HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT The High Court hearing happened in three sittings and lasted for more than a week. One of the defences Asos used was that Asos is an acronym made out of their initial title “As seen on screen” and online retailer should be able to use it “in accordance with honest practices in industrial and commercial matters”. This has been referred to as “own name” defence. This was done under Article 12 which states that “Community trade mark shall not entitle the proprietor to prohibit
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Each organization requires different strategic planning‚ as there is no single strategic planning model that suits all organizations. Every organization has to develop model of strategic planning according to its own development‚ its nature of business and as per their own planning process. These models provide an extent of options on the basis of which different organizations might be able to select an approach and initiate to grow their own strategic planning process. Any organization might select
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Introduction Per Una believe they “deliver high quality style for the modern woman.” This objective drives the company resulting in a turnover of more than £423.5 million in 2006/2007. Per Una was detrimental to the revival of Marks and Spencer and it accounted for one quarter of their total women’s wear sales last year. Born from George Davis in 2001‚ the label tries to replicate the Italian catwalk trends through “safe fashion” that is “trendy and stylish.” With this in mind is Per Una achieving
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solve your need for a shopping fix.’ In pre-World War Two Britain‚ garments were made from rich and luxurious materials in which only the wealthy could afford. However‚ fashion has come along way since then‚ and high-street brands such as Topshop and H&M have made fashion accessible to everyone. High-street brands have promoted and advertised their stores in a variety of different forms from magazines and television ads to billboards and the back ends of buses in order to attract
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Learning for Success MFMM 401 Review and evaluation of UK High Street and of group presentation Review and evaluation of UK High Street This report shows research on the UK high street from September to Mid November 2013 and also the evaluation of the news‚ filtered through the main factors. It is known that the present economic situation is volatile and this is increasing the levels of risk into every industry. The consumers are not ready yet to spend as they did prior
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Introduction Marks & Spencer is a British retailer with over 800 stores in more than 30 countries around the world. It is the largest clothing retailer in the UK‚ as well as being a food retailer. Most of its domestic stores sell both clothing & food‚ and since the year 2000 Marks & Spencer have started to expand into other ranges such as home wares‚ furniture & technology. Marks & Spencer became the first British retailer to make a pre-tax profit of over £1 billion “BBC News online 1998” Though
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twice a year‚ and a designer’s choices on the height of a hemline or colour of a skirt largely dictated what was “in” and what was “out” for the following six months. How things have changed. In recent decades‚ retailers including Benetton‚ H&M‚ Topshop and Zara have revolutionized the fashion industry by following a strategy known as fast fashion‚ democratizing couture and bringing trendy‚ affordable items to the masses. Fast fashion describes the retail strategy of adapting merchandise assortments
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“Assess the merits and demerits of international licensing as a mode of entry into new markets” Disney does not have to produce t-shirts‚ USB sticks and even waffles with Mickey Mouse’s happy face on it. Instead‚ it can license the right to use its famous character to different companies around the globe and enjoy the hefty royalties‚ which in 2010 totaled 28.6 billion dollars (Rorie‚ 2011). Does it then mean that licensing as a mode of entry into foreign markets is the best option available?
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1. Introduction In this assignment we have been set the task of carrying out a retail evaluation project of Next plc. This has to be done from the point of view from a consultant or analyst. The assignment has been split up into two tasks‚ firstly to analyse and evaluate Next plc‚ then secondly suggest any ways in which their marketing performance can be improved for future success. My first step is to get an overview of Next plc as a company‚ how it started‚ the market sector it operates
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction3 2. Theory of Michael Porter’s competitive five forces model3 3. Concept of value chain analysis 3 4. Role of Information System 3 5. John Lewis3 6. The implementation of Michael Porter’s competitive five forces model5 6.1. Traditional competitors 5 6.2. New market entrants5 6.3. Substitute products and services 5 6.4. Customers5 6.5. Suppliers 5 7. Value chain analysis 5 8. Conclusion6 9. References7 1. Introduction.
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