Morrisons was the last one out of Big Four to enter to online commerce. This is one of the reasons for the grocer’s trailing behind Asda‚ Tesco and Sainsbury’s. Before acquisition of Safeway‚ Morrisons was concentrated in Northern part of UK‚ and the deal helped it to establish presence in Southern part of UK‚ though it could not overwhelm its competitors. Morrisons operates lesser convenience stores than its rivals since originally it was mainly focused on large supermarkets with less attention
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SOME TOOLS AND POLICIES USED TO MEASURE CURRENT AND FUTURE PERFORMANCE At Tesco Plc‚ SWOT analysis is used in collaboration with other tools to measure future performance. Performance measurement tools such as balance scorecard; 360 degree feedback; Management by Objectives (MBO) and customer management techniques are used to assess the current performance and strategise the future performance of the staff of Tesco Plc. A record of the current key performance indicators (KPI) are kept for future
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Share of the Food Retail Business Supermarket Store | Market Share (%) | Tesco | 31 | Asda | 17.2 | Sainsbury’s | 15.9 | Morrisons | 11.4 | Aldi | 8.1 | Lidl | 6.3 | Co-op | 3.9 | (Retail Week‚ 2009‚ Waitrose Improves Growth) The rivals of Sainsbury’s have recently turned up the heat on the store by increasing their like for like sales from last year. Reports suggest that both Waitrose and Morrisons have out stripped Sainsbury’s sales for the year‚ with 11.7% and 8.4% respectively
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY J Sainsbury plc is a UK based company‚ into grocery‚ related retailing an financial services business. The study is primarily to do financial assessment of this company and its performance relative to its peers and industry. Seeing the last 5 years report‚ it is evident that company was in a bad share 3 years ago‚ and now its in the stage of recovery. Starting 2004‚ there has been a major change in the board‚ as well as management. Since then company has taken several large
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INTRODUCTION OF SAINSBURY:- J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury) is a retail chain based in the UK. Sainsbury is engaged in grocery retailing through its supermarkets and convenience stores principally in the UK. The company operates its business through three divisions‚ namely‚ Retailing‚ Financial Services and Property Investment. Sainsbury serves its customers through a chain of 537 supermarkets and 335 convenience stores under the brand Sainsburys‚ and financial services via Sainsburys Bank. Sainsbury offers
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SWOT Analysis of Sainsbury’s Strengths -Good name and image‚ with the Image ‘Live well for less’ -High market share‚ one of the big four supermarket chains in UK. -Stock a wide range of lines‚ with around 20% being their own brands (such as ‘Taste the Difference’ and ‘Basics’). -Operates over 1‚200 stores across UK. Weaknesses -Hiring thousands of new staff means a lot of time is needed to train staff. -Stiff competition‚ with supermarkets such as Lidl and Aldi increasing their market shares
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis An analysis of the structure of the industry should be undertaken in order to find effective ways of competitive advantage (Porter‚ 1985). Therefore‚ in order to analyze the competitive environment of Tesco‚ Porter’s five forces analysis has been offered by the researcher as follows: Threat of substitute products and services The threat of substitutes in the grocery retail market is considerably low for food items and medium to high for non-food items.
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Sainsbury’s case report Sainsbury’s position Sainsbury faces other two major retailer’s competition—Tesco and ASDA‚ meanwhile‚ these retailers changed their strategy from bargain to quality retailing and offering increased value‚ combined with a supply chain system. In 2000‚ top management of Sainsbury’s group decided to launch the ‘7-in-3’ supply chain management programme‚ which involved a major overhaul of the firm’s physical infrastructure‚ systems‚ processes and skill sets. Sainsbury’s
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1.1 TOPIC CHOSEN This research analysis report is based on topic 8‚the business and financial performance of organisation over a three year period. I have chosen to analyse the financial and business position of Tesco Plc. The analysis is carried from an investor’s point of view and will be achieved by evaluating key financial ratios‚ past trends and other key aspect to make investors in making investment decision while also making a comparison with its close rival J.Sainsbury Plc. 1.2INTRODUCTION
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