CONTRIBUTE TO SEGMENT REPORTING TRANSPARENCY? Advanced Accounting ACC 610 January 4TH‚ 2010 1. INTRODUCTION: An operating Segment is a component of an entity that may earn revenues or incur expenses‚ whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (COMD) and for which discrete financial information is available. Generally‚ financial information is required to be reported on the basis that it is used internally for evaluating segment performance and
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Market Segmentation The market segmentation includes: Demographical bases. Geographical bases. Behavior bases. Psychographic bases. 2.1 Demographical bases (age‚ family size‚ life cycle‚ occupation) Looking into Apple‚ the Demographical market segment is successful because they are developing products on the age‚ life cycle‚ occupation of the people. They are distributing their products into various places and the PCs are categorized on age‚ family size‚ for example they would have more games and
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In Nepal‚ all the customs and traditions differ from one part to another. The capital city of Nepal is Kathmandu Valley‚ which was established in late eighteenth century‚ has various mixed culture. Kathmandu Valley has a moderate temperature with hot summer and dry winter. In summer‚ temperature varies from 28°C to 38°C and winter temperature varies from 19°C to 3°C. People living in Kathmandu Valley are well educated and are rich in culture and various traditions. There are numerous types of religions
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Kathmandu Holding Limited | April 4 2013 | How do social media and consumer-generated content change the way marketers operate? | Nicole Mack | Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 2 2.0 An Introduction to Kathmandu Holdings Limited 3 2.1 Products 3 2.2 Target market and key financials 3 2.3 Analysis of key financials 4 3.0 An investigation of Kathmandu’s Facebook page 6 3.1 Marketing on the Kathmandu Facebook page 6 3.2 Engaging their customers through Facebook 7 3.3 What Kathmandu
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principles for reporting financial information by segments. The disclosure of this information will: (a) help users of the financial statements to better understand the entity’s past performance and to identify the resources allocated to support the major activities of the entity; and (b) enhance the transparency of financial reporting and enable the entity to better discharge its accountability obligations. Definition of a Segment A segment is a distinguishable activity or group of activities
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SEGMENT REPORTING Many U.S. companies operate in several different industries or in different geographic area. When this occurs‚ the difficulties related to financial statement analysis are compounded. Investors who must evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of stock of a diversified company have a difficult task when analyzing such companies which report only the aggregate of their operations. Industry segments and geographic areas of operations can have different levels of
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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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Mission Statement Bradley’s Reprocessed Technology is a new Value Added Reseller (VAR). The company’s mission is focused on marketing specialty inventory software products to over 1‚200 VARs that sell in vertical markets. Each market is distinct and serves a particular specialty industry. In addition to the software‚ Bradley will sell the inventory data collection hardware that will operate the software. Customarily‚ VARs who sell to these vertical markets focus solely on the industry ’s distinctive
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veryone is in a consumer’s hypnosis‚ even if you think you are not. When you go to a store and pick one brand over the other‚ you are now under their spell. The spell/ hypnosis is how companies get you to buy there things over other companies and keep you hooked. Either through commercials or offering something that you think will make your life better by what they tell you. For example‚ you go to the store and you need to buy water‚ once you get to the lane and look‚ there is 10 different types
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leader in Australia and New Zealand 9.3.Technical products with wide market appeal 9.4.Distinct advantages from Vertical integration 9.5.Attractive and stable margins 9.6.Significant store rollout potential 10.FUTURE VISION 10.1.New store rollout 10.2.Upgrade existing store network 10.3.Target stores 10.4.Introducing new products 10.5.Grow and Maximise the Customer Database 11.CUSTOMER CATEGORIES 11.1.Young Go-Getters 11.2.Adventurous Families 11.3.Older Outdoor Enthusiasts 12.OPERATIONAL
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