Bundza English 101-4044 10/28/2013 Good Morning Pumpkin It’s a warm evening in late October‚ and all but one has prepared for the great celebration. Today is the day I’m taking my daughter to the biggest pumpkin patch in all of San Diego. It has all kinds of great things for kids to do. Slides‚ mazes‚ and all other kinds of fun stuff will be waiting for my sweet little Evie and she’ll be thrilled when we bring back a great big orange pumpkin that she gets to carve into whatever she likes. She
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1. Introduction Pumpkin Patch is a high end children’s clothing company that was established in 1990 when founder Sally Synnott (former children’s wear buyer for Kmart) noticed a gap in the market for fashionable children’s clothing. Pumpkin Patch has developed a vastly successful and highly competitive brand and is continually expanding further. 2. External Analysis 3.1 General Environment Analysis The conditions of the general environment of an organisation have the potential to
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Pumpkin Patch I recently took a trip to a pumpkin patch in my hometown. It is located off the main highway in a secluded field surrounded by enormous Douglas Firs and various scattered Maple trees. The pumpkin patch is owned by a gentle‚ older couple whom you will often find wandering around the patch helping when needed. My trip not only provided me with a pumpkin‚ it also reminded me of the simple beauties of life. Hundreds of feet of tangling green vines were on the ground with pumpkins of
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customers’ demands. Due to the lack of fashionable children’s clothing‚ Pumpkin Patch was found by Sally Synnott‚ who was the head children’s wear buyer in New Zealand. Although Pumpkin Patch was handled by other investors after two years‚ the brand expanded to a broader influence. Today Pumpkin Patch has its own market in several countries‚ such as New Zealand‚ Australia‚ the United Kingdom and United States. It is not easy for Pumpkin Patch to operate well in such areas‚ but the company still decides to
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MGMT3347- Strategic ManAgment | Pumpkin Patch | Case Study Analysis | | External Analysis Pumpkin Patch What industry is it? Pumpkin Patch (PP) is one the largest specialty company in fashionable children’s wear industry in Australia. They sell through a wide range of channels such as its own retail stores‚ selected department stores‚ and wholesale distribution and through the internet (Hanson et al. 2011). General Environment Analysis Demographic: Australia’s population is estimated
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Simon’s street to the 100th annual pumpkin patch party. “ I am going to find the perfect orange and round pumpkin pumpkin”. Said Mary. Then suddenly she came upon an abandoned in the pumpkin field. Then she thought “am I going to take this really cool pumpkin or am I going to abandon it”. She made her decision and it was to keep it. Then she bought the weird pumpkin and everyone was asking her where she found it. Mary told everyone it was just a regular pumpkin probably spray painted but Mary was
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shareholders who are thinking to make an investment in Pumpkin Patch Ltd. Pumpkin Patch Ltd. are a child-clothing brand that based in Auckland‚ New Zealand. It was founded in 1990 by Sally Synnott‚ who is the current Non-Executive Director. Clothing design‚ marketing‚ retail and wholesale are this brand mostly focuses on. There are retail store all around New Zealand‚ Australia‚ United Kingdom‚ Ireland and United States. Profitability: Pumpkin Patch Limited (PPL) had a very challenging year in 2011
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tradition of pumpkin carving; where they pick out the best pumpkin‚ and carve it to create a jack-o-lantern‚ which they later place on their doorstep as a Halloween decoration. Carving a pumpkin is often challenging and can leave the carver frustrated and hating how their creation ended up. However‚ there’s an easy way to get a good‚ desirable pumpkin. Starting off‚ finding the perfect pumpkin can make or break certain designs. Pumpkins can be bought almost anywhere: Wal-Mart‚ a pickin’ patch‚ and many
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JIll went to school. Kate was feeling bored‚ so she went out to her porch. There was a pumpkin sitting on the railing. She picked it up it felt heavy too heavy. It was filled with smooth black rocks. They had etchings on them. She put the pumpkin it the trash. Five hours later. Jill came home and said “I like your pumpkin”. Kate quite puzzled‚ walked out and saw it. The pumpkin was back. She smashed the pumpkin on the brick pavement. The etchings on the rocks now glowing
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Custody Of The Pumpkin 1. Who was Lord Emsworth? What was he doing that fateful morning? Lord Emsworth was the ninth earl of Emsworth and a member of Threepwood Family. He was the owner of the Blanding’s castle. He was forgetful and absent-minded. Lord Emsworth was not a man of action he just used to speak things and didn’t care about the outer world. He was just bothered and worried about objects‚ here about his garden and the pumpkin‚ which he wanted to win in the competition. That fateful
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