚ color combination or slogan. For example‚ Coca Cola is the name of a brand make by a particular company. 1.2 Local brand: A local brand is a brand that is sold and marketed (distributed and
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